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Recent Writing
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
The press release released by the Minneapolis Police Department following the murder of George Floyd should make all communicators consider how organization-first thinking can justify only telling our preferred narrative.
Notes from “Consent and the Protocols and Ethics of Photographing People”
People of color and individuals from traditionally marginalized populations have seen images of themselves or people like them misused over and over again. Communicators must rethink how we think of photography.
Sandra Boone 