UNM Communication & Journalism professor to be presented with distinguished award

October 6, 2022 - Savannah Peat

University of New Mexico Communication and Journalism Assistant Professor Mohammad Yousuf, is receiving one of the most prestigious awards in Journalism in this region, by the Southwest Education Council for Journalism and Mass Communication (SWECJMC). 

YousufHe has been selected for the 2022 SWECJMC Educator award, an award designed to “recognize a faculty member at a SWECJMC member institution who has demonstrated an outstanding contribution to journalism and mass communication education, innovative practices, excellent student outcomes, and/or classroom-focused research.”

Yousuf was nominated for exactly these accomplishments. Since arriving at UNM, he has focused on combining journalism with big data, in teaching multiple undergraduate and graduate courses on data and computation.

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