A first-base, utility slow-pitch softball player and a die-hard Celtics fan, Stephen Warren is a newly appointed lecturer focused on sports media in the Department of Journalism and Charles H. Sandage Department of Advertising. This fall, he is teaching Classics of Sports Journalism, Crisis Communications, and Sports Public Relations. “What drew me to the University […]
The U.S. Supreme Court case Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L. was framed as a major test of the social media free-speech rights of K-12 public school students and the regulation of cyberbullies. However, nobody really knows the decision’s true ramifications yet: The student in the case won the battle, but the public school […]
Brittany Duff, an associate professor in the Charles H. Sandage Department of Advertising, was selected to become the inaugural Charles H. Sandage Scholar in Advertising Research. The Charles H. Sandage Scholar in Advertising Research was established in 2021 through generous gifts to the advertising department to honor outstanding associate professors who are accomplished scholars in […]
A new book by Nikki Usher, associate professor of journalism, examines the market failure of local newspapers in the context of larger U.S. problems such as rising social inequality, geographic polarization, and political discord. In News for the Rich, White, and Blue: How Place and Power Distort American Journalism, Usher posits that newspapers are becoming more focused on serving […]
On May 21, Tribune Publishing Co. confirmed that its shareholders approved a buyout offer by Alden Global Capital LLC. The vote gives Alden – an entity with a reputation for aggressive cost-cutting – control over the Chicago Tribune, the Baltimore Sun and the New York Daily News, along with a smattering of smaller papers. […]
Updated June 17, 2021: Congratulations to all of our student presenters! Five received awards at the Undergraduate Research Symposium, including advertising students Kenna Hansen (Outstanding), Evan Hawkins (Outstanding), Miriam Sadkhin (Honorable Mention), and Grace Tessitore (Outstanding); and media and cinema studies student Kat Williams (Honorable Mention). Students from across majors in […]
January 11, 2021 | Kimberly Belser, Communications and Marketing Intern Jenny Oyallon-Koloski, assistant professor in the Department of Media & Cinema Studies, was introduced to the power and influence of media during an introductory film course in college. She recalled watching The Last Laugh, a 1924 film directed by F.W. Murnau, and being “emotionally wrecked” […]