Three Emerson College Journalism Department alumni—Gerry Wardwell ’80, Steve Shaw ’82, and Joe Rocco ’81—received Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) at the department’s awards … Continue Reading Journalism Department Honors Award-Winning Alumni, Students
Massiel Torres ’17 said she never really thought of herself as a very political person—particularly the politics of her adopted home, having come to Boston from the Dominican Republic five … Continue Reading WLP Senior Selected for Women’s Leadership Program
Legendary television writer/producer and Emerson alumnus Norman Lear ’44 will receive a Peabody Award Saturday, May 20, for creating sitcoms that tackled tough issues and brought racial, gender, and socioeconomic … Continue Reading Norman Lear to Get Peabody Award for “Chang[ing] the Face of Television”
This week’s Independent Film Festival Boston is full of narrative films, shorts, and documentaries made in part by Emersonians. Among the films with Emerson ties being screened between April 29 … Continue Reading Emerson-Made Films Screening Throughout IFF Boston
Emerson College Los Angeles (ELA) hosted a breakfast for internship site providers for the first time in its iconic building on April 21. “The internship program is a key component … Continue Reading ELA Hosts Breakfast for Internship Site Providers
-Interviews with Betty White (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Golden Girls) and Kevin Bright (Friends, In Living Color) help kick off this initiative to digitize interviews with comedy greats- … Continue Reading Emerson College and the Television Academy Foundation Partner to Bring Emerson’s American Comedy Archives Online
Since 2005, Emerson College has housed the American Comedy Archives, including a collection of interviews with people responsible for making us laugh over the last 60-odd years. Now the … Continue Reading Comedy Team: Emerson Partners with Television Academy to Showcase Oral Histories
A previous Cannes Film Festival. Photo/Anna Feder Six Emerson College students will get a beachside view of how the film industry works at the 70th Cannes Film Festival next month. … Continue Reading Students to Get Hands-On at Cannes
Twenty undergraduate students showcased their entrepreneurial spirit at the 12th annual E3 Expo, where students competed for cash prizes and feedback on their start-up ideas. Students pitched their ventures at … Continue Reading Students Showcase Their Entrepreneurial Spirit at the E3 Expo
Recipients of Emerson’s 2017 David P. Twomey III Award in Public Diplomacy. Left to right, Ian Sutherland, Shapard Vargo (from Blanquerna), Niko Emack-Bazelais, IABD President Paul Fadil, Elias Romanos, and … Continue Reading Students Win Awards for Political, Sports Communication in New Orleans
