Emily Hughes Corio

Associate Director, Reed School of Media & Communications, West Virginia University

Affiliated Department(s)

Center for Community News

BIO

2025 CCN Champion

Emily Hughes Corio is Associate Director at West Virginia University’s Reed School of Media and Communications. She joined the WVU journalism faculty in August 2011 after a decade working in public media. She has developed and taught courses on in-depth reporting, podcasting and sports & adventure media. She is a champion of experiential learning in journalism and knows first-hand the impact student reporting has on local communities and a student’s readiness for a career in journalism.

Bio

2025 CCN Champion

Emily Hughes Corio is Associate Director at West Virginia University’s Reed School of Media and Communications. She joined the WVU journalism faculty in August 2011 after a decade working in public media. She has developed and taught courses on in-depth reporting, podcasting and sports & adventure media. She is a champion of experiential learning in journalism and knows first-hand the impact student reporting has on local communities and a student’s readiness for a career in journalism.