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Research

Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication Releases CARGC Paper 6

In this paper, Mariela Morales Suárez examines the motivations and challenges of Cuban journalists.

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Faculty News

Zelizer Delivers Plenary Keynote on Al Jazeera and Media Freedom in Crisis, Outlines New Center for Media at Risk

The new center will help monitor and sustain a free and critical global media environment.

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News

Carlin Romano Named a Knight Foundation Nieman Fellow

Fellows are chosen for their interest in seeking innovative ideas in journalism.

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Faculty News

Zelizer Publishes New Book, What Journalism Could Be

Zelizer examines journalism’s complicated history, prompting readers to rethink how the news works and why it matters.

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Call for Submissions

Call for Applications: 2017 Milton Wolf Seminar on Media and Diplomacy

The Seminar will examine how visions for society are produced, sustained, and at times defeated.

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Research

FactCheck.org to Work With Facebook on Exposing Viral Fake News

FactCheck.org is among several fact-checking organizations that will help to identify and label viral fake news stories.

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Alumni

Aymar Jean Christian (Ph.D. ’12) Launches Web Series “Two Queens in a Kitchen” To Showcase LGBTQ Artists of Color

The series features artists, LGBTQ identifying individuals, and people of color discussing important social issues while making a healthy snack.

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Alumni

Giving Voices to the Disenfranchised: Filmmaker, Novelist, Investigative Journalist, and Alumna Nilita Vachani (M.A.C. ’83)

Vachani’s work shares a common thread: giving a voice to the disenfranchised.

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Faculty News

Mutz Awarded David O. Sears Book Award for In-Your-Face Politics

The award is given for the best book published over the past year in the field of political psychology of mass politics.

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Faculty News

Victor Pickard Wins Mott Book Award for America’s Battle for Media Democracy

With an eye to history, the book considers how the American media system became what it is today.