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We are in unchartered waters. Political intimidation threatens media practitioners worldwide, and disinformation campaigns destabilize public trust. The Center for Media at Risk offers the chance to strategize in response to threatening political conditions. Knowing how media practitioners work under authoritarian regimes and circumstances of creeping authoritarianism can help free/defend/empower/protect/save the media.
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Contextualizing The Penal Press of Eastern State PenitentiaryPor Center for Media at Risk
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Episode 23 - Propaganda, Conspiracies and Search Manipulation by Center for Media at RiskPor Center for Media at Risk
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Over a year into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, how are Ukrainian journalism scholars and media makers thinking about the conflict, and where do they see it going next? Annenberg student and Center for Media at Risk steering committee member Liz Hallgren sits down with the Center's visiting scholars, Yevhen Fedchenko, Olena Lysenko and Da…
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In the latest installment of the Center for Media at Risk podcast series, doctoral fellow Roopa Vasudevan speaks with Kelsey Halliday Johnson and Lisa Marie Patzer about art, technology and the rapidly changing world of machine intelligence and vision.Por Center for Media at Risk
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Episode 20.1 - Black Matter Philly: Jolie Means Pretty (In French) by Center for Media at RiskPor Center for Media at Risk
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Episode 19 - How the West Stands in the Way of Syrian Journalism by Center for Media at RiskPor Center for Media at Risk
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Episode 18 - Afghanistan: What Comes Next? by Center for Media at RiskPor Center for Media at Risk
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In this episode, journalists Amanda Sperber and Jack Hewson compare notes on what it’s like to navigate the risks of reporting from Somalia and Iraq respectively, sketching a picture of some of the life of modern freelancing in a conflict. Dealing with militias, learning where it’s safe to stay and finding ways to navigate access to sources and the…
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Episode 16 - COVID in the African Newsroom by Center for Media at RiskPor Center for Media at Risk
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In this episode, Annenberg doctoral student Sophie Maddocks speaks with leading legal scholar and cyber civil rights advocate Mary Anne Franks, whose 2019 book "The Cult of the Constitution" argues thatfundamentalist interpretations of the Constitution elevate certain rights above others.Por Center for Media at Risk
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In this episode, Annenberg PhD Candidate Natacha Yazbeck and award-winning journalist and human rights activist Zaina Erhaim discuss freedom, fear and identity as local journalists covering conflict zones.Por Center for Media at Risk
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In this episode Annenberg doctoral student Roopa Vasudevan discusses the new “Meme Tactics” art exhibition with two of its curators, Kira Simon-Kennedy and Josue Chavez. Their conversation touches on the value of memes as an amplifier for under-heard and under-represented populations.Por Center for Media at Risk
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Gitmo Media is a new three-part podcast series that examines how we experience and understand the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base and its complex history. Produced by Annenberg PhD candidate Muira McCammon and Center for Media at Risk 2018-2019 postdoctoral fellow Daniel Grinberg the series considers how media forms have shaped the perspectives of visito…
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Gitmo Media is a new three-part podcast series that examines how we experience and understand the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base and its complex history. Produced by Center for Media at Risk 2018-2019 postdoctoral fellow Daniel Grinberg and Annenberg PhD candidate Muira McCammon the series considers how media forms have shaped the perspectives of visito…
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Gitmo Media is a new three-part podcast series that examines how we experience and understand the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base and its complex history. Produced by Center for Media at Risk 2018-2019 postdoctoral fellow Daniel Grinberg and Annenberg PhD candidate Muira McCammon the series considers how media forms have shaped the perspectives of visito…
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In this episode Annenberg doctoral student Florence Madenga interviews scholar, activist and media producer Chenjerai Kumanyika. Their conversation touches on the ethics of media production and research on and by people of color. They also discuss the challenges and opportunities for addressing forms of oppression in the contemporary political mome…
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In this episode, Center for Media at Risk Research Fellow Sebastién Mort and Annenberg doctoral student Jeanna Sybert continue their discussion with Visiting Scholar Ruth Ben-Ghiat about “The Authoritarian Playbook.” From press policies and strategies of repression to personality cults, Ben-Ghiat argues that the best way to understand Donald Trump …
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In this episode, Center for Media at Risk Research Fellow Sebastién Mort and Annenberg doctoral student Jeanna Sybert sit down with Visiting Scholar Ruth Ben-Ghiat to discuss “The Authoritarian Playbook.” From press policies and strategies of repression to personality cults, Ben-Ghiat argues that the best way to understand Donald Trump and his cont…
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In this episode, Annenberg alum Nour Halabi talks with Lilie Chouliaraki and Minelle Mahtani, two scholars whose work touches on different aspects of the ethics of representation and care.Por Center for Media at Risk
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In this episode, doctoral student Florence Madenga interviews NYU professor and press critic Jay Rosen about the state of contemporary journalism and protecting the legitimacy of the American press.Por Center for Media at Risk
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Episode 07 — Form and Function: Art and Artists in East Germany by Center for Media at RiskPor Center for Media at Risk
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In this episode, we’re trying out a new format. We’re calling it an acoustic panel. Doctoral candidate Megan Genovese sent questions to leading leading voices in the ongoing debates around diversity in the entertainment industries. Each respondent sent in a recording of their responses and we’ve edited them together to make up a virtual panel. The …
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In this episode, doctoral student and producer Muira McCammon talks to Afef Abrougui about privacy rights in Tunisia and the role journalists play in unveiling the complexities and paradoxes of internet policy debates in North Africa and beyond.Por Center for Media at Risk
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In this episode, doctoral student and producer Muira McCammon talks to trans cartoonist Carta Monir about her writing process, the fluidity of technology, and the ways in which comics can serve as a welcoming medium for artists with trans, queer, and non-binary identities.Por Center for Media at Risk
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In this episode, doctoral student and producer Muira McCammon talks to five faculty members at the Annenberg School for Communication about what the term “media at risk” means to them. Professor Zelizer gives introductory remarks about how the Center for Media at Risk came to be.Por Center for Media at Risk
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In this episode, doctoral student and producer Muira McCammon interviews freelance journalist, Zoë Beery, about her recent article in the Columbia Journalism Review,a meditation on the history and future of edit tests. Zoë argues that the contradictions of the edit test are a microcosm of bigger challenges in the world of journalism, such as ongoin…
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In this episode, doctoral student and producer Muira McCammon sits down with Dr. Paul Farber and Dr. Bethany Wiggin of the Penn Program of Environmental Humanities, a collective of artists, students, scientists, and educators, whose mission is to generate local and global awareness and engagement in the ways in which stories are told about data. To…
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