DOCSLIB.ORG

Gaithersburg Book Festival Brings Literature to Life in the Children's

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Gaithersburg Book Festival Brings Literature to Life in the Children's City of Gaithersburg Press Release Contact: Public Information Director City of Gaithersburg 301‐258‐6310 [email protected] For Immediate Release Gaithersburg Book Festival Brings Literature to Life in the Children’s Village 8th Annual Festival Features Award‐winning Authors, Workshops, Multilingual Story Time and Activities for Children of All Ages Gaithersburg, Md. – March 15, 2017 – On Saturday, May 20, 2017, the Gaithersburg Book Festival will bring literature to life for children of all ages through story time in multiple languages, performances, writing workshops and a multitude of activities in the Festival’s Children’s Village, sponsored by Activity Rocket and Washington Parent. The Children’s Village also will be the hub where more than 40 of today’s best and brightest children’s and young adult authors will be featured in interactive presentations, readings and book signings. Among the award‐winning and best‐selling authors and illustrators coming to the Gaithersburg Book Festival this year are: Children’s Authors Brian Biggs – Author/illustrator, whose latest book is “Noisy Night.” Phil Bildner – Author of numerous children’s picture books, including the Margaret Wise Brown. Prize‐ winning “Marvelous Cornelius;” introducing his new middle‐grade novel, “Rookie of the Year.” Fred Bowen – Washington Post sports columnist and author of 22 action‐packed books, including his newest “Outside Shot.” Molly Brooks – Illustrator of “Flying Machines: How the Wright Brothers Soared.” Ruth Chan – Author and illustrator of “Georgie’s Best Bad Day.” Doreen Cronin – Author of “Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type” and “The Chicken Squad” series, including her latest, “Dark Shadows: Yes, Another Misadventure." Brian Floca – Author‐illustrator of the Caldecott‐winning “Locomotive” and “Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11,” he’ll be featuring his newest book “Princess Cora and the Crocodile.” Alexis Frederick‐Frost – Co‐author and illustrator of the critically acclaimed “Adventures in Cartooning” series, he’ll be sharing his latest, “Hocus Focus." Maria Gianferrari – Author of “Coyote Moon,” “Penny & Jelly” books, “Officer Katz & Houndini” and the forthcoming “Hello Goodbye Dog.” Michael Hearst – Composer, multi‐instrumentalist and writer whose most recent project includes the series: “Unusual Creatures,” “Extraordinary People” and “Curious Constructions.” Gareth Hinds – Creator of critically‐acclaimed graphic novels based on literary classics, including “Beowulf,” “King Lear,” “The Merchant of Venice” and “Samurai Rising." Kimberly Willis Holt – Author of many award‐winning novels for young adults and children, including “Dear Hank Williams,” “When Zachary Beaver Came to Town” and her latest, “Blooming at the Texas Sunrise Motel.” Erin Entrada Kelly – Award‐winning author of “Blackbird Fly” and “Land of Forgotten Girls.” Her newest book is “Hello, Universe.” Falynn Koch – Author/illustrator for two books in the First Second science comic book series, “Bats: Learning to Fly” and “Plagues: Biological Battlefield.” Debbie Levy – Author of the Sydney Taylor Award‐winning “I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark,” “We Shall Overcome: The Story of a Song” and “Dozer’s Run: A True Story of a Dog and His Race.” Tom Lichtenheld – Author of popular “Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site” and its long‐awaited New York Times best‐selling sequel, “Mighty, Mighty, Construction Site.” Lisa Martin – Author of the “Anton and Cecil” series, co‐written with her aunt, Valerie Martin. Juana Medina – Illustrator of “Smick!” by Doreen Cronin and author/illustrator of “One Big Salad” and the new, Pura Belpré award‐winning “Juana & Lucas.” Kate Messner – Author of the picture book “Over and Under the Pond” and “Over and Under the Snow,” illustrated by Christopher Silas Neal. Christopher Silas Neal – Award‐winning author and illustrator of picture books, including “Over and Under the Pond” with Kate Messner. Jerdine Nolen – Award‐winning author of “Big Jabe,” “Thunder Rose,” “Hewitt Anderson’s Great Big Life” and “Eliza’s Freedom Road.” Herman Parish ‐ Herman Parish is carrying on his aunt Peggy Parish's “Amelia Bedelia” tradition for a new generation of readers, adding 16 books about the grown‐up Amelia and five picture books of her as a young girl. Dave Roman – Editor and creator of the Science Comics series that will feature 25 graphic novels; and author/illustrator of the “Astronaut Academy” series and writer of the graphic novels “Teen Boat! Race for Boatlantis” and “Agnes Quill: An Anthology of Mystery.” Leila Sales – Author of the middle grade time‐travel novel “Once Was a Time,” as well as four YA novels. Ted Sanders – Author of “The Keepers,” a middle‐grade series, and a short story collection, “No Animals We Could Name.” Susan Stockdale – Author/illustrator of eight picture books, including “Fantastic Flowers,” “Stripes of All