This past weekend, I attended the "One Day Immersion In TV, Cable, and Digital Entertainment" event in New York City. I got to hear from different professionals in the TV and digital entertainment industry, all with diverse jobs, experiences, and paths to their current jobs. The one thing that they all had in common was …
Fashion greatly affects both identity and perception, making it an especially powerful tool for cultural diplomacy. Last week, Professor Harriet Brown (Syracuse University) and I were asked to do a podcast on Fashion Diplomacy for The Public Diplomat. Thepublicdiplomat.com is run by Professor Golan (Editor in Chief) and Michael Ardaiolo (Managing Editor). It is an excellent source of Public …
First-year Public Diplomacy Program (PD) students spent six weeks in two “boot-camp” classes – Introduction to Public Diplomacy and Visual Communication. Second-year PD students focused on “off-campus” experiences. For example, one student worked on public relations and communications for the San Francisco Film Festival. She even helped select the films to be shown (from the …
BOOT CAMP The incoming 34 Sports Communication Emphasis (SCE) students came from the Magazine, Newspaper, and Online Journalism, Broadcast and Digital Journalism, and Television, Film, and Radio programs. Students worked in a variety of media, including, print, audio, video, still photography and social media, and published their work on a class blog, NewhouseSports SCE 2014. …
Class of '13 TRF Master's students finished up their program of study by stepping into industry settings in their final TRF class – Entertainment Industry Practicum. In addition to contributing to a variety of entertainment industry workplaces, they wrote about what they experienced in their blog The 4th Wall. You can look in at http://4thwall.syr.edu/sequence65/. TRF …
BOOT CAMP The incoming Public Relations graduate students spent an intense, six week Boot Camp learning to write a wide variety of public relations materials and mastering AP Style. Each student created and produced a portfolio-quality media kit based on a real company and non-profit organization partnering on a ficticious event. Four of the media …
PHOTOGRAPHY: The photography bootcamp is, in my opinion, a wonderful opportunity for potential students to "warm up" to the coming graduate school experience. It gives them a chance to address some concerns and worries they have about photography ahead of the fall term, and in turn, gives them a jump start on their career at …
BOOT CAMP New Media Management students spend the bootcamp semester in an intensive reading seminar that explore the disruptions taking place across the communications industries. Student read and discussed works such as Dr. Carlota Perez's treatise on the dynamics of economic bubbles and technological revolutions, and Dr. Duncan Watts' explanation of the mathematics of networks …
BOOT CAMP Magazine, Newspaper, and Online Journalism students spent the six weeks of boot camp learning the basics of newswriting and exploring the Syracuse area. The intensive program met 5 days a week, often from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, and halfway through the week students were challenged to switch their way of thinking when …