Author: joel@joellevtov.com
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Why do we celebrate Cinco de Mayo?
First published May 6, 2023 in Stories Beneath the Shell. by Abigail Olear This month, many Americans across the nation will celebrate a holiday that they know nothing about. Cinco de Mayo, which translates to ‘the fifth of May,’ is celebrated annually across the United States. The holiday is highly commercialized in the United States.…
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UMD’s Hidden Music Haven
First published April 24, 2023 in Stories Beneath the Shell. by Abby Olear Through a side door and two floors above the University of Maryland’s South Campus Dining Hall lives 90.5 WMUC FM College Park radio, with a treasure trove of records. No one knows quite how many records there are in the library, but…
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Journalism dean search: Many breathe sigh of relief as insider is picked to be next dean
First published Friday, April 21, 2023 in Stories Beneath the Shell. Many Philip Merrill College of Journalism faculty and staff seemed to breathe a sigh of relief today as it became clear that Rafael Lorente will be the journalism school’s next dean, ending weeks of waiting and nail biting in the college. In an interview…
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Shell Shocked: Why the rent is so damn high at UMD
Reported for my Advanced Audio and Podcast Reporting class at UMD, JOUR364. I helped report this story, contributing data analysis and the interview with Dennis Passarella-George, the director of resident life at UMD. Nicole Blanchard and Aaron Wright reported as well. Grace Kpetemey and Mat Schumer anchored the episode. Julia Eisen was the executive producer. Molly…
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Journalism dean search: Associate dean says attracting more diverse students a top priority
Part of a Stories Beneath the Shell series covering the appointment to dean of the University of Maryland’s journalism school. First published Thursday, April 6, 2023 in Stories Beneath the Shell. He brought a cash-strapped University of Maryland journalism school badly-needed funding. He won the Scripps Howard Foundation’s grant for the college. He inspired the…
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Journalism dean search: North Texas professor envisions gateway degree
Part of a Stories Beneath the Shell series covering the appointment to dean of the University of Maryland’s journalism school. First published Thursday, April 6, 2023 in Stories Beneath the Shell. A journalism professor who briefly blipped on the nation’s radar in 2015 after being stopped for walking while being Black, as she put it,…
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Journalism dean search: Some raise concerns over candidate’s work for liberal think tank
Part of a Stories Beneath the Shell series covering the appointment to dean of the University of Maryland’s journalism school. First published Thursday, April 6, 2023 in Stories Beneath the Shell. One of the first things Sam Fulwood, who is a finalist to become dean of the Philip Merrill College of Journalism, said at his…
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Journalism dean search: Dean candidate brings experience in newsroom, but lots of controversial history
Part of a Stories Beneath the Shell series covering the appointment to dean of the University of Maryland’s journalism school. First published Saturday, March 25, 2023 in Stories Beneath the Shell. She’s doubled the number of reporters of color in her newsroom. She capitalized the “B” in Black before anyone else. She turned her newsroom…
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UMD powwow showcases Native ‘resilience,’ brings communities together
First published March 14, 2023 in Stories Beneath the Shell. by Olivia Borgula Early Saturday morning, Adele H. Stamp Student Union filled with organizers in matching T-shirts weaving between chairs, attendees greeting old friends and dancers carting hangers of regalia into make-shift dressing rooms next door. In the center of the room, a circle of…
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Joy on display at inaugural Black Prom
First published Feb. 27, 2023 in Stories Beneath the Shell. by James Matheson The Office of Multicultural Involvement Community Advocacy hosted its inaugural Black Prom Sunday in the Adele H. Stamp Student Union’s Grand Ballroom to celebrate the final days of Black History Month. Students got to dine on beef wellington, dance in flowing ball…
