Communication studies news

Five questions: Professor Verica Rupar

We asked Professor Verica Rupar five questions about her research ahead of her Inaugural Professorial Address.

Pikihuia shortlist includes AUT writer

Congratulations to Communications Studies lecturer Dr Atakohu Middleton, who has been shortlisted in the Pikihuia Awards for her short story Wairua.

Five questions: Professor Fiona Peterson

We asked Professor Fiona Peterson five questions about her research following her appointment to Professor.

How to decolonise a mind

What do we mean when we talk about decolonising one’s mind? Dr Atakohu Middleton explains what it means and gives her top tips.

Ad School Grads Winning Awards

AUT’s advertising creativity graduates are showcasing their talents, with two creative teams from the 2020 graduating class scooping awards.

What does the future journalist look like?

Professor Verica Rupar has received US$52,000 from UNESCO Paris to investigate what shape journalism education should take in the 21st century.

Trust in news declines

The AUT research centre for Journalism, Media and Democracy (JMAD) has published its second Trust in News in New Zealand report.

Immunising for misinformation

Insight, AUT’s alumni magazine, talks to communication studies alumna Diane Abad-Vergara about what it’s like to work for the WHO during a global pandemic.

Giving voice to indigenous stories

Insight, AUT’s alumni magazine, talks to globally acclaimed indigenous storyteller and AUT communication studies alumna Chelsea Winstanley.

LOIMATA film wins Grand Prix at FIFO

Documentary LOIMATA, The Sweetest Tears, has won the Grand Prix du Jury at Tahiti’s prestige FIFO, (Festival International du Film Documentaire Océanien).