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Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Fantastic Screening Tonight!
A screening of an original documentary, 'A Horse Connection,' which focuses on an organization that provides equine assisted therapy for people with special needs. Meet Gregg Bray, the documentary's producer, and a panel of experts including Jane Poskanzer, the Program and Clinical Director of the Diagnostic and Consulting Center for the Children's Annex; and Nancy King, the Creator and Director of A Horse Connection Riding Program. The panel will discuss the role of hippo therapy for special needs persons post-screening.
| What: A Horse Connection Where: Honors Center (College Hall) When: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 |
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Karaoke Event Tomorrow Night!
Come celebrate the end of the semester with the Communication and Media Society!
There will be prizes and free food!
| What: Karaoke
Night Where: Purple Lounge in the Student Union Building When: Friday, April 25 @ 6 p.m. |
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Fantastic Media Day Event Planned for April 21st!
From the SUNY New Paltz Homepage (http://www.newpaltz.edu/news/news.cfm?id=4016):
A well-known television critic, a music writer and a former New York Times culture editor will highlight a panel of journalists who will discuss arts journalism in the age of the Internet at a forum at the State University of New York at New Paltz at 4 p.m. on Monday, April 21, in the college’s Honors Center.
The event, which is titled "'Dude, that RULEZ!' - Arts Journalism in the Age of the Internet" is free and open to the public.
The discussion will feature four accomplished writer and editors who shape the way arts is covered in America and will be moderated by New Paltz Professor Will Hermes, who is a frequent contributor to National Public Radio, The New York Times, Rolling Stone and Spin magazine.
“Arts journalism, like all journalism, is in a state of great change,” said Hermes who teaches a class on arts writing and criticism and is writing a book about New York City's music culture in the mid-1970s.
Newspapers and magazines are cutting back on serious arts reporting and laying off critics, he points out, but “at the same time, new forms and avenues of arts writing have exploded on the Web.” The forum is expected to discuss these developments.
The keynote speaker will be Joy Press who is culture editor at Salon, a well known online magazine. Before joining Salon, she served as the literary editor of the Village Voice and edited the Voice Literary Supplement (VLS). She has also been chief TV and book critic for the Voice.
Press edited "War of the Words: 20 Years of Writing on Contemporary Literature in the VLS" and co-wrote, with husband Simon Reynolds, "The Sex Revolts: Gender, Rebellion and Rock 'n' Roll."
Joining Press will be Hua Hsu who has written about culture and politics for Slate, The New York Times, the Boston Globe Ideas section and the Village Voice, and Martin Gottlieb who was deputy culture editor for The New York Times for six years and is the former editor of the Village Voice.
Gottlieb is currently the James H. Ottaway visiting professor of journalism at New Paltz and has been an award-winning investigative reporter. Hsu recently joined the English Department at Vassar College.
The forum is sponsored by the college’s Department of Communication
and Media, which includes its programs in journalism, radio-television and
communication.
| What: "'Dude,
that RULEZ!' - Arts Journalism in the Age of the Internet" Where: Honors Center When: Monday, April 21, @ 4 p.m.. |
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Exciting Media Day Panel/Networking Opportunity Planned for April 21st!
