![MFJS CO Media Project graphic](/sites/default/files/article-thumbnail/mfjs_co_media_project_graphic_300x242.jpg)
In an age of declining trust in news and an overreliance on social media, news — especially local news — around the country has been suffering. The Colorado Media Project was formed to find out what's happening and why, and how local news can move forward.
![Professor Lauren J. DeCarvalho](/sites/default/files/article-thumbnail/mfjs_lauren_j_decarvalho_headshot_300x242_0.jpg)
Lauren J. DeCarvalho, PhD, an assistant professor in the department of Media, Film & Journalism Studies, began working for the University of Denver this fall. She currently teaches Introduction to Film Criticism and Experimental Film/Video Theory and Production.
![DU presents Scary Lucy on a theatre marquee](/sites/default/files/article-thumbnail/mfjs_scary_lucy_marquee_1_300x242.jpg)
If someone had told me two years ago, when I first decided to study film, that my first filmmaking experience would be on the set of "Scary Lucy," I wouldn't have believed them.
![Kelly Hill at her internship](/sites/default/files/article-thumbnail/mfjs_kelly_hill_internship_390x242.jpg)
Hear from three Media, Film & Journalism Studies students about their internship experiences during summer 2018.