School of Communication News

Emersonians Bring Home Emmys

Eric Drysdale ’93 and Joe Celli ’91 recently won 2010 Primetime Emmy Awards. Drysdale won for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music, or Comedy Series for his work as a writer on The Colbert Report episode #5076 (in Iraq). Celli won for Outstanding Art Direction for Variety, Music, or Nonfiction Programming for his work as art director for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards.

New Faculty Members Bring a Wealth of Experience to Emerson

What do a Guggenheim fellow, a Kant philosopher, a former staff writer for the New York Times, the screenwriter for Gangs of New York, and a Frederick Douglass Doctoral Scholar have in common? They are all joining the Emerson faculty this fall.

Now That's Something to Tweet About

This summer, Emersonians are interning, working, and volunteering for a variety of businesses and organizations all across the country. More than 100 Emersonians responded, via Twitter, with what they have been up to.

Della-Giustina chosen to take part in RTDNA Educator & Student live chat

Associate Professor Dr. Marsha Della-Giustina was recently chosen to participate in the Radio Television Digital News Association’s “Educator & Student Live Chat.”

Leccese discussed social media use on WGBH-FM

Assistant Professor Mark Leccese talked about the use of social media in political campaigns on the Callie Crossley Show on WGBH-FM (89.7) on Tuesday, June 15.

Department chair has essay published

Richard West, Professor and Department Chair, recently had an article published in Making Connections: Readings in Relational Communication

Emerson Independent Video Wins a Boston/New England Emmy

Emerson student group Emerson Independent Video (EIV) won the James Thistle Student Production Emmy Award at the 33rd Boston/New England Emmy Awards banquet at Gillette Stadium at Patriot Place May 22.

Emerson's Network is a Hollywood Hit

Emerson's connections to comedy and its strong alumni network were recently featured in this weekend's Boston Globe.