Learn about the transition from college to your career and beyond from a panel of successful communication/media panelists including:
John W. Barry is the music writer for the Poughkeepsie
Journal where he has worked since June 2002. He has
covered everything from Bob Dylan's secret rehearsals
at the Bardavon 1869 Opera House to then-Attorney General
Eliot Spitzer's investigation of payola in the music
industry to the opening of Bethel Woods Center for the
Arts, a concert venue built on the site of the 1969
Woodstock concert. Barry's duties include a weekly
appearance on Woodstock radio station WDST, each
Thursday at 8:35 a.m. From 1995 to May 2002, Barry was a
municipal reporter for The Journal News, in Westchester and
Rockland counties. While at The Journal News, Barry covered
town and village government, as well as Irish issues. He
also wrote a weekly column that helped readers navigate red
tape at town hall. Barry was also heavily involved in
the paper's coverage of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on
the World Trade Center. His first newspaper job was with
Taconic Newspapers in Rhinebeck. He has a journalism
degree from SUNY New Paltz in 1993 and was an intern
at the Legislative Gazette in Albany
Two weeks after Chris Ferrero received her
degree in
Advertising and Public Relations from Syracuse
University's Newhouse School of Public Communications,
she was in Wilmington, Delaware working for the DuPont
Company. Over the next twenty years her assignments
included heading the team which developed and managed
marketing plans for five polymers divisions totaling
$2 billion in revenues, and managing the corporate
communications function that included both television
advertising and the evaluation all of the company's
print advertising output. When she moved to New York she
created a consultancy that specialized in helping nonprofits
maximize their marketing potential. Today she is VP
of External Affairs for Patterns for Progress, the
policy and planning not-for-profit that creates regional
solutions to quality-of-life issues in the Hudson
Valley.
Rob Jameson currently creates (not works!)
in NYC as a
network artist and filmmaker. His filmography
includes Director and Cinematographer for over a dozen
commercials and music videos, with his first three features
currently in post-production. Most of his films fuse concepts
of sociology and eastern thought. Rob's big project right
now “Critical Mass Mosaic,” a revolutionary online
collaboration platform designed to bring together
artists and non-profit organizations for the creation of
positive synergy for the cultural ecosystem. The project is
scheduled to be launched in this spring at
massmosaic.com.
Sana Javaid is a senior account executive at
Berns
Communications Group, a Manhattan public relations
agency specializing in corporate and financial communications. Sana launched
her career in the winter of 2005 with
Lotus Public Relations, an NYC-based boutique agency with a
focus on technology, financial services and online gaming. In addition to
her current position, she is a freelance journalist for the popular fashion
industry newspaper, Women’s Wear Daily. Sana graduated from
SUNY New Paltz in spring of 2005 with a B.A. in
Communication and Media, with a concentration in Public Relations.
As a student at SUNY - New Paltz, Stephanie Man
was a
founding member of the Communication and Media Society
and president of the Asian Student Association. After
receiving the Outstanding Graduate Award for Radio/TV
Production and graduating Magna Cum Laude in May 2008,
Stephanie has spent the last year or so working on
various sets ranging from photo shoots to independent
features. Currently she is pursuing a career in make-up for film
and hopes to become a Special Effects Make-Up Artist.
Moderator: Gregg Bray
Gregg received his BA in Comm./Media from SUNY New
Paltz in 2000. Since then, he has worked for MTV,
BRAVO, History Channel, Learning Channel, and produced
documentaries for PBS and for Canadian Television. He
earned an MA at the New School, is a PhD Student at
the European Graduate School. Gregg is the Program
Coordinator for the Media Concentrations at SUNY New
Paltz.
| What: Media
Panel/Networking Opportunity Where: Sheppard Recital Hall, College Hall When: Monday, April 21, @ 10 a.m. |
Friday, February 15, 2008
Here's the schedule of meetings for the semester:
All Thursdays, at 11:30am.
2/28
3/13
3/27
4/10
4/24
5/8
In CSB room 54
Friday, January 11, 2008
Hope everyone has had a great break and a happy new year! We sure started 2008 off on the right foot. We are now part of the
National Communication Association of Student Clubs. This gives us access to quite a bit.
Please take a look at the NCA website, in the Student Clubs area. Look for announcements of conferences and events we may wish to participate it.
This is a widely recognized national organization and should look great on your resume!
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
We Have a Fantastic Event Coming Up on Thursday, December 13!!!
The Seminar in Production class from the Department of Communication and Media is proud to cordially invite you and yours to:
"New Directions," the end of the semester student
screening on Thursday, December 13th at 8pm.
There is no admission fee, and there will be a
pre-screening reception just out side of the CSB
Auditorium.
Total running time: 1 hour, 20 minutes.
We're showcasing three documentaries:
Rio: I am a comic from Japan.
The story of Rioske Koike, a Japanese immigrant who
was launched to comedy club celebrity status after his
appearance on NBC's 'Last Comic Standing.' A story of
a stranger in a strange land, adapting to a new
culture (and examining his own) through humor.
