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@AmericanU's School of Communication. Inspiring leaders through excellence in teaching, research, creativity & unique real-world opportunities.
Washington, DC
Joined February 2010
This year marks #AUSOC's 30th anniversary! We're excited to continue our #SOC30Under30 campaign by celebrating Courtney Rozen, Festicia Bovell, Matt Pedretti, Sarah Cammarata, and Sara Rodrigues. https://t.co/v7tEkWiOiC
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🤩 #AUSOC double Eagle @laurenmlumpkin has been promoted to National Education Reporter for @wapo, where she will be reporting on K-12 schools! Lauren has been covering DC schools for the Post for three years. She first joined The Washington Post as an AU fellow in 2019.
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The family unit is under attack! Stand with us as we fight the anti-family left!
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🎉 Congratulations to #AUSOC Journalism MA student Terrance Williams! Well-versed in politics and history, technology and global knowledge earned through military service, Terrance has now won a $10,000 scholarship from the A-Mark Foundation. 👏 https://t.co/BSphwmrucs
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#AUSOC Professor Aram Sinnreich wrote an article for Lawfare in which he explains that the fear that AI will “flood” markets and harm authors echo past tech panics and is it is possible it will do the opposite. Read the full piece:
lawfaremedia.org
Although some fear that AI will flood the market, harming existing copyrighted works, historical examples seem to tell a different story.
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🎥 #AUSOC Professor Claudia Myers' 2019 film “Above the Shadows” was spotlighted in an article celebrating Alan Ritchson’s rise to stardom! The author credits Myers’ feature as the moment they realized Ritchson was destined to become a star. Read more:
screenrant.com
This 2019 film shows Ritchson was always Reacher.
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🗞️ In the Trump era, veteran journalists are facing tough choices: stay and fight, or walk away. #AUSOC professor John Watson spoke to The Wrap about what it means when staying in the newsroom means compromising your principles. 🔗 Read more:
thewrap.com
The exodus at the Washington Post, L.A. Times and coming reckoning at CBS News raise questions of what to do when your news loses its way.
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📣 “It’s not much of a jump to actual violence.” #AUSOC Professor Kurt Braddock spoke to The Independent about the real-world consequences of the Trump administration’s use of dehumanizing memes to promote immigration policies. Read more:
the-independent.com
‘We won’t apologize for posting banger memes,’ White House spokesperson says
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🚀 30 years ago today, Netscape’s IPO lit the fuse on the internet era — the original “Big Bang” of the digital age. #AUSOC Professor Emeritus W. Joseph Campbell wrote a piece for The Hill, reflecting on how that moment changed everything. Read it here:
thehill.com
It was a stirring launch still celebrated as the “Netscape Moment.”
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🎙️ #AUSOC Prof Puglisi conducted interviews for The National Press Club with Pete Muntean and Tara Palmeri! 🗣️Listen to Pete's episode about the midair collision at DCA: https://t.co/c5c1yboKYJ 📰 Listen to Tara's episode about her career:
press.org
Tara Palmeri is a ground-breaking mutli-media journalist who has had success across a variety of platforms. During her 16-year career she has worked at CNN, the Washington Examiner, the New York...
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🗣️🦅 Need to meet with your #AUSOC advisor? Come to Add/Drop Drop-in Hours from 8/25-9/8! Head to MCK 104 or join here: https://t.co/Nmf4i7z4mC
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Rocking my new Halloween fit 🎃 Which holiday do you love the most?
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🎉🗞️ Congratulations to #AUSOC PhD alumna, Dr. Jan Lauren Boyles, for being named Director of the School of Journalism at The University of Arizona! Dr. Boyles was one of the first Communication PhD graduates from AU back in 2014! Read more:
journalism.arizona.edu
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🎤 #AUSOC professor Jill Olmsted attended the first-annual Higher Ed PodCon at the University of Illinois-Chicago! Professor Olmsted plans on updating parts of her textbook, Tools for Podcasting, with information she learned at the conference! Learn more: https://t.co/DfXnvlrJxA
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✨🗣️You won’t want to miss this! 🎵🎼 #AUSOC professor Natalie Hopkinson will lead a workshop on DC’s official soundtrack of Go-Go music on August 18th from 5:30-7pm in the Bridge! Professor Hopkinson is a cofounder of the new Go-Go Museum in DC:
american.edu
The world’s only collection dedicated to the celebration and preservation of DC’s official music is bumpin’
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💭✨ Living a DC Dream! Incoming journalism masters student, Kendall Staton, spoke to #AUSOC about what she’s excited about for this upcoming semester and her dream fellowship with The Washington Post! 🔗 Read more about Kendall and her fellowship here: https://t.co/L4bx67cKTT
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🍂✨ From exciting elections to family weekend to new faculty and everything in-between, #AUSOC has a lot of exciting events this Fall! 🔗 Check out all to look forward to here: https://t.co/H613RVa5MX
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🎥✨ #AUSOC students traveled to LA for the annual LA Intensive! They got a behind-the-scenes look at the television and film industry through site visits, industry panels, and alumni networking. Learn more: 🔎 https://t.co/P7zG6HNBKr 💡 https://t.co/c9QMtFQxTi
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#AUSOC professor Sherri Williams spoke to WOSU Public Media about the recent Texas storm flooding, social media, and conspiracy theories. Listen here:
wosu.org
What is the status of the nation’s weather technology? And what conspiracy theories have spread across the country?
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