By Richard Lee The search for a song to illustrate Benjamin Gross’ Identity over Information essay followed a long and winding road. And, no, the journey did not end with that Beatles’ classic. In the essay, Gross argues that emotions… Read More ›
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Do we know him?
By Michael P. Riccards He was a media personality, but not a professional politician. When he was called to the highest office in the land, he had no experience at top level politics. He was a notorious womanizer, married but… Read More ›
Dave Mason’s ‘World in Changes’ Captures the Spirit of an Essay
By Richard Lee In her Media Studies Across Disciplines essay, Fundraising in the Midst of Pandemic: Important Work. Unique Challenges, Monica Mattioli explains how those in the advancement profession must adapt and change to meet the challenges created by the… Read More ›
Fundraising in the midst of pandemic: Important work. Unique challenges
By Monica Mattioli Pandemics present the advancement profession with a unique set of challenges, different from those of other crisis events and natural disasters. Simply put, pandemics move the philanthropist’s lens and, in turn, the fundraiser’s approach, from an act… Read More ›
A song and an essay deliver a similar message about sports and music
By Richard Lee In 1969, Joni Mitchell wrote a song about a musician she saw performing on a New York City street corner. Mitchell’s song, “For Free,” contrasts the life of the street musician with her career in the limelight…. Read More ›
‘Our House’ connects presidential campaigns and pandemics
By Richard Lee In Week 4’s paper and online panel discussion, Phillip G. Payne related how Warren G. Harding conducted a “front porch” campaign for the presidency in 1920. Rather than traveling around the country, Harding chose to campaign from… Read More ›
Dylan’s ‘twenty pounds of headlines’ delivers a lesson
By Richard A. Lee Before the pandemic shut down our campus radio station, I was the host of a weekly program that mixed music and current events. Since I am a journalism professor, it’s not surprising that songs about the… Read More ›
Bucking the Trend: A Sustainable Model for Local News
By Michael Shapiro Trouble in the local news industry has been smoldering for some time. The Coronavirus pandemic came along and doused it with gasoline, accelerating consolidation, cutbacks in coverage, sharp declines in advertising and in some cases, the shuttering… Read More ›
Are We Better Than This?
By Adam Jones-Kelley We’re better than this? Throughout this recent crisis, and through so many like it before, our leaders have assured us that “we’re better than this.” Data suggest otherwise. Stating a thing doesn’t make it so. The first… Read More ›
Greg Mitchell book on Hiroshima arrives today
Greg Mitchell’s new book marking the 75th anniversary of the dropping of the Atomic bomb on Hiroshima arrives today. The book, The Beginning or the End: How Hollywood–and America–Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, is published by The… Read More ›
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