UFOs of Pine Bush
Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's
a.... UFO? Quite possibly. Meet some of the people who
have experienced UFO encounters, as the documentary
explores the question: Why would aliens visit Pine
Bush?
Locally Grown
Who are the farmers that grow our local crops and what
are the benefits of consuming local produce, as
opposed to super market produce?
And three narratives:
'Box Cutter.' (Suspense)
Jim has a problem. A stranger
just beat him up on the front porch. His wife seems
distant...and she might just want to kill him. ‘Do you
have zee plans?’
'D-chip.' (Science fiction)
Just what is this D-chip
the government is implanting in the citizenry, and why
has it become mandated? Take a look at a dark future
when society is forced to conform.
'A Sure Thing' (Gangster)
Gambling is a terrible
addiction, especially when the stakes are you life.
Please attend, and spread the word!
| What: "New Directions" Where: CSB Auditorium When: Thursday, Dec. 13 @ 8 p.m. |
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007
Odd Todd, Tuesday, November 6th at 6:30p.m., LC 102
According to Wikipedia, "Odd Todd is a website owned and operated by Todd Rosenberg, an unemployed "dotcommer", who has created a series of humorous Flash cartoons depicting the world of unemployment, after entering the world himself.
Rosenberg will be in the Lecture Center tonight to discuss about his wildly successful website and answer any questions that students may have. He will provide students with valuable insight for post-university life.
These animated shorts, written, drawn and narrated by Todd himself, encapsulate the trials and tribulations many people felt in Silicon Valley and its impacted markets after the dot com crash around 2001.
Rosenberg's first cartoon, Laid Off: A Day in the Life, shows the frustration, despair and boredom of a man in his 30's learning about how money is "kinda important" and dates are hard to attain when you're fat and balding.
The success of the first cartoon short led to more cartoons being posted for downloading, even the opportunity to contribute through an Internet "tip< cup." Rosenberg was collecting unemployment insurance at time that he put up his "tip cup", and when the New York State Department of Labor learned of the "tip cup", they sent him a letter demanding repayment of all paid unemployment benefits. Rosenberg successfully appealed this action and was not required to pay back any benefits.
Todd spread his cartoon wings away from the unemployment world and delved into fantasy cartoons such as his annual Halloween cartoon and his Christmas episodes.
As Rosenberg's fan base grew, so did the Odd Todd
website, which now includes such random material as
"What's Happening?", movie reviews, his search for
"Brittney Dirtor", "Daily Facts I Learned From the
TV", reader submitted poetry, recipes and more. A
predecessor to today's blogging craze, Odd Todd has
developed a healthy (if somewhat unique) following.
His What's Happening section is the most popular
section besides the cartoons."
This lead to a gift-economy life style, that made Todd a very popular on-line figure. He has created a number of characters associated with his online persona, and also wrote a book: Hard Times, Soft Couch.
His animations can now be seen on comedycentral.com, and on ABC.
Please attend! And let your classes know.
www.oddtodd.com (Note: There's some sophomoric humor
here and there in the cartoons, but nothing too
outlandish).
Friday, October 19th, 2007
Ed Carroll, The president of Rainbow Media Services (which controls IFC, AMC, and WE
television) and an alumnus from the Department of
Communication and Media, will be here to discuss his
background, his ascension to his current position, as
well as giving students helpful insight into finding
employment post-graduation.
|
What: Ed Carroll Where: Old Main 215 When: Thursday, Oct. 25th @ 1:30 |
Make sure not to miss this this one! If you want to know more about Ed Carroll, see his bio on his company's website, or one from New Paltz but for the whole story, just show up!
Friday, September 14th, 2007
Last meeting was great! Everyone likes free pizza. We had an excellent turnout with a lot of new faces. It looks like it's going to be a great year. We have a lot to look forward to this semester. Here's a list of our upcoming speakers:
...and let's not forget our upcoming field trips!
