News

Dinner at Dr. Litty’s: Comm Majors Get to Know Faculty and Each Other

Felicity "Dr. Litty" Paxton hopes the dinner series will foster meaningful relationships.

CAMRA Hosts 7th Annual Screening Scholarship Media Festival

This year's theme was “Rendering Matters of Concern and the Present Histories.”

• Culture & Media

Mutz Wins 2019 AAPOR Book Award

The award recognizes books that have influenced our understanding of public opinion or survey methodology.

• Political Communication

Undergraduate Research Project Awarded Penn’s Shah Family Prize

Hadeel Saab (C’20) and Anna Waldzinska (C’20) are researching how to increase voter turnout.

• Political Communication

CAMRA Receives $250,000 Grant from Mellon Foundation

The grant will support CAMRA’s undergraduate mentorship program.

MIC Center Hosts “The Platform Economy and the Future of the City” Symposium

The event brought together workers, organizers and activists, lawyers and other legal experts, and academics studying worker rights.

• Technology & Society

Center for Media at Risk Receives Funding from Craig Newmark Philanthropies

Having donated over $85 million toward journalism initiatives, Newmark is a leading supporter of a free press.

• Media Institutions

Dynamic Exploits: The Science of Worker Control in the On-Demand Economy

Who does on-the-job flexibility actually benefit?

• Technology & Society

Bleakley Receives Grant to Study Youth Consumption of Sugary Beverages

She will develop media messages aimed at reducing adolescent consumption of sports and energy drinks.

• Health Communication

Comm Major Christina Griffith (C'20) is "Expedition" Magazine Associate Editor

After graduation, she hopes to pursue a career in investigative journalism within the public radio industry.