Types,” “Fabulous Fishes” and “Bring On the Birds.” Sheila Turnage – Award‐winning author of “Three Times Lucky,” “The Ghosts of Tupelo Landing” and “The Odds of Getting Even.” Chris Van Dusen – Creator of “The Circus Ship,” “Randy Riley’s Really Big Hit” and “Hattie & Hudson,” as well as illustrator of “President Taft Is Stuck in the Bath” and the best‐selling “Mercy Watson” series. Alison Wilgus – Writer for comics and prose, whose “Flying Machines: How The Wright Brothers Soared ” is her latest book. Ru Xu – Creator of the popular webcomic “Saint for Rent.” “NewsPrints” is her first graphic novel. Salina Yoon – Author/illustrator of nearly 200 books for children, including “Be A Friend,” “Penguin and Pinecone,” “Penguin on Vacation” and “My Kite is Stuck! And Other Stories." Teen/Young Adult Authors Amalie Howard – Author of novels such as “Waterfell,” “The Almost Girl,” “Alpha Goddess” and “The Fallen Prince.” Brigid Kemmerer – Author of the Elementals series; her most recent novel is “Letters to the Lost.” Christine Kendall – “Riding Chance” is her first novel. Michelle Knudsen – Best‐selling author of 45 books for young readers, her new book is the YA sequel “Revenge of the Evil Librarian.” Kimberly McCreight – Best‐selling author of “The Outliers,” “Reconstructing Amelia” and her most recent book, “The Scattering." Meg Medina – Pura Belpré winner for YA novel “Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass” and picture book “Mango, Abuela and Me;” her latest novel is “Burn Baby Burn.” Caroline Tung Richmond – Author of the YA novels “The Darkest Hour” and “The Only Thing to Fear.” Lindsay Smith – Author of Cold War‐era espionage novels “Sekret” and “Skandal,” her latest title is “A Darkly Beating Heart.” Whitney Taylor – Author of “Definitions of Indefinable Things.” Erin Teagan – Author of debut middle grade novel, “The Friendship Experiment.” Booki Vivat – “Frazzled: Everyday Disasters and Impending Doom” is her first novel. Carol Weston – An advice columnist at Girls’ Life since 1994, her latest novel is “Speed of Life." Imagination Station With storytelling, juggling, drama and dance performances, Imagination Station will bring literature to life: Book Club for Kids with Kitty Felde: Watch a live, on‐stage version of "Book Club for Kids," a 20‐minute podcast where students from local elementary schools will discuss Kimberly Willis Holt's novel, "Blooming at the Texas Sunrise Motel," with a celebrity reader and the author. Penny Theater: Sponsored by the Quince Orchard Chapter of the Friends of the Library, Penny Theater will perform "Curious George" and "Little Red Hen." Silly Goose and Val Smalkin: Ventriloquist Val Smalkin presents a fast‐paced, humorous 40‐minute musical treat with puppets, dancing, singing and audience participation. Mayor's Book Club Award: The Mayor and Junior Mayor of Gaithersburg will present awards to the third grade student and class that read the most books in a four‐week competition, followed by entertainment by the Gaithersburg Elementary School Chorus. Nicolo the Jester of Nicolo Whimsey: With his blend of poetry, music, juggling, comedy, character acting and audience participation, Nick Newlin performs as Nicolo the Jester of Nicolo Whimsey on stage and will present a 30‐Minute Shakespeare Book Series at his booth. Metropolitan Ballet Theatre & Academy: An original contemporary ballet program choreographed by Elizabeth Odell Catlett and Katerina Rodgaard is based on the poetry of Shel Silverstein. Shannon Phelan: Once Upon A Pose, an imaginative adventure where children participate by acting out the story through yoga. Twinbrook Tellers of the Dogwood 4H Club: Young storytellers do old‐fashioned storytelling, with no books or props in hand. Multilingual Story Time Tent The Story Time Tent is a place where children and families can enjoy listening to stories in a variety of languages read by students from The Universities at Shady Grove. Story House Trolley Climb aboard the Story House Trolley to explore books about trolleys, trains, cars, buses and more. The unique space will feature wooden trains and tracks, crafts and costumes for creative selfies. Older kids should bring their knowledge of all things Hogwarts for a scavenger hunt throughout the Festival. Meet other wizards and uncover hidden clues in this literary game of magic. Writing Workshops The Children’s Village will offer free writing workshops for children and teens, led by experts from local writing programs. Workshops will focus on activities such as how to write winning short stories, fiction, “how to’s” and college essays; developing unique characters for comics;
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Phil Morettini Named Tech Columnist/Blogger on San Diego News Network (SDNN)
