March 2019 - News Articles

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

The two-day symposium held in Philadelphia's City Hall on March 25 and 26 addressed what the platform economy is, and what that means for workers; the drawbacks and possibilities technology offers workers; the work of the International Labour Organization, run by the United Nations; policy interventions and more.

Master of Information

SC&I Faculty and Alumni Head to the Nation’s Capital to Attend iConference 2019

SC&I faculty and alumni from the Library and Information Science Department will be presenting at iConference 2019 in Washington, D.C.

Communication Major

Yanovitzky Selected to National Academies’ Committee, to Speak at the Upcoming Arthur M. Sackler Colloquium

The committee brings together science communication practitioners and researchers who span a range of disciplines and expertise in health, education, the environment, and other sectors.

Zack Morrison ’14 Wins First Place in the 39th College Television Awards Comedy Series for “Everything’s Fine: A Panic Attack in D Major”

Journalism and Media Studies Major School of Communication and Information (SC&I)

Zack Morrison ’14 Wins Best Comedy Series at the 39th College Television Awards for “Everything’s Fine: A Panic Attack in D Major”

Morrison, who submitted Everything’s Fine as his master’s thesis at Columbia, was already an award-winning filmmaker while he was an undergraduate at Rutgers majoring in Journalism and Media Studies at SC&I. Read about the latest award he has received, for his comedy portraying a young woman’s anxiety through song and dance.

Communication Major Master of Communication and Media

SC&I Lecturer and PRSA NJ Director Ken Hunter To Moderate the "Meet the Media" Event on April 3

Interested in learning speed pitching? At this event, Rutgers/SC&I students can gain insight into the interaction between public relations practitioners and journalists. The event is co-hosted by the Rutgers Public Relations Student Society of America (Todd Hunt Chapter), based at SC&I.

Journalism and Media Studies Major

JMS Students Practice Working as Foreign Correspondents in Italy for Third Summer

Journalism and Media Studies undergraduates will report on political and social affairs in Italy for the third summer in a row, during SC&I’s summer 2019 “Global Journalism in Bologna, Italy” program.

Journalism and Media Studies Major

Chenjerai Kumanyika, Producer and Co-Host of Peabody Award-Winning Podcast, Teaches Podcasting at SC&I

Kumanikya, whose podcast, Uncivil, won a Peabody Award in 2017 for an episode titled “The Raid,” is now teaching a podcasting course at SC&I. In his course students learn how podcasting is a form of narrative journalism, requiring writing, research, and other critical skills that go beyond sound and technology.

Research at School of Communication and Information

Charles Senteio Awarded Honorable Mention for the APHA Betty J. Cleckley Minority Issues Research Award

The American Public Health Association (APHA) Aging in Public Health section has awarded Honorable Mention for the Betty J. Cleckley Minority Issues Research Award to a paper co-authored by Charles Senteio, Assistant Professor of Library and Information science.