Three COM alumni will screen their films at the Independent Film Festival of Boston (April 27-May 4). The festival highlights a selection of American movies made outside the Hollywood studio system, and international films, with a mix of narrative features and documentaries, short films, including animation and experimental genres. Attendees have the chance to meet… Read More
On April 20, the College of Communication Student Assembly (COMSA) held “Your Take,” the BU Student Short Film Festival. A total of 11 short films were screened by the audience, which voted on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners. Prizes included Best Buy gift cards and iPod nanos. “Dilemma” by Javier Melendez won 1st… Read More
Boston University’s student-run television station – butv10 – announced today that it is the recipient of a 2011 Telly Award. On That Point, the channel’s current events discussion program, was selected as a winner in the 32nd annual competition. The shows submission “Living the Dream” explores perspectives surrounding the DREAM Act, the legislative proposal to… Read More
Boston University students won 17 out of 26 total prizes awarded in the sixth annual Boston Press Photographers Association college photography contest. COM seniors Amy Donnelly and Alessandra Hartkopf led the way with two first prizes each. The contest was judged by The Boston Globe staff photographer Bill Greene; The Patriot Ledger staff photographer Greg… Read More
Hothouse Productions’ “Guess Who?” – a short documentary about gender roles – won the Boston Center for the Arts’ Young Filmmaker Award on Apr. 2 for its student creators. Olivia Neir (’11) and Sarah Kamaras (’11) (right), both producers on the film, were there to accept the honors. Related Links BCA Young Filmmakers Competition Hothouse… Read More
Samantha Swindler (’02), the publisher and editor of the weekly Headlight Herald in Tillamook, Oregon, won the 2010 Tom and Pat Gish Award for courage, integrity and tenacity in rural journalism after spearheading a look into the corruption of a local sheriff. The Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, based in the School of… Read More
Watch the debut episode of COMlife COMlife is a new reality web series produced by the College of Communication’s Follow Suit Productions. It covers the happenings of two COM freshmen as they explore and discover the academic and social landscapes of college. The College of Communication’s reality web series COMlife is nominated won third place… Read More
On Dec. 9, student filmmakers Zainab Azeez, Goril Furu, Jeanne Herring, Peter Santana, Hao Wu and Janice Young won the Boston7DAYPSA competition, which challenged production teams to come up with public service announcements for local causes. The team, under the banner of Castle 4 Productions, won with an entry for the nonprofit North Charles Mental… Read More
(Boston) – Boston University today announced that it has named Donald K. Wright the Harold Burson Professor in Public Relations and Chair, Department of Mass Communication, Advertising, and Public Relations. The appointment, effective for five years beginning September 1, 2010, was announced by Tom Fiedler, Dean of BU’s College of Communication (COM), who called Wright… Read More