On a recent afternoon, three Emerson first-year students—Liam Hefferman, Emily Kidd, and Nate Smith—were pitching a new magazine, Emerdaughter, billed as a “woke Vogue” for college students who weren’t quite … Continue Reading Creative Enterprises Class Teaches How to Work Together to Stand Out
Hundreds of people packed the Emerson/Paramount Center, spilled out onto Boston Common and poured into Beacon Hill to ask lawmakers to increase funding for the arts on Tuesday, March 28. … Continue Reading Emerson Hosts Rally for More State Arts Funding
Joshua Sobol. Courtesy photo One of Israel’s foremost playwrights and intellectuals will visit Emerson College on Thursday, March 30, to talk about how the arts can be used to fight … Continue Reading How Can the Arts Help Fight Oppression?
The Bill Bordy Media and Conference Center at Emerson College Los Angeles was packed on March 23 as 15 students and alumni pitched their ideas for screenplays, television pilots, and … Continue Reading Comedies Rule Third Annual PitchFest
Achoired Taste is one of four Emerson College a cappella groups, and one of seven groups total, that will perform in Acappalooza this Saturday, April 1. Courtesy photo. This year, … Continue Reading Acappalooza to Be Held on Saturday: More Groups, More Heart This Year
Poet, playwright, and activist Claudia Rankine spoke to a packed Emerson/Cutler Majestic Theatre Friday about the need to confront whiteness in America, why “internalized dominance” is a better term than … Continue Reading Renowned Writer Claudia Rankine ‘On Whiteness’ and How to Move Forward
Newly appointed Supreme Judicial Court Justice Elspeth Cypher ‘80, talked to Emerson students about her time at the College, the challenges of law school, and about the importance of facts … Continue Reading SJC Justice, Alumna Elspeth Cypher on Honoring Facts, Writing Well
Emerson students at the USITT Conference in St. Louis. Front row, left to right, Rachel Lockett, Marta Sarrión Arrúe, Emily Cuerdon, and Taylor Starr. Back row, left to right, Jamie Carty, … Continue Reading Stage Tech Gold Medals Happen in Threes for Emerson Team
Clockwise, from top left: Reuters President and Editor-in-Chief Steve Adler; Boston Globe Director of Digital Content Katie Kingsbury; Peter Casey, director of news and programming at CBS Radio/WBZ Boston; and … Continue Reading Event to Tackle Role of Journalism, Communication in Preserving Democracy
Tom Rogers sat down with the Emerson community this week to talk about the current state of television and Internet content, interactive sports media, and the lessons he has learned … Continue Reading Cable TV Pioneer Talks About Present, Future of Interactive Media
