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Dr. Jennifer R. Henrichsen Named Winner of the 2026 Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Early Career Woman Scholar Award

The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) is pleased to announce Dr. Jennifer R. Henrichsen, of Washington State University, as this year’s winner of the Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Early Career Woman Scholar Award.

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) logo in orange and dark blue

Summer Internship Experience Shapes AI Careers in Customer Relations

Balancing technology with human warmth defines excellent hospitality—a lesson that Washington State University student Jacob Frazier learned firsthand during his recent summer internship. A senior majoring in risk and crisis communication at the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication, Frazier describes his experience as a perfect test of classroom knowledge, problem-solving skills, and leadership under […]

AI hand and real hand touching each other's index finger

In Vietnam, Washington apples are prized for more than taste

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam – A shrine adorned in rich mahogany greets customers at the doorway of many businesses in this historic city in southern Vietnam. Incense curls into the humid air. Food items sit as offerings at the center of the shrine.

Intricate shrine, dark wood base, showing two pyramid piles of apples.

Microsoft supports WSU Murrow Fellows/Report for Washington partnership to expand local news across Washington State

Seattle, Wash. — Microsoft has announced its support for the WSU Murrow Fellows/Report for Washington partnership, a collaboration between Report for America and Washington State University’s Edward R. Murrow College of Communication designed to strengthen local news across Washington state.

Dean Banquet, former executive editor of The New York Times, speaks to attendees at the Washington Local Journalism summit in May of 2026 (photo courtesy of Report for America).