Charles Center Events

In collaboration with Virginia Media Inc., the Charles Center is sponsoring six journalism masterclasses in '24-'25 facilitated by Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press Features Editor Denise Watson.

Abby Rapoport, cofounder and publisher of Stranger’s Guide, will deliver the 2025 McSwain-Walker Lecture, "Place-Based Journalism: Perspectives from Independent Media."

In collaboration with Virginia Media Inc., the Charles Center is sponsoring six journalism masterclasses in '24-'25 facilitated by Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press Features Editor Denise Watson.

Workshop/masterclass that brings students and community members together to devise and co-create theatrical escapades inspired by historical sources from the W&M archives, oral histories, tricorne hats/feather boas, and participants' own stories. 

Join us for a special conversation with Betsy Korona '03, former senior vice president, Editorial Newsgathering for 
NBC News & MSNBC.

Join us for this Charles Center-sponsored panel on best practices for mentoring multiple undergraduate students in a group research framework. 

Please join us for presentations by 2024-25 Sharp Journalism Seminar students, moderated by NYT video journalist Claire Hogan '22.

In this masterclass, Dr. Johnny Finn will show how discriminatory housing policies across much of the twentieth century reverberate throughout contemporary urban life in the form of ongoing racial, economic, environmental, and health disparities.

POSTPONED: Due to Inclement weather, the artist talk and reception will take place on Friday (2/21) from 4-7pm.  The Lecture will begin at 5pm at the Muscarelle Museum of Art conference hall next door.