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Phil Morettini named Tech Columnist/Blogger on San Diego News Network (SDNN) PJM Consulting President to Write Weekly Column on Technology and Software Business SAN DIEGO, Calif., May 12, 2009 – PJM Consulting announced today that the firmʹs President, Phil Morettini, has been named to write a Blog Column on the San Diego News Network. The column is entitled ʺMorettini on San Diego (SD) Techʺ and will provide viewpoints and commentary on current news, trends and important topics in the technology business. There will be a local emphasis on software and technology activity in the San Diego metro area, but the column will also include topics of global interest. A number of articles on Software and Tech Management topics are already available in the SDNN business section. The format is designed to be interactive, and user comments and feedback are welcomed. RSS feeds are available for newsreader subscriptions. Recent articles written by Mr. Morettini on the SDDN website include such titles as ʺBack to the Future: Cloud Computing and SaaS", "Use White Papers for marketing", "Oracle eats Sun — indigestion?" and "The shrinking venture capitalist." Mr. Morettini is an experience senior executive with extensive experience in both Fortune 500 tech companies, as well as extensive software startup experience. He has served as a CEO, VP/General Manager and VP, Sales & Marketing across a number of high tech market segments. In 2000, he founded PJM Consulting to serve the software and IT companies in need of outside expertise and senior management bandwidth. SDNN is a new, web‑based news site providing full coverage of the San Diego Area.
    [Show full text]
  • Collected Press Clips
    Future of Music Coalition press clips following release of radio study November 2002 - January 2003 Study Shows an Increase in Overlap of Radio Playlists; The report by an artists' rights group says that morestations with different formats play the same songs. Industry officials disagree. By Jeff Leeds Los Angeles Times, November 15, 2002 http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-radio15nov15,0,4652989.story Ever since the Clinton administration Moreover, the study says, radio handful of giant media companies, loosened restrictions on how many companies that have grown the most including Clear Channel and Viacom radio stations a broadcaster could under deregulation are limiting the Inc.'s Infinity Broadcasting, which own, record label executives have choice of music by operating two or operates more than 180 stations. complained that media consolidation more stations in the same market Radio industry officials dismissed the would lead to bland playlists and with the same music format. The study's conclusions. homogenous programming. report said that Clear Channel Communications Inc., the nation's "The big gap in the logic is that the Now a coalition of musicians and biggest radio conglomerate, has 143 authors don't believe radio stations independent record label executives stations with similar music formats in care about what consumers do," said say they have statistical proof that the same market. Jodie Renk, general manager of Core the relaxation of ownership rules has Callout Research, a firm that tests stifled recording artists and The study contradicts the conclusions new songs with radio listeners. "damaged radio as a public of a September report by the Federal resource." The study was done by the Communications Commission.
    [Show full text]
  • Citizen Journalism: Historical Roots and Contemporary Challenges Wally Hughes Western Kentucky University, [email protected]
    Western Kentucky University TopSCHOLAR® Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Honors College at WKU Projects Spring 5-10-2011 Citizen Journalism: Historical Roots and Contemporary Challenges Wally Hughes Western Kentucky University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/stu_hon_theses Part of the Arts and Humanities Commons Recommended Citation Hughes, Wally, "Citizen Journalism: Historical Roots and Contemporary Challenges" (2011). Honors College Capstone Experience/ Thesis Projects. Paper 305. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/stu_hon_theses/305 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by TopSCHOLAR®. It has been accepted for inclusion in Honors College Capstone Experience/ Thesis Projects by an authorized administrator of TopSCHOLAR®. For more information, please contact [email protected]. CITIZEN JOURNALISM: HISTORICAL ROOTS AND CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES A Capstone Experience/Thesis Project Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Bachelor of Arts with Honors College Graduate Distinction at Western Kentucky University By Wally Hughes ***** Western Kentucky University 2010 CE/T Committee: Approved by Professor Mac Mckerral, Adviser Dr. Jeffrey Kash Mac Mckerral Dr. Angela Jones School of Journalism Copyright by Wally Hughes 2010 ABSTRACT The purpose of this thesis is to analyze what effect, if any, citizen journalism is having on journalism and ethics in today’s society. It starts by examining the role citizen journalism played in the early American colonies to show that the concept of citizen journalism is not new but has played a vital role throughout American history. Next, the focus shifts to the events and reasons that led to the re-emergence of citizen journalism during the past few decades, such as media consolidation and new technology.