There's also going to be some new technical changes to our website which will hopefully make your internet experience sleek and stylish, so stay tuned!
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
...and come to the Senior Seminar in Production Video Screening titled, "New Directions" This Thursday, May 17th, the Communication & Media Department will be holding a screening of this semester's and last semester's Media Production Students' narrative and documentary style videos. Topics range from our own Communication & Media Department, to wine tasting in the Hudson Valley, to returning soldiers from the war in Iraq. Here's the Who-What-Etc.
What:"New Directions" Video Screening
Where:CSB Auditorium (across from planetarium)
When:Thursday, May 17th, 2007
We will hold this event as a pot-luck dinner. Please feel free to bring a covered dish. (Nadine's surely making something awesome. Did you have her cake last time?)
Please come and say good-bye to our hard-working, graduating seniors. Good Luck!
Friday, May 4th, 2007
Today is the official Public Launch of the Communication & Media Society Website. Today is also the debut of the Communication & Media Department Video. A lot of people have put a lot of work into a lot of projects and every single one of them should be proud of what they've done. This society is meant to be a place to show off talents and do outstanding work and I feel that we've done that. So, to everyone here, and everyone else involved in the Department and, of course, the Society: Congratulations.
What: Video/Website Launch Party
Where: College Terrace
When: Friday, May 4th, 7:00
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007
When: Tuesday, May 1st, 11:30am
Where: CSB 54 (the Reading Room)
Agenda: This Monday will be our last meeting of the semester. We'll wrap things up and talk about how great a job we all did this semester. We have made a total of 450 phone calls, 800 emails, and 1,000 mailers reaching a total of about 2,200 out of 3,000 alumni. The figures are astounding. Great job everyone!
However, this meeting is not our last event! We hope everyone can make it. Set-up (if you'd like to help) is at 6:00, invitations are for 7:00. We will formally announce the creation of this website and the Department Video. Once again there will be food and drink so be sure to keep the date!
What: Video/Website Launch Party
Where: College Terrace
When: Friday, May 4th, 7:00
Friday, April 13th, 2007
Just incase you guys didn't get Gregg's E-mail, there's a special meeting coming up soon. This tuesday we will be meeting with Tonda Highley from the career resource center and she will be conducting a Resumé Workshop. Do not miss this event!! There will be refreshments served. Please come and bring a friend. Your most important document other than your diploma, will be your resumé. So...
When: Monday, April 17th at 11:30am
Where: CSB 54 (the Reading Room)
Agenda: Meeting and Resumé Workshop
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
Incase you missed it, detailed minutes will be posted in the forum. But here's a quick overview:
Also, this is noteworthy-- there's a Career Resource Job Fair on April 12th in the Student Union Building, Multi-Purpose Room (MPR) 11:30-3:30. This is an extremely valuable event, try to make it! Lastly, check out the picture gallery. We've added a few more pictures. Let Bryan know if you have pictures you'd like to add.
Monday, March 5th, 2007 (Retroactive Update)
Trudy Lieberman, the Ottaway Professor of Journalism, will be speaking with us Monday, March 5th from 3:30 - 4:30. She is the foremost consumer reporter in the United States. She has also written five books, as well as hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles over the last 35 years.
Food and refreshments will be served. We will have a delicious cheese plate, and Stephanie Man will bake muffins. She will discuss her background, how she got to her distinguished .
Thursday, February 22nd, 2007
This was a great meeting that justifies a nice long update. It feels good to get things done, doesn't it? Great job, everyone, for an extremely productive meeting. Gives yourselves a pat on the back. For those who missed the meeting, don't feel bad, we understand. However, please make an effort to see the forum for the actual meeting minutes just so we're all on the same page. For those of you short on time, or just need to review, here's a quick overview of what was covered:
None of this is set in stone and is open to suggestions or comments. This is only a brief summary of what was covered. Again, please see the forum for the full meeting minutes and please make said suggestions or comments. Hopefully the discussions from this and future meetings can be continued in the forum and involve those unable to be present at the physical meeting. Now let's get cracking on all that cool stuff we suggested.
