Media credit: Charles Syles/ Bravo/ NBBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images The 11th annual Christiane Amanpour Lecture series organized by the University of Rhode Island’s Harrington School of Communication and Media will host Carole Radziwill on Oct. 24. Radziwill is a three time Emmy Award winning international journalist, a best-selling author and a cast member…
With the internet cluttered with more information than ever before, it can sometimes be difficult to differentiate between what information is real and what is not. Professors from the University of Rhode Island formed a panel to discuss “Finding Reliable Information in a ‘Post-Fact’ World” in Chaffee Hall last Thursday. “Facts are important but…
The recent internal and external changes made to Ranger Hall have brought the building into the modern world, but in the wake of its completion there have been numerous misconceptions and rumors. As a new state-of-the-art facility, Ranger Hall features many changes, including new equipment, technology and resources for all Harrington School of Communication and…
It’s impossible to check your social media without being bombarded by posts from various sites relating to your horoscope, your breakfast order, open letters to your best friends and thoughts you have while existing. Pieces like those have a place online. They’re entertaining and relatable, and are often thought provoking. There’s nothing wrong with writing…
Journalism and public relations majors often contradict each other- except in Journalism 341, editing for publication, where they learn editing techniques side by side. Journalism 341 is a required class for public relations majors and an optional, although arguably imperative, skills class for journalism majors. In both current sections of the class, PR majors…