All communicators must understand the power and responsibility that comes with our role as storytellers and gatekeepers of information.
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Recent writing
Sample syllabus: Social justice concerns for communicators
Communications is a field of few rules, so communicators make subjective decisions every day. This course helps students consider those choices.
Announcement time!
For most of my adult life, I’ve been certain I’d never do a Ph.D., but, as stated in the SOJC’s viewbook, “Great researchers find a thread that fascinates them, and they don’t stop pulling until they’ve unraveled the truth.”
Rethinking the photo release
Photo releases exist to protect organizations rather than the people in the photos.
MPD PIO John Elder’s unintentional lesson for all communicators
Not lying does not always equal telling the truth.