♦ ♦ ♦ What are the qualities of a good speech? We asked people who deliver speeches, people who write speeches, people who cover speeches and people who study speeches. ♦ ♦ ♦ MARY CAFFREY, Associate Editorial Director… Read More ›
Six St. Bonaventure University students are taking part in a Jandoli Institute workshop with PolitiFact Senior Correspondent Louis Jacobson. The students began working during winter break and meet regularly on Zoom with Jacobson and Jandoli Institute Executive Director Richard Lee…. Read More ›
Music is a powerful force for social change. Sharp Notes, Sharp Thoughts will explore connections between music and social justice – past and present to build a better future. Through the perspectives of scholars, musicians, journalists and others, we will show how… Read More ›
The Jandoli Institute Media Studies Across Disciplines project is a collection of research essays by St. Bonaventure University faculty members. The essays connect different academic disciplines with the field of communication. The project was funded by the Leo E. Keenan… Read More ›
By Thomas Gaughan As a nation we have survived multiple times of political chaos with both the 1968 election due to the Vietnam War and the 2020 election due to COVID-19. However, the polarization that plagues our current political system… Read More ›
By Sarah Sefried FAIR, standing for Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting, published an article stating that The Buffalo News contributed to incumbent Byron Brown’s mayoral win over India Walton. The organization’s main critique was that the hometown paper used a… Read More ›
By Daniel Schiffhauer The Buffalo mayoral race has been one of the strangest political events in modern history. Not only has the incumbent mayor, Byron Brown, been forced to conduct a write-in campaign after losing the primary, and not only… Read More ›
By Samay Saxena Traditional media outlets influence over voters receiving information about candidates is no longer prevalent in our current society. As of last year, Pew Research found that 18 percent of US adults get their information about politics from… Read More ›
By Addison Gremli When it comes to making conversation, politics is a controversial topic. People often have a closed mind set when it comes to politics, but there is always an opposing opinion, that if presented with civility can be… Read More ›
By Emily Lewandowski The Late Show With Stephen Colbert allows the public to see politicians, such as Eric Adams, the New York City mayor-elect, in a new light. The more casual platform allows Adams to display his personality and discuss topics… Read More ›
By Teddy Murphey President Joe Biden pardoned two turkeys this Thanksgiving. To add to the absurdity, their names were peanut butter and jelly. But events like this give us a breath of fresh air in an otherwise tense – and… Read More ›
If Buffalo voters wanted to learn where mayoral candidates Byron Brown and India Walton stood on the issues, they were unlikely to find answers in the news media’s coverage of the campaign. A content analysis of news coverage in the… Read More ›
By Richard Lee Crain’s New York Business published its list of the 50 Most Powerful Women in New York this week. Attorney General Letitia James is tops on the list, one slot ahead of Gov. Kathy Hochul. Crain’s criteria for… Read More ›
It’s finally Infrastructure Week so songs about highways, trains and bridges comprised the content for Jandoli Institute Executive Director Richard Lee’s Nov. 11. radio show on WSBU-FM (88.3). Lee’s show streams live on Thursdays at 3 p.m. on the WSBU livestream… Read More ›
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