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Dr. Hilary Holladay, an accomplished poet, novelist, biographer, and journalist, is the Charles Center’s inaugural Sharp Writer-in-Residence, teaching Writing & Reporting the News (WRIT 401) in the English department this fall.

Whether our most pressing environmental problems are solved – or not – may come down to the coveted click, to whether journalists can capture the attention of readers and make their stories stick.

The Charles Center is collaborating with campus partners to bring three writers-in-residence to campus in 2025-26 to teach a variety of hands-on journalism courses for undergraduates.

Senior Emma Henry garnered one of 91��Ƭ��’s largest awards before graduating last month — a $40,000 H. Mason Sizemore, Jr. Journalism Fellowship for graduate studies at Northwestern University’s renowned Medill School of Journalism in the fall.

New York Times video producer Claire Hogan ’22 returned to campus to moderate this year’s Sharp Journalism Seminar showcase held in Blow Hall’s Grimsley Board Room March 27.

Former NBC News senior vice president Betsy Korona ’03 returned to campus March 24 to reveal truths gleaned from her two decades at the center of national news-making.

Award-winning Virginian-Pilot staff photographer Stephen M. Katz discussed his empathetic approach to photojournalism with students attending the final Charles Center/Virginia Media journalism masterclass March 24.

While many seek rest and relaxation over academic breaks, Sharp Journalism Seminar students get to work, traveling the globe in search of a scoop.

Denise Watson, features editor of The Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press, led a Nov. 15 journalism masterclass on artificial intelligence (AI) and media misinformation, the third session in a series of six workshops offered by the Charles Center this academic year.

Students attending the second Charles Center journalism masterclass were faced with the gravest of hypotheticals: how does one cover a newsroom shooting ethically, responsibly, and respectfully, while working under a tight deadline, in competition with other news outlets?

Aspiring 91��Ƭ�� journalists now have an additional avenue to hone their craft – a new summer internship program with mentorship from award-winning reporters and editors from the Daily Press, Virginian-Pilot, and other outlets belonging to Norfolk-based Virginia Media, Inc.

Stephanie Hanes, climate reporter for the Christian Science Monitor, and medical journalist Caleb Hellerman of the Global Health Reporting Center kicked off the 14th Sharp Journalism Seminar challenging students to be inspired by their curiosity.

Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press features editor Denise Watson has joined the growing list of professional journalists invited to campus this year by the Charles Center to help educate the next generation of storytellers and reporters at the university.

Students in 91��Ƭ��’s incubator for investigative reporting — the Sharp Journalism Seminar — shared insights from their research and writing journeys March 26 in the Grimsley Board Room (Blow 201).

Nearly 40 students, faculty, and community members attended “The Climate Generation: Born into crisis, building solutions,” a public talk by journalists Stephanie Hanes and Sara Miller Llana, who shared insights gathered from a year’s worth of reporting in eight countries.