admin Century of Abuse: Ethnic Images on the Big Screen
When one considers the history of the depiction of ethnic and racial groups within motion pictures, one sees almost a…
Producer’s Lament: Bottom Line Still Tops
In a perfect TV world, the tube would reflect the great diversity and variety of our society. Obviously, it does…
Covering Conflict: How the News Media Handles Ethnic Controversy
In the fall of 1968, I was a wire service reporter in New York City covering the lengthy public school…
Starting Point: We all come from somewhere
A keen memory from my childhood was visiting Aunt Margaret’s house where we children could swing on the front gate…
Making Connections: Media’s Role in our Culture of Violence
When Deborah Prothrow-Stith, M.D., dean of Harvard University’s School of Public Health, begins one of her eloquent speeches on the…
Teachers as Media Creators
When students walked into my class on the first day of school this year, I gave them three books each…
Working with Basics: Miracles DO Happen!
A few weeks ago I wrote to this list asking for ideas and suggestions about a 3-week "media" unit that…
Student-Produced Morning News
Frankly, it’s both fun and rewarding to watch them work, these students who run the daily morning announcement TV program…
Literacy for the 21st Century: The Hope and the Promise
Since the beginning of recorded history, the concept of "literacy" meant having the skill to interpret "squiggles" on a piece…
China’s Challenge: Modernize, not Westernize
From the back of the crowded classroom, a young man raised his hand. “Tell us about Hol-lee-wood.” he asked in…