The College of Media, Communication and Information's incoming professors bring an interest in cutting-edge topics at a time when the media landscape is undergoing dramatic change.
When Angel Mollel enrolled in her capstone documentary class, she wanted to make a film she was proud of. She fulfilled the goal, with the added bonus of winning a regional Student Emmy Award.
When Donald Trump got the headlines from a recent National Association of Black Journalists conference, it obscured the lost opportunity for reporters of color to share ideas on how to cover controversial newsmakers.
Following years of high-profile shootings, communications expert and researcher Chris Vargo expected to find rising public salience around gun control. He didn’t.
A researcher’s experience in advertising, marketing and public relations gives her a unique angle to study organizational communications and policy around climate impact and awareness.
Before winning a statewide best-in-show award, Kate Chambers was among the more experienced students in her master’s cohort. Her success, she said, came from professors who pushed her to try new things.
In a distinguished lecture series, Princeton Professor Ruha Benjamin challenged students to think more critically about technology’s advances—and the people who are left behind and excluded from those benefits.