Journalists, blogger, scholar to spotlight
Cal State L.A.’s American Communities Program presents
panel Nov. 18
Los Angeles, CA
– A panel of award-winning journalists, bloggers, and scholars will
discuss how new media and technologies affect how knowledge is generated
and disseminated at Cal State L.A. Wednesday, Nov.18, from 6 to 8
p.m.
The free public presentation, “New Media, New Technologies, and
Knowledge,” will be in the Los Angeles Room of the
University-Student Union.
The panel will focus on innovations in how information is formed,
gathered and shared about individuals and local and global communities.
It includes Madeleine Brand, a broadcast journalist with National Public
Radio; Megan Garvey, co-founder of the Los Angeles Times’ Mapping LA
project; Kavita Philip, a professor of anthropology at UC Irvine and
expert on new technologies; Raquel Hunter, a blogger for “Mama’s
Health”; and Jon Beaupre, a professor of communication studies at Cal
State L.A. and veteran radio newscaster with KPCC.
The event is presented by the
American Communities Program (ACP) at Cal State L.A. and is
co-sponsored by the University’s
Cross Cultural Centers,
College of Arts and Letters,
University-Student Union, and student fees.
For details, contact ACP Acting Director Maria Karafilis at 323-343-5823
or
mkarafi@calstatela.edu.
Media
how new ways, new tools keep
knowledge flowing
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