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VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS GIVES A MESSAGE TO HBCU STUDENTS: “WE ARE REQUIRING YOU TO LEAD” By Morgan Norris

Washington, D.C. – As a select group of HBCU student journalists sat in the White House briefing room on February 23 not knowing what to expect, the Vice President of

Hampton University’s Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communications Honors Distinguished Media Alumni as Part of Its 20^th-Year Celebration, Friday, Feb. 10, 2023

MSNBC President Rashida Jones Headlines Alumni Honorees (HAMPTON, VA) – Hampton University’s Scripps Howard School of Journalism & Communications alumna and MSNBC President Rashida Jones headlines the school’s distinguished alumni,

RF|Binder Awards Two Students from Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communications with Scholarships

(HAMPTON, VA) – Hampton University Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communications is pleased to announce two outstanding students have each received scholarship awards from RF|Binder, a New York City-based

Students Showcase HU Sports in Documentary

Students Showcase HU Sports in Documentary Hampton University has emerged and become a prominent source for scholars and athletes to make positive impacts on and off campus. Hampton has birthed

Alumna Daelin Brown featured on Inside Climate News

Scripps Howard School graduate Daelin Brown has been published in Inside Climate News. Her article titled “In Portsmouth, a Superfund Site Pollutes a Creek, Threatens a Neighborhood and Defies a

Graduate Daelin Brown Highlighted in WHRO story

For years, there’s been a rule passed down in the neighborhoods along Portsmouth’s Paradise Creek: Don’t eat the fish. It’s not just local lore. Lead, asbestos and even radioactive material remain

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Scripps Howard Advisory Board Co-Chair and 2002 Graduate Rashida Jones Named President of MSNBC

MSNBC announced that Scripps Howard Advisory Board Co-chair and 2002 Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communications graduate Rashida Jones will become president of MSNBC starting February 1st, and the current president, Phil Griffin, will step down after 25 years at the cable news channel.

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Articles By SHSJC Students

How A VCU Alumni is Fighting Food Insecurity in Richmond By SHSJC Student Deja Hobbs

A 23-year-old woman has added something new to Richmond, a city of rich history and culture: a community refrigerator.

The refrigerator is hard to miss in Union Hill on the corner of Venable and North 21st Street. Drivers slow to a stop and turn their heads to look at the eye-catching brightly painted refrigerator.

The large refrigerator, with “Free Food” written in large letters, is hard to miss.

The inside is just as colorful as the outside. It is stocked with fruits, eggs, milk, and more.

The concept is simple. A list of acceptable items to donate hangs on the outside of the refrigerator. Anyone who desires is able to stock the fridge with these items. On the other hand, anyone in need can simply open its doors, and take whatever they need.

“It’s been stocking itself. Without people donating it wouldn’t be sustainable,” said Taylor Scott who founded RVA Community Refrigerators in October of 2020. Read the full story here.

COMMENTARY: Ain’t It the Truth? By SHSJC Student Bria Dickerson

America is at an impasse in crossing the bridge of truth and trust between government, the media and “the people.” As unprecedented political unrest threatens to hijack any semblance of trust and truth in our country, that bridge is not far from collapse.

Recently, Dr. Battinto L. Batts Jr., the Scripps Howard Foundation’s director of journalism strategies, chimed in on the perplexing topic in his National Newspaper Literacy Week comments explaining the news media’s role in preserving democracy and increasing news literacy of news consumers.

“Given the times that we are in, journalism and an appreciation for the facts has taken on even greater significance. Media literacy is a skill that everyone should have, regardless of their politics, to enable them to discern truth from fiction and to promote healthy and educated discourse around policies and events,” Batts said.

What we have lost as a nation over these past four years—and even before that to be totally truthful—is a discernment of truth. The last presidential administration’s 2020 election campaign was debatably stacked with lies, half-truths and false promises—even by some conservative media standards—that motivated and culminated in an insurrection against the United States of America at the Capitol. Read the full story here.