Department of Journalism News

Trip to Japan Raises Awareness for Budding Journalists

“As much as you listen to world news..., it is not until you speak with the people of other countries that you get a sense of the magnitude of the issues you are writing about,” said Emerson journalism student Spencer Neustadt, MA ’12.

Lanson Documents His Personal Journey as a Writer

Lanson has published his third book on the art of storytelling. Writing for Others, Writing for Ourselves: Telling Stories in an Age of Blogging was released this week through Rowman and Littlefield Publishers.

A Not So Secret Book Signing

When Emerson Journalism Department Chair and Professor Ted Gup hosted a book signing and reading of A Secret Gift at the Emerson College Bookstore on November 30, the store was packed.

Filmmaker Valerius Goes to White House

Valerius, MA ’06, was among the group of 25 influential black women invited by First Lady Michelle Obama to the White House for a special screening of Tyler Perry’s For Colored Women.

Andersen Receives NCA Award

Andersen accepted the award at the NCA’s 96th convention, “Building Bridges,” in San Francisco November 14–17.

Gup on CBS Sunday Morning

CBS Sunday Morning will feature Emerson Journalism Department Chair and Professor Ted Gup in a segment about his new book, A Secret Gift, this Sunday, November 28.

Emerson Faculty Featured at Irish Journalism Conference

Journalism Associate Professor Jerry Lanson, and Writing, Literature and Publishing Associate Professor Jeffrey Seglin were two of just three academics invited to a workshop at the Irish Institute at Boston College.

Local Journalists Visit Campus for Post-Election Conversation

Emerson students asked questions and were offered advice at the Post-Election Conversation held in Emerson’s Charles Beard Room on November 9.