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Super Bowl Ads: What May Be Missing This Year
Almost as fun as watching the big game, Super Bowl commercials give everyone just as much to talk about at the water cooler the morning after. Puppies, horses and big celebrities are always sure to draw attention, but what about…
Call for Entries: 2018 Mirror Awards
The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications is now accepting nominations for the 12th annual Mirror Awards honoring excellence in media industry reporting. The deadline is Feb. 19. Anyone may nominate, and there is no fee to enter. Click here…
WAER’s ‘City Limits’ Project Examines Syracuse’s Alarming Poverty Rate
WAER Public Media recently launched “City Limits,” a year-long audio journalism project that examines the living and socio-economic conditions behind the alarming poverty rate in Syracuse. According to the U.S. Census Report, Syracuse’s poverty rate was the 13th worst in…
Media Advertising and Profitability in the Age of Fake News
Associate professor Ed Russell spent 25 years in the advertising business working for some of the largest and best known firms in the world before joining the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications faculty. Russell sees new ad campaigns by CNN, The…
Alumnus Jeff Glor ’97 Named Anchor of ‘CBS Evening News’
Newhouse School and Maxwell School alumnus Jeff Glor ’97 has been named anchor of the CBS Evening News. The announcement was made Wednesday by CBS News President David Rhodes. “Jeff is a thoughtful, probing journalist with the versatility to anchor in any…
The Death of the Television Wife
It’s a strange but true concept seen across the ages of TV: shows killing off female leads to empower and strengthen male-dominated plotlines. This trend has been at the forefront of many of today’s hit shows, prompting the Washington Post…
The Role of Press as Watchdog on Government Corruption
Joel Kaplan, the Associate Dean for Professional Graduate Studies and Professor and Acting Director of Online Master’s in Communications at Syracuse University’s Newhouse School, offers thoughts about the role of journalism in unveiling the latest scoop between the Trump campaign…
Broadcast, Print Journalism Students Finalists in the NABJ Salute to Excellence Awards
The National Association of Black Journalists has released its list of finalists for its 2017 Salute to Excellence Awards, with three Newhouse students and student-produced NCC News making the cut. Brianna Moné Williams, G’17, magazine, newspaper and online journalism Category: Newspaper…
Newhouse Hosts Multimedia Immersion Experience
Every year in late spring, after classes end and students have left campus, a whirl of activity descends upon the Newhouse School, where the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) holds its annual Multimedia Immersion workshop, known affectionately among participants as…
Robert Thompson: NBC Isn’t Sweating Backlash Over Interview With Alex Jones
Robert Thompson, Trustee Professor and director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture, was quoted in a story posted on The Wrap titled “Why NBC Isn’t Sweating Backlash Over Megyn Kelly’s Interview With Alex Jones.”