Respected media mogul Rupert Murdoch argues that a professional journalist is expected to be a ‘Jack of all trades, but a master of none.’ The reason he advances for this expectation is that journalists are supposed to handle content on a wide variety of issues in a bid to keep their constituencies informed regularly. In …
Hero is a Chinese film directed by Zhang Yimou in 2002. The story is based on true history in 227 BC that a swordsman Jing Ke prepared for ten years to kill the King of Qin. This is also the main storyline of the movie. The story is simple, however Zhang Yimou utilized color to …
As an international student, if you ask me which part of Syracuse surprises me the most, I will say it is definitely the long winter. I am not joking. Syracuse has the longest winter I have ever seen, lasting more than five months! For anyone who has spent a full year in Syracuse, you are …
For those of you in the Newhouse Master’s Students 2017-18 Facebook Group, you may have heard about an improv group forming. For the past few weeks, all the moving pieces of getting enough people, locking down a room with Robyn Kobasa, and finding a good window of time on Sunday were finally starting to come …
Career indecision is a common theme among Newhouse graduate students, as they decided to attend this one-year program to hopefully find exactly what they desire. Some of Newhouse’s most diligent alumni have gone on to accomplish great things in the media industry, and they decided to show some love back to the current students, hosting …
With a 37-game winning streak over the Cornell Big Red basketball team, many college basketball fans can anticipate that the Syracuse Orange basketball team will dominate in their season opener on November 10th, 2017. Syracuse is ready to unleash against Cornell for an exciting introduction to college basketball, but I am probably one of the …
What’s the most important drink for graduate students? Water might be the right answer, but coffee is definitely the best answer. There are plenty of places to get your caffeine fix on campus, but when should you skip the Starbucks line and head over to Marshall Street for some Dunkin’ Donuts? It depends on how …
Leave it to Professor Chase Clifford to hook her TRF 400 Production Management students up with a slew of well-versed professionals in the field. As her teaching assistant, I have connected with media professionals she knows to facilitate guest lectures through Skype, and every speaker so far has enlightened me, even though I am not …
It’s not every day you get to speak to an award-winning producer for one of America’s most beloved comedies. On October 19th 2017, I had the pleasure of connecting with Sally Young, a producer for Modern Family. She kindly agreed to a Skype guest-speaking opportunity for Professor Chase Clifford’s TRF 400 Production Management course, and …