Katie Orlinsky , 2018 Snedden Chair of Journalism at #uafcojo discusses her photojournalism career during a public lecture..

Katie Orlinsky , 2018 Snedden Chair of Journalism discusses her photojournalism career during a public lecture.

UAF COJO students in class at Alaska Supreme Court with Justices Daniel Winfree and Susan Carney. Photo by Adam Tanner.

UAF students in class at Alaska Supreme Court with Justices Daniel Winfree and Susan Carney. Photo by Adam Tanner.

Snedden Lecturer Dorothy Parvaz (Al Jazeera) discusses the global refugee crisis during a recent public lecture at UAF.

DARK WINTER NIGHTS: COJO Prof. Robert Prince interviews a hibernating ground squirel during a live storytelling event. CREDIT: Julien Schroder for ASSW2016

DARK WINTER NIGHTS: Prof. Robert Prince interviews a hibernating ground squirel during a live storytelling event. CREDIT: Julien Schroder for ASSW2016

UAF COJO students attending class at the Fairbanks Correctional Center.

UAF students attending class at the Fairbanks Correctional Center.

Student Aaron Walling shoots video as Snedden Lecturer Matt McGrath interviews Governor Walker for BBC News.

Snedden Chair Richard Murphy discusses his work during a recent free Snedden Lecture at UAF's Murie Auditorium.

FIELD TEST: Former Snedden Chair Richard Murphy portrays '97 mugging victim as students weigh Hartman murder testimony. Anne Bartholomew photo

FIELD HQ BRIEFING: News Writing student Ruby Walden questions Capt. David Provencher, of the 1-24th Infantry Regiment, about upcoming fall 2014 exercises at Fort Wainwright.

DARK WINTER NIGHTS: Fairbanks' premier live storytelling event has been created by Journalism's own Professor Robert Prince. PHOTO CREDIT: Julien Schroder for ASSW2016

Bernie Karl, owner of Chena Hot Springs Resort, discusses geothermal energy use with COJO students.

Bernie Karl, owner of Chena Hot Springs Resort, discusses geothermal energy use with students.

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Lynne Snifka serves as Snedden Chair for academic year 2021-2022

UAFCOJO is excited to announce the return of one of our favorite faculty members - Lynne Snifka!

After a five-year absence from UAF, Lynne is delighted and honored to return as the CW Snedden Chair. She looks forward to bringing her decades of experience in broadcast, print, and web journalism back into the classroom.

Her print and web work has appeared in Smithsonian, Marie Claire, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Alaska Magazine, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, the Anchorage Daily News, and others. Her broadcast work has appeared on CBS, PBS affiliates nationwide, and the Discovery Channel, among others.

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