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Philosophy Prof Urges Media to Approach Reporting Like Socrates
News organizations would produce better journalism if they approached reporting like the Greek philosopher Socrates, according to a philosophy professor at St. Bonaventure University. “Increasingly over the last two-and-a-half decades, news media around the world, but in particular in the… Read More ›
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Presidential scholar to provide analysis of race for the White House
Presidential scholar and author Michael P. Riccards will provide weekly commentary and analysis on the 2020 presidential campaign for the Jandoli Institute this fall. “Michael has written extensively about the presidency,” Jandoli Institute Executive Director Richard Lee said. “His insight… Read More ›
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Grey area, tension, and an opportunity for local publishers
By Michael Shapiro To say 2020 has been a tumultuous year would be an understatement. A global pandemic is ravaging public health and the economy, protests against racism and police brutality are gripping the nation, and our politics have become… Read More ›
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The President and the Plague
By Michael P. Riccards The terrible pandemic waves of 2020 have led to a marked decline in the popularity of President Donald J. Trump. Although the virus is overwhelmingly worse in the United States than anywhere else on the globe,… Read More ›
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Some lessons from the 1988 presidential campaign
By Michael P. Riccards In 1988, I was the president of St. John’s College in Santa Fe, New Mexico, a rather strange choice for an Italian American from Jersey who was an easterner in his fingertips. But such is destiny…. Read More ›
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The politics of remembering the 1918 pandemic and forgetting the 2020 pandemic?
By Phillip G. Payne During our 2020 election, the pandemic has forced Joe Biden to run a modern version of a front porch campaign, reaching out to voters over the internet from his home and gradually assuming a low-key campaign… Read More ›
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How important is a VP candidate?
By Michael P. Riccards John Nance Garner, FDR’s vice president for his first two terms, once said that the office was not worth a pitcher of warm spit. Yet if he had curtailed his anti-New Deal sentiments, he might have… Read More ›
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Can journalists learn a lesson from the medical profession?
Connie Perkins (presenter), founding director of St. Bonaventure University’s RN to B.S. in Nursing Program Charlie Specht, Chief Investigative Reporter, WKBW-TV, St. Bonaventure journalism graduate Pauline Hoffmann, Associate Professor, Jandoli School of Communication, St. Bonaventure University Denny Wilkins, Professor, Jandoli… Read More ›
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Identity over Information
A sociological explanation to why President Trump can get away with saying anything By Benjamin Gross Introduction: The Importance of Social Identities Sociology has always been interested in how human beings socially construct their perceptions of reality and have for… Read More ›
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A Song Delivers a Message About Media, Resilience and COVID-19
By Richard Lee In his paper Media, Resilience and COVID-19, William Elenchin posits that journalists can play an important role in increasing the public’s resiliency during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Journalists who cover the struggles and strength of people battling the… Read More ›