Monday, February 12th, 2007
When: Thursday, February 22nd, 2007 at 11:30am
Where: CSB 54 (the Reading Room)
Agenda: Cement March schedule for Guest
Speakers & Implementation of Fundraising ideas and Web-Site Launch Party!
Beverages and goodies will be served.
(Read the above line again and smile.)
Sorry guys, due to another meeting obligation, We're going to have to reschedule until next Thursday, February 22nd. We can meet in CSB 54 at 11:30am, and anticipate a slightly longer meeting.
Good, so at the meeting, we need to set specific dates for the guest speakers we have discussed during the month of March. Also, I'm going to request that our workshop (which Professor Miraldi Proposed) take place on March 7th. More to follow...
Thursday, February 8th, 2007
When: This Thursday, February 15th
Where: CSB 54 (The Reading Room)
Time: 12:00 - Noon
Thank you to those of you who showed up at the last meeting, old and new. There were a lot of great ideas put out there, so much so that we need another meeting to finish them off. More work needs to be done on the website, our exposure, alumni, and of course- fundraising. It looks like things will be moving quickly and we have lots to discuss!
Tuesday, January 26th, 2006
So, we all hope you had a nice Winter Break, but it's time to get back to business!
What: Wishlist Meeting!!
When: Tuesday, February 6th
Where: CSB 54 (The Reading Room)
Start thinking now about stuff you'd like to see, speakers, trips, equipment, events, etc. Bring a wishlist with you to the meeting. One or two things is fine, we just need to establish some tangible goals.
See You There!!
Friday, December 22st, 2006 [Retroactive Update]
Our very own Gregg Bray the proud father of a beautiful new baby girl. Nora Jane Lewis-Bray was born on December 22nd, 2006 at 3:21pm. At the time of birth, she was 6lbs, 15oz and 20 inches long. Gregg says she is plumping up quite well, and is happy and healthy.
Congratulations Gregg!
Monday, December 18th, 2006
The first version of the Communication & Media Society forum has arrived. I hope that, in the near future, we'll be able to upgrade to a better ad-free forum that we'll have 100% complete control over and will match the site perfectly. That said, I'm very happy to see this happening and I think the forum will be very useful for the time being.
So, without further ado, The Communication & Media Society Forum
Also, I hope everyone's finals are going (or had gone) well, both takers and graders. May everyone have a safe, happy, and fun Holiday and New Year! See you around town or back in January.
Thursday, December 14th, 2006
Hi everyone! I hope finals are going well. Glad to see you made it to the site.
Please let Bryan know if there's anything wrong - 
Check back soon as there should be many more updates to come!
WHERE: Purple Lounge
WHEN: 6pm - 9pm
BRING: Snack foods, or anything you'd like (no alcohol) Dinner and a movie. Movie: Casablanca
Friday, December 1st, 2006
Our first field trip to CBS' Early Show was certainly a bonding experience. Getting up at 5:00am and traveling together gave everyone who went a feeling of unity. We were disappointed to learn that our tour of the CBS studio was cancelled due to a James Taylor concert, however, this did not break our spirits. We decided to go to NBC and view the outside taping of their Today Show. We visited Rockefeller Center and New York City's christmas tree. After much walking and talking and searching, we got some pizza and discussed the future of our new Society. Wait for Pictures!
Perhaps we will make a second attempt of CBS' studios in the future. We all feel that they owe it to us! There will certainly be updates about this in the future. Hope you all had a good time!
Thursday, November 16th, 2006
Thursday's meeting was a huge success. The turn out was so good people were almost standing in the hallway. Chairs filled up quickly. The refreshments were enjoyed by all. Many excellent ideas for fundraisers were discussed, as well as ideas for the web page. It was decided that a temporary facebook club would be used to contact members and to continue discussion in between meetings. Everyone enjoyed waxing intellectual about common interests and eating pizza, brownies, and potato chips. Thanks to everyone that showed up! See you soon!
Also, see the article written by Communication & Media Society member Chris Irwin, " New Media Club Celebrates Convergence" published in today's The New Paltz Oracle.
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