UVI Students Serve as HBCU-Africa Correspondents Corps Student Reporters

Gimel Pinto and Kyra Edwards, communication major and minor, respectively, were selected from a host of undergraduates across the nation to serve as student reporters for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)-Africa Correspondents Corps (HBCU-ACC). The new initiative aims to provide student journalists and political scientists attending HBCUs with professional development exposure and experience beneficial to …

VI Grammy Goes to… the Next Generation 

By Caleisha Simon  (STT-November 30, 2022) Four Virgin Islands artists and creators have made history yet again by totaling 11 Grammy Award nominations in 2022. Announced on Nov. 15, 2022, the Grammys blessed the Virgin Islands with nominations for several artists, including one half of the legendary Rock City—Theron Thomas, Verse Simmonds, Masai Harris, and …

2022 Journalism Summit: Time Capsule-Then and Now

(STX-December 10, 2022, staff). Local media joined a group of national and international guests invited by students of the University of the Virgin Islands Association of Black Journalists (UVIABJ) a successful virtual series of lectures, held last month via virtual format.  The 2022 UVIABJ Journalism summit, held its second two-day conference in an effort to …

Black Social Media Conveys Alertness on Shanquella Robinson Case

By Keanu Jacobs (STJ-November 2022) The power of black social media elevated and brought justice to Shanquella’s story. Social media users who used #SayHerName brought awareness to violence against Shanquella Robinson and her tragic loss on all media platforms. According to an NBC News reporter, Robinson’s mother, Salamandra, is thanking Black users on Twitter, TikTok, …

What REALLY Happened at UVA?

UVIABJ Staff Reporter- WJS (STT-November 2022) The University of Virginia (UVA) has been in the national headlines recently, and not in a good way.  As the 2022 fall semester came to a close, a traumatic event happened at UVA when three student-athletes were killed, and two other people were shot and injured. The incident took …