Dean’s Message

With his final semester as dean drawing to a close, Tom Fiedler bids COM adieu
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By Thomas Fiedler (’71)

Journalism, Advertising, Public Relations, Film & Television, Business & Technology

Mitchell Zuckoff

In Search of Great Narrative

Professor and bestselling author Mitchell Zuckoff on how writers should fill their notebooks and find their stories
Videos Included

By Lara Ehrlich

Journalism

Studio portraits of Tiye Barnes (COM’19) and Kayla Richardson (COM’20)

Tackling Communications’ Lack of Diversity

COM is taking on an industry-wide issue—and restoring a historic connection to Claflin University

By Andrew Thurston

Public Relations, Film & Television

Christine Schiefer and Em Schulz.

Podcasting Partners in Crime

How two alums turned their conversations about crime and the paranormal into a hit podcast
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By Emma Guillén

Business & Technology, Film & Television

Students in the College of Communication's new Trauma Journalism class, seated around a table, learn how reporters should deal with survivors of trauma.FROM BU Today

Trauma Journalism

Students learn how to care for their sources—and themselves

By Joel Brown

Journalism

Lei Guo (from left) Prakash Ishwar, Derry Wijaya, and Margrit Betke. Photo by Cydney ScottFROM Research

Managing Information Overload

BU researchers receive $1 million grant to analyze online data with artificial intelligence

By Kate Becker

Business & Technology

Learn from the Best

COM Beyond helps communications professionals continue their educations with video tips and workshops.

Advertising, Business & Technology, Film & Television, Journalism, Public Relations

Crisis Reporter

Pulitzer Center fellow Flaviana Sandoval (’19) (far right) returns home to report on Venezuela’s organ transplant crisis
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By Flaviana Sandoval

Journalism

The Face of Facebook

Facebook’s Anthony Harrison (’81) on dealing with negative news and managing an audience of two billion

By Emma Guillén

Public Relations

MOST READ

Making Hollywood Paperless

Former script coordinator Steven Vitolo (’05) saw a problem and invented a solution: his Scriptation app aims to streamline script revisions

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By Joel Brown

Business & Technology, Film & Television

Michelle Amazeen FROM Research

Do You Know a Native Ad When You See One?

Professor Michelle Amazeen learns that less than 10 percent of people can identify sponsored content

By Kat J. McAlpine

Advertising, Journalism

John Waller (right) and an unidentified comrade in wartorn France in early 1945. FROM BU Today

Family Drama

Garland Waller finds closure for her father’s World War II experience in a new documentary

By Joel Brown

Film & Television

Scarlett Lewis FROM BU Today

A Mother’s Crusade to Teach Love

Scarlett Lewis (’90), the mother of a Sandy Hook victim, promotes social skills teaching for troubled youth

By Rich Barlow

Illustration of people with TVs as headsFROM Research

Binge-Watching Netflix Warps Your Worldview

Watching back-to-back episodes of violent shows can cause “mean world syndrome”

By Madeleine O’Keefe (CAS’18, COM’19)

Film & Television, Business & Technology

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