Gerzof Richard on Wayfair Trafficking Claims: Boston 25
Senior Affiliated Faculty and BIGFishPR CEO David Gerzof Richard discusses the Wayfair child trafficking claims and influence of social media with Boston 25.
Senior Affiliated Faculty and BIGFishPR CEO David Gerzof Richard discusses the Wayfair child trafficking claims and influence of social media with Boston 25.
Emerson basketball guard Natalie Clydesdale ’20 was nominated by Emerson College last month to represent the NEWMAC conference as its NCAA Woman of the Year.
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.
Rapid advancements in communication technologies have complicated the 60-year-old field of media literacy, and now its role and educational practices are being researched, assessed and developed through a quarter-million research grant led in part by Emerson College’s School of Communication.
As founder of the nonprofit organization Entertainment for Change (EFC), Jade Zaroff ’16 is connecting children with artists nationwide via online classes aimed at empowering youth on how to lead through art and activism.
Executive in Residence and Director of the Business of Creative Enterprises Program Wes Jackson contributed to an article examining race and pop culture in the wake of civil unrest across the country, as the murders George Floyd and other Black men and women have sparked protests and a resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Julia Perry ‘20 and her Business of Creative Enterprises (BCE) cohort made Emerson College history this spring when they became the first-ever graduating class in its BCE undergrad program. Beyond the College, the small cohort of 30-plus students left a lasting impression with real-world clients after they provided six local partners with applicable creative business services.
Through the first half of the spring 2020 semester, students in the Journalism course TV News Magazine and Documentary had been developing short documentaries on subjects related to social change. But when production was disrupted by COVID-19 restrictions, they, along with Assistant Professor Gino Canella, saw the opportunity to expand their projects into multimedia websites, with deeply satisfying results.
Associate professor of American Studies Roger House writes an opinion piece for The Hill as protesters supporting the Black Lives Matter movement are sweeping the nation in the aftermath of the recent high profile murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
The International Public Relations course in the Communication Studies department focuses on global and international media relations, social media, branding, media management, crisis communication, and policy. Students of the class then apply those concepts at GlobComm, coordinating across geographic, cultural, language, religious, technological, and national differences — just as they would in a professional setting.