Emily Hughes Corio
Associate Director, Reed School of Media & Communications, West Virginia University
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.