Prof. Mitchell Zuckoff, author of the book Ponzi’s Scheme: The True Story of a Financial Legend, is featured in the New York Times Dealbook video, Giving Fraud a Bad Name. More coverage Mitchell Zuckoff on the Bernard Madoff scandal. Additional links Explore journalism opportunities at Boston University. Visit COM’s graduate admissions page.
Prof. Garland Waller, premieres her full-length documentary, No Way Out But One on Thursday, October 27 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s “Chicks Make Flicks” film series. Waller’s documentary follows Holly Collins, a Minnesota mother of three, who is determined to protect her children from their abusive father. After the courts grant her husband custody,… Read More
Prof. Stephen Quigley, APR, was awarded the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) 2011 Outstanding Educator of the Year Award during the Monday Luncheon at the PRSA 2011 International Conference. This award honors a PRSA member who has made a significant contribution to the advancement of public relations education through college or university teaching. “I’m… Read More
BU journalism professor Caryl Rivers is a nationally known journalist, columnist, media critic and author of 15 books. Her newest book, The Truth about Girls and Boys: Challenging Toxic Stereotypes about Our Children (Columbia University Press, 2011) is coauthored by Rosalind C. Barnett, a Brandeis University women’s studies researcher, and addresses the widespread belief that… Read More
Watch the full episode. See more PBS NewsHour. While writing for The Boston Globe, Prof. Dick Lehr and his colleagues investigated one of the nation’s most notorious criminals: James “Whitey” Bulger, head of the Irish mob in Boston. That reporting provided the basis for the New York Times best-seller: Black Mass: The Irish Mob, The… Read More
Professor Mitchell Zuckoff visited The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on June 22 to talk about his new WWII-era book, Lost in Shangri-La. The Daily Show – Mitchell Zuckoff Tags: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook Related Links Returning to Shangri-la Mitchell Zuckoff’s biography New York Times review Explore… Read More
Prof. Douglas Starr took to the NPR airwaves to share some of his favorite new science journalism reads for the summer ahead. “I’ve got books in environment, computers, physics, medicine and porn,” Starr told Science Friday host Ira Flatow. [audioplayer file=”http://pd.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/totn/2011/05/20110520_totn_02.mp3″ image=”/com/files/2011/05/sciencefriday.jpg”] See the transcript at the NPR website.
The killing of Osama bin Laden has done substantial damage to al-Qaida’s terrorist organization, Robert Zelnick, COM journalism professor, said on Fox 25 (Boston) News this morning in an interview with host Gene Lavanchy. “This dooms al-Qaida to a second- or third-rate relevance,” Zelnick said. “I think it’s been dented and dented during the 10… Read More
Film Professor Sam Kauffmann attended the 7th Annual Al Jazeera International Documentary Film Festival in Doha, Qatar, where he screened his most recent film, Kids Living with Slim. The film follows seven African children who are HIV positive (the word “slim” is slang for HIV/AIDS). Al Jazeera festival organizers had seen the film at the… Read More
In Prof. Mitchell Zuckoff’s newest book – Lost in Shangri-La – he discovers a nearly forgotten tale of a World War II-era plane crash that left three Americans stranded in an eerie, little-known part of world, surrounded by mountains and jungle. Here, the three castaways lived alongside a New Guinean tribe, which ate the hands… Read More