Famine, war, disasters, ethnic violence. The dominant images of Africa produced by mainstream news media have been predictable and well-documented over the years. With the arrival of social media tha… more →
Melissa WallMelissa Wall wrote 1 day ago: Famine, war, disasters, ethnic violence. The dominant images of Africa produced by mainstream news … more →
larycrews wrote 1 week ago: WordPress video Two mobsters meet to discuss the release of each others’ sons. Written By: S … more →
daradoodle wrote 2 months ago: Roxana Saberi (courtesy of Reuters), Euna Lee & Laura Ling (courtesy of Getty Images) and Esha M … more →
larycrews wrote 3 months ago: What a terrific, creative weekend I had shooting A Taste for Danger! A Taste of Danger is the first … more →
larycrews wrote 3 months ago: Image via Wikipedia My third audition of the day was at CSUN. After dropping Lori at home, I … more →
Melissa Wall wrote 4 months ago: As the competition for scoring journalism gigs soars, a panel of experts at CSUN today advised stude … more →
Melissa Wall wrote 4 months ago: One of the most important civil rights movements in the world today is going on in Iran where women, … more →
Melissa Wall wrote 4 months ago: The investigative unit from ABC News has written an update on my student Esha Momeni who has now bee … more →
Melissa Wall wrote 4 months ago: Photo by PAYAM PERSIAN / payam naserinezhad (via Creative Commons) We’ll be hosting a panel d … more →
Melissa Wall wrote 6 months ago: An Iranian opera singer, a poet and other musicians will perform this Friday (Jan. 23) at USC … more →
Melissa Wall wrote 6 months ago: This fall I threw out the book on our sophomore-junior level writing class, Journalism 310 Writing, … more →
Melissa Wall wrote 6 months ago: Strange times when your department is plastered with pleas for one of your own students to be freed, … more →
Melissa Wall wrote 7 months ago: My graduate student Esha Momeni continues to face a travel ban in Iran, which is holding her passpor … more →
Melissa Wall wrote 7 months ago: CSUN Mass Comm grad student Anasa Sinegal records a segment about Esha for a radio show My graduate … more →
Melissa Wall wrote 8 months ago: NBC Nightly News (web) on the vigil Esha is still in Iran and still facing charges. Her parents p … more →
Melissa Wall wrote 8 months ago: The Daily News‘ story and video about the vigil: “Esha is an ambassador for peace. … more →
Melissa Wall wrote 8 months ago: My students did an incredible job hosting this afternoon’s vigil/rally for their classmate, Es … more →
Melissa Wall wrote 8 months ago: Kara, Vanessa and Seth filming The vigil/rally to celebrate Esha’s release and call for her sa … more →
Melissa Wall wrote 8 months ago: Our Mass Communications graduate students are taking a self-taught crash course in organizing as the … more →