    [Show full text]
  • Info Fair Resources
    ………………………………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………….………………………………………………….………………………………………………….………………………………………………….………………………………………………….………………………………………………….…………… Info Fair Resources ………………………………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………….………………………………………………….………………………………………………….………………………………………………….………………………………………………….………………………………………………….…………… SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS 209 East 23 Street, New York, NY 10010-3994 212.592.2100 sva.edu Table of Contents Admissions……………...……………………………………………………………………………………… 1 Transfer FAQ…………………………………………………….…………………………………………….. 2 Alumni Affairs and Development………………………….…………………………………………. 4 Notable Alumni………………………….……………………………………………………………………. 7 Career Development………………………….……………………………………………………………. 24 Disability Resources………………………….…………………………………………………………….. 26 Financial Aid…………………………………………………...………………………….…………………… 30 Financial Aid Resources for International Students……………...…………….…………… 32 International Students Office………………………….………………………………………………. 33 Registrar………………………….………………………………………………………………………………. 34 Residence Life………………………….……………………………………………………………………... 37 Student Accounts………………………….…………………………………………………………………. 41 Student Engagement and Leadership………………………….………………………………….. 43 Student Health and Counseling………………………….……………………………………………. 46 SVA Campus Store Coupon……………….……………….…………………………………………….. 48 Undergraduate Admissions 342 East 24th Street, 1st Floor, New York, NY 10010 Tel: 212.592.2100 Email: [email protected] Admissions What We Do SVA Admissions guides prospective students along their path to SVA. Reach out
    [Show full text]
  • Issues in Vendor/Library Relations -- Column People Bob Nardini Coutts Nfi Ormation Services, [email protected]
    Against the Grain Volume 19 | Issue 3 Article 33 June 2007 Issues in Vendor/Library Relations -- Column People Bob Nardini Coutts nfI ormation Services, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/atg Part of the Library and Information Science Commons Recommended Citation Nardini, Bob (2007) "Issues in Vendor/Library Relations -- Column People," Against the Grain: Vol. 19: Iss. 3, Article 33. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7771/2380-176X.5390 This document has been made available through Purdue e-Pubs, a service of the Purdue University Libraries. Please contact [email protected] for additional information. Issues in Vendor/Library Relations — Column People Column Editor: Bob Nardini (Group Director, Client Integration and Head Bibliographer, Coutts Information Services) <[email protected]> Of course there’s no such thing as “Column took down in odd moments on a pad of yellow write from a distant place. Blogs, we all know, People,” which was the point in naming this paper. They went on for page after page. Now have the immediacy that columns, or any column. Everyone understood right away, on that I think about it, the whole thing resembled writing in print, can’t have. But, what blogs the other hand, when in 2005 former ALA a blog. I might have posted somewhere, and principally have over columns, is this sense president Michael Gorman coined the phrase skipped this writing part. of belonging. “Blog People.” Gorman was referring to Which is another thing about bloggers. It starts with the names, with the way the people who write blogs, who follow blogs, who They have it so easy.
    [Show full text]
  • TOM PALMER Tom Palmer Was Born in 1947 in Sanford, Florida. He Has a Lifelong Interest in Nature and Environmental Issues. He M
    TOM PALMER Tom Palmer was born in 1947 in Sanford, Florida. He has a lifelong interest in nature and environmental issues. He moved to Polk County in 1974, a year after graduating from the University of South Florida with a B.A. in Mass Communications. He worked in Polk County for 42 years as a newspaper reporter, photographer, columnist and blogger. He retired in September 2016. During his career he was won several awards for his environmental writing. In addition in his spare time he has volunteered to participate in bird, butterfly and plant surveys and to assist in various land management projects on local conservation lands. For the past 14 years he has been a volunteer land steward at Lake Blue Scrub, a 78-acre environmental preserve management by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. His work there has included major trash cleanup, GPSing rare plants and animals, monitoring fence lines and making repairs and working with state and federal officials in locating a suitable site on the property for the introduction of Scrub Lupine as part of an Endangered Species Act recovery project. He also has worked with land managers and attends regular meetings to keep up with evolving issues pertaining to conservation issues in Florida. In addition, he has participated in lake cleanups and other activities to raise awareness about the proper stewardship of conservation lands in Central Florida. Tom Palmer is a Florida native who retired in 2016 after an award-winning career covering government and environmental issues in Polk County for 42 years. He continues to contribute as an environmental columnist for The Ledger and a contributor to the conservation blog at Ancient Islands Sierra Club.
    [Show full text]
  • Micro-Blogging Contesting Modernities: Producing and Remembering Public Events in Contemporary Chinese Social Media Platforms
    University of Pennsylvania ScholarlyCommons Publicly Accessible Penn Dissertations 2014 Micro-blogging Contesting Modernities: Producing and Remembering Public Events in Contemporary Chinese Social Media Platforms Le Han University of Pennsylvania, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.upenn.edu/edissertations Part of the Communication Commons Recommended Citation Han, Le, "Micro-blogging Contesting Modernities: Producing and Remembering Public Events in Contemporary Chinese Social Media Platforms" (2014). Publicly Accessible Penn Dissertations. 1306. https://repository.upenn.edu/edissertations/1306 This paper is posted at ScholarlyCommons. https://repository.upenn.edu/edissertations/1306 For more information, please contact [email protected]. Micro-blogging Contesting Modernities: Producing and Remembering Public Events in Contemporary Chinese Social Media Platforms Abstract How does journalism empower citizens through reporting and remembering news events, as they take shape in the era of social media in a society where the state power penetrates every aspect of social life and freedom of expression is not legally guaranteed? This inquiry is implemented through looking at the contemporary Chinese context, examining three sets of tensions that capture the characteristics of social media platforms: control/resistance, past/present, and global/local. It analyzes journalism and its reliance on collective memory in social media, by considering social media as an important venue where journalism interacts with other sets of discourses in a tradition of absolute state power. My study shows that in China, a society that enjoys a limited free flow of information, journalism uses social media platforms to mobilize symbolic resources for online activism targeting the Party-state system. These symbolic resources mainly derive from the past, both inside and beyond the Chinese context, leading to a debate of different versions of modernity in China.
    [Show full text]
  • Nominees Announced for 2017 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards Sonny Liew’S the Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye Tops List with Six Nominations
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jackie Estrada [email protected] Nominees Announced for 2017 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards Sonny Liew’s The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye Tops List with Six Nominations SAN DIEGO – Comic-Con International (Comic-Con) is proud to announce the nominations for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards 2017. The nominees were chosen by a blue-ribbon panel of judges. Once again, this year’s nominees reflect the wide range of material being published in comics and graphic novel form today, with over 120 titles from some 50 publishers and by creators from all over the world. Topping the nominations is Sonny Liew’s The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye (Pantheon), originally published in Singapore. It is a history of Singapore from the 1950s to the present as told by a fictional cartoonist in a wide variety of styles reflecting the various time periods. It is nominated in 6 categories: Best Graphic Album–New, Best U.S. Edition of International Material–Asia, Best Writer/Artist, Best Coloring, Best Lettering, and Best Publication Design. Boasting 4 nominations are Image’s Saga and Kill or Be Killed. Saga is up for Best Continuing Series, Best Writer (Brian K. Vaughan), and Best Cover Artist and Best Coloring (Fiona Staples). Kill or Be Killed by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips is nominated for Best Continuing Series, Best Writer, Best Cover Artist, and Best Coloring (Elizabeth Breitweiser). Two titles have 3 nominations: Image’s Monstress by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Best Publication for Teens, Best Painter, Best Cover Artist) and Tom Gauld’s Mooncop (Best Graphic Album–New, Best Writer/Artist, Best Lettering), published by Drawn & Quarterly.
    [Show full text]
  • Internet Sport Bloggers: Who Are These People and Where Do They Come From?
    Internet sport bloggers: Who are these people and where do they come from? Edward M. Kian, Joe W. Burden, Jr., & Stephanie D. Shaw KEYWORDS: ABSTRACT NCAA wrestling; product assessment; program eliminations; marketing Little is known of Internet sport bloggers, who increasingly are becoming important cogs in sport journalism. In this phenomenology, semi-structured interviews were conducted with highly prominent sport bloggers. All were recorