Margot Susca gave an invited talk at Temple University's Klein College of Media and Communication on April 9. The event was part of its Spring Graduate Speaker Series and co-sponsored by the Journalism Department.
Margot also had a book talk and book signing at the Cincinnati Museum Center on April 11 sponsored by the Mercantile Library. Margot was featured on Cincinnati Public Radio in advance of the event.
The Dow Jones News Fund promoted students coming to SOC business-writing workshop.
The Archival Producers Alliance, for which Patricia Aufderheide is an advisor, presented its statement-in-progress on using AI in documentaries at the International Documentary Association's Getting Real conference in Los Angeles. Archival producers locate the crucial genuine material that helps documentary filmmakers tell their stories.
Longtime IRW partner journalist Charles Piller earned the 2024 National Institute of Health Care Management (NIHCM) Trade Journalism Award for an investigation published by Science magazine. The investigation revealed that whistleblowers and former lab members suggest star neuroscientist Berislav Zlokovic may have manipulated data that support a major stroke trial and important Alzheimer’s research. AU graduate journalism student Madeleine Sherer contributed to the reporting; she and the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University are credited in the magazine.
Rhonda Zaharna gave four presentations at the International Studies Association annual conference in San Francisco April 3-6, including this year's Distinguished Scholar panel and Emerging Scholars panel. (Rhonda was the 2018 ISA Distinguished Scholar in International Communication). In addition, she gave two presentations on humanity-centered public diplomacy tied to the conference theme of Relationality.
SOC Journalism students have another scholarship opportunity thanks to the husband of SOC Journalism Alumna and former NBC Washington News Anchor Wendy Rieger. Dan Buckley honored his wife by creating the Wendy Rieger Memorial Scholarship. Rieger passed away due to cancer two years ago this week. Terry Bryant talked about the new scholarship on an NBC Washington newscast. The first scholarship will be given out next Friday at the Journalism Awards ceremony and reception.
Special thanks to Lynne Perri and Terry Bryant (and the rest of the committee) for helping to promptly award the inaugural Wendy Rieger Scholarship to a stellar student. You can read more about scholarship honoring Wendy here: New Scholarship Honors Local News Legend and Alumna Wendy Rieger
This week, Aram Sinnreich and his co-author Jesse Gilbert had several events in advance of the release of their book The Secret Life of Data, due from MIT Press on April 30. They include:
