Professor and Founding Director of the Center for Comedic Arts Martie Cook tells the Globe that networks and cable channels will require out of the box thinking for the fall, as the COVID-19 pandemic halted production months back that impacts fall lineups.
Cooper told Time that he sees parallels between the wall-to-wall media coverage of the coronavirus and the nonstop media images of 9/11.
Journalism Associate Professor Roger House suggests that reruns of the Western TV series Gunsmoke demonstrate why America mythologizes law enforcement officers, and argues that the way toward reform lies in “narrowing the scope” of police unions at the state and local levels.
The New Yorker republished a review of Charles Wesley Emerson Professor Megan Marshall’s Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, Margaret Fuller: A New American Life, as part of the April 1, 2013 archived issue it made available online last week.
Senior Distinguished Producer-in-Residence Linda Reisman talked to WBUR about the challenges of producing independent film during the pandemic.
Communications Studies assistant professor Vincent Raynauld and co-author Dany Renauld write for the Institute for Research on Public Policy about mass media and political advertising over time and the impact of digital platforms.
Senior Affiliated Faculty and BIGFishPR CEO David Gerzof Richard discusses the Wayfair child trafficking claims and influence of social media with Boston 25.
Alum Hunter Harris wrote the cover story for Cosmopolitan’s August issue featuring actress, TV personality, and singer Keke Palmer, who discusses activism and the Black Lives Matter movement.
Institute professor and interdisciplinary storyteller Claire Andrade-Watkins was named one of the 50 Greatest Living Rhode Islanders by Go Local Prov News, alongside historian Gordon Wood, actress Viola Davis, journalist Meredith Viera, and more.
President Lee Pelton was a guest on CBS Boston’s series Boston Voices, discussing systemic racism and the nation’s youth playing a powerful role.
