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RIIFF, which runs from Aug. 4 to Aug. 9, is free and online this year due to COVID19. The Art of Dissent explores the power of artistic engagement in Czechoslovakia before and after the 1968 Soviet-led invasion. The documentary’s main protagonists – Václav Havel, banned singer Marta Kubišová, and the underground rock group The Plastic People of the Universe – became the most recognizable dissidents during the 1970s and 1980s. Havel fused literary, rock ’n’ roll, political, and philosophical worlds into a hybrid network that eventually toppled the totalitarian regime during the Velvet…
Crisis management expert, author, and National Press Club member Edward Segal will share his advice and insights in a virtual program hosted by the Communicators Team via Zoom video conference on Thursday, Aug. 20, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Registration is free for all Club members. Segal is the author of the recently published “Crisis Ahead: 101 Ways to Prepare for and Bounce Back from Disasters, Scandals, and Other Emergencies." It is rated the #1 best new book on crisis management to read this year by BookAuthority.org. Segal is the former marketing strategies columnist for The Wall Street…
Dr. Vlad also highlights the challenges in reopening college campuses amid the coronavirus outbreak. Adjusting to online learning while balancing career aspirations is tricky for students studying mass media and communications, and remains a hot topic for staff, faculty, and industry experts. Besides listening on Press.org, Update-1 can be found on iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn and Spotify by searching for "NPC Update-1.
Trends in journalism education and in the profession have steadily changed over the last 10 years. One of the big changes is the increasing number of women who are pursuing degrees in mass media or communications. Their enrollment numbers have increased at both the undergraduate and graduate levels compared to male students. In this episode of Update-1, Dr. Tudor Vlad, the director of the James M. Cox Jr. Center for International Mass Communication Training and Research at the University of Georgia, discusses gender trends at colleges and universities and in the journalism profession with …
Dr. Tudor Vlad
Dr. Tudor Vlad