Margot Susca wrote an invited piece about the impact of private investment funds on local news published this week by the Alliance for Democracy in its issue focused on rebuilding the local media system.
Leena Jayaswal curated 60 years of photography students from SOC's film and photo program to be displayed at the Flo Milli concert as part of experiential learning opportunities. You can watch the slide show here.
Filippo Trevisan and Derrick Cogburn (SIS/Kogod) hosted a cohort of leaders in government, law enforcement, and healthcare from Colombia at AU’s Institute on Disability and Public Policy as part of the State Department’s International Leadership Visitors Program. The Colombian delegation had an opportunity to hear about IDPP’s work on people with disabilities’ participation in global governance processes and digital disability rights advocacy. They also shared their experience and work on disability inclusion in the Colombian government and other facets of civic life.
Bill Gentile hosted a panel discussion on Artificial Intelligence with AU faculty members and a special guest. From left to right are panelists and AU faculty members Naomi S. Baron (CAS/Emerita) and Derrick Cogburn (SIS/Kogod); keynote speaker Santiago Lyon, head of Advocacy and Education at the Adobe-led Content Authenticity Initiative; and moderator, Film and Media professor Krzysztof Pietroszek.
Benjamin Stokes and David Quick of the DC Public Library gave a talk with 900+ registrants on “Engaging Beyond Our Walls: Libraries connecting communities through outdoor games and stories.” The event featured the work of our MA and PhD students in Game Design and some alumni, and the story of how they helped train 50+ libraries over the past years in civic storytelling and game design. The event was hosted by WebJunction, a leading provider of library professional development, and is available with a learner guide on their website. See the video, slides and learner guide here.
Jane Hall was the moderator and executive producer of an American Forum event and media production on the 2024 election and media and politics with Tara Palmeri, an outstanding SOC alum and political journalist. Tara--who has already had a remarkable career--is currently senior political correspondent at the Puck news site as well as host of The Ringer's "Somebody's Gotta Win" election podcast. She also is on cable TV, does online videos and has a big presence on social media. She talked with Jane and our great students from SOC and across AU about her work and ethics as a journalist across these platforms and in the current media environment. We talked with our students and others about the important issues and media coverage of them in this campaign; the challenges of disinformation--and worse--in this campaign--and about optimism along with the challenges for young journalists today in this world. We were recording for broadcasting – and we'll be in touch soon with more on that. Lot of people to thank: Kati Vera; Jacob Audouin; Tia Milledge, Veronica Castro and Grace Ibrahim; Tom Fish, Madds Wooten; Lindsay Zimnoch, Victora Black and Jake Bridges; Mateo Guevara, Arpitha Sistla and Maddie Gerber, Todd St. John; Aidan Skidds; Terry Bryant, Gemma Puglisi, Aarushi Sahejpal and Chris Adams; Kristi Plahn-Gjersvold, Gerard Maguire, Meriem Tikue and Morgan Dreibelbis; and—of course—our Dean, Marnel Niles Goins. Here's an article about it.
Jane was also interviewed and offered her commentary on podcasting and trends in legacy media coverage in the final days of the campaign, live on Bloomberg TV and radio's "Balance of Power" show. The interview was seen and heard in both a live, five-minute video-podcast and in an extended version of the interview that was also broadcast on the hour-long radio program.
