Andrea L. Taylor, former director, North America Citizenship & Public Affairs, Microsoft Corporation, is a civic leader focused on education, media and philanthropy as the president and CEO of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. A native Bostonian, she began her career as a reporter for The Boston Globe, was a producer and on-air host for… Read More
If you are an experienced writer with journalism clips and reporting experience, BU Today would like to hear from you. For summer 2016, they are looking two hire two interns to work as general assignment writers. The paid position will run from May to August, but they are also looking for students who can start… Read More
Boston is known as a sports and a college town but rarely have the leaders of these industries met. That will change April 15th, the eve of the Boston Marathon weekend, when the inaugural BU Sports Communication Summit; Play It Forward will be held at Agganis Arena, hosted by award-winning sports journalist and BU lecturer… Read More
Boston University is home to one of the country’s best public radio stations, WBUR. College of Communication students interested in public radio or online journalism are encouraged to apply for the WBUR Fellowship. The WBUR Fellow will spend the spring semester at WBUR for 10-20 hours a week, earning 2 or 4 credits. The fellow… Read More
COM professor Jim Cummings will present his research titled “Media in the Wild: Studying Media Consumption and Psychological Responses in Natural Environments.” Media content is increasingly consumed in combination with other information. People switch tasks extensively, both within products (e.g., between different shows or websites) and between media and external reality. As a result, various… Read More
Journalism Graduate student Rebecca Sananes has been selected to be a Pulitzer Center Fellow. Rebecca will travel to Cuba in the next few months to report on HIV-AIDS. In addition, Rebecca will go to South Africa next summer for the International AIDS conference. The Pulitzer Fellowships are a centerpiece of BU’s Program on Crisis Response… Read More
For the third consecutive year, COM’s Department of Film & Television has been honored on the Hollywood Reporter’s Top 25 American Film Schools. For half a decade, the Hollywood Reporter has been ranking the top film programs on a number of criteria, including “prestige, practical experience, inspirational teachers, potential career connections and access to cutting-edge… Read More
For the second straight year, Boston University is ranked among the Top 25 film programs in the country by The Hollywood Reporter. BU placed 12th in the 2014 list, down one position from 2013 when it debuted at No. 11. Some of COM’s most successful film and television alumni were featured, among them Jennifer Getzinger… Read More
Colleges and universities in the West derive from medieval bodies established primarily for teaching and training (principally in law and medicine). Their purposes were established by reference to a common culture, common goals, and a common source of normative authority. By stages, things changed with the reformation and the development of civic universities. The first… Read More