By Richard Lee At a journalism conference I attended a few years ago, a speaker made an interesting observation about Battlestar Galactica, a science fiction television series that suddenly seems more pertinent today than when it aired. In the series,… Read More ›
Richard Lee
Sanders and Bloomberg fare best in NY State Primary poll
By Richard Lee With New York State’s Democratic Primary two months away, New York voters are leaning toward Sen. Bernie Sanders, but preferences for the candidates are scattered among the voters, according to a Siena College Poll released today. Sanders… Read More ›
Missing the point of the State of the Union
An online search of the State of the Union yields 2.9 billion results. What do the results have in common? House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ripped up President Donald J. Trump’s speech. Trump refused to shake Pelosi’s hand as he walked… Read More ›
What happened in Iowa will not stay in Iowa
By Alex Marwaha Originally, I was completely for the Iowa caucus representing the country’s vote. People that I’ve discussed this issue with brought up great and interesting points about some of the surrounding facts I had never thought about, such… Read More ›
Kobe Bryant and Buddy Holly have more in common than the way they died
By Richard Lee In a busy media week that included the Super Bowl, the Iowa Caucuses and the State of the Union, the anniversary of one of the music world’s most tragic events did not receive the attention it usually… Read More ›
The simple math behind Trump’s Super Bowl ad
By Richard Lee I’ll admit it: Donald Trump’s first quarter Super Bowl ad took me by surprise. No talk of fake news, hoaxes or witch-hunts. No shots of cheering Trump supporters at a MAGA rally. Instead the ad featured Alice… Read More ›
Authorship matters; sources matter
By Chris Mackowski Last week, frothing with impeachment fever, a relative forwarded to me a Facebook meme purportedly authored by Clint Eastwood. “People message me why I stick my neck out for Trump,” the meme said. “Why do I tarnish… Read More ›
New book on unmaking of first A-bomb movie coming in July
By Greg Mitchell Just a short post here to announce my new book coming this July, The Beginning or the End: How Hollywood Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. If that title’s not enough, there’s a brief write-up… Read More ›
Kassnoff talks with camera club about ‘Rise and Fall of Kodak’
David Kassnoff, a Jandoli School faculty member, delivered a talk on the innovations and challenges of Eastman Kodak Company at the Jan. 26 meeting of the Twin Tier Camera Club, which met at St. Bonaventure University. His topic, “The rise… Read More ›
A ‘Slavic Soul Party’ comes to SBU Comm building
Lectures, panels and presentations about journalism are what normally takes place in Dresser Auditorium, which is located in the building that houses St. Bonaventure University’s Jandoli School of Communication. But the auditorium took on a new role Friday, hosting performances… Read More ›