The once beloved and trusted journalist Brian Williams has fallen from grace—and that has been the talk of Emerson’s Journalism Department ever since the NBC Nightly News anchor admitted February … Continue Reading Brian Williams prompts Journalism student discussion
Alleigh Marre ’09 has been named communications director to U.S. Senator Susan Collins of Maine. Collins’s office made the announcement in a February 10 press release. “I am delighted that … Continue Reading Marre ’09 named Sen. Collins’ communications director
An Emerson alumna who was close friends with Matthew Shepard—the gay man brutally murdered in Laramie, Wyoming, in 1998 due to his sexual orientation, which sparked nationwide hate crime legislation—is … Continue Reading Josue ’01 releases Matthew Shepard documentary
Chen Xu ’15, Joshua Waterman ’15, P. Brendhan Geraghty ’15, and Taylor Kissin ’15, work behind the scenes of the Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show. (Courtesy Photo) A few lucky seniors at … Continue Reading ELA students work Super Bowl Halftime Show
A screengrab photo of Senior Journalist-in-Residence Cindy Rodriguez’s class meeting online when the College was closed February 10 due to the effects of a massive snowstorm. (Courtesy Photo) Cancellation of … Continue Reading Journalism class meets online in snowstorm
Christina Zamon, head of archives and special collections for Emerson, has been selected as a participant in the 2015 Archives Leadership Institute (ALI) at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, after … Continue Reading Archives Leadership Institute chooses Zamon
NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams has apologized for falsely claiming he was riding in a military helicopter that was shot at in Iraq in 2003. (NBC publicity photo) Emerson’s Journalism … Continue Reading Carole Simpson reacts to story
Three-person leadership team now set, will co-direct the multifaceted Office of the Arts programs, including ArtsEmerson and HowlRound Boston, MA (February 5, 2015)—Emerson College President Lee Pelton announced today that … Continue Reading David C. Howse to join Polly Carl and David Dower at Emerson Office of the Arts
Students in a Marketing Communication class are putting together a marketing plan for A Far Cry, a Boston-based chamber orchestra that is nominated for a Grammy Award, which will be … Continue Reading Grammy-nominated group works with marketing students
Emerson President Lee Pelton held a cocktail and hors d’oeuvres reception at his Beacon Hill home for newly named Boston poet laureate and Emerson alumna Danielle Legros Georges ’86, who … Continue Reading Pelton hosts Boston poet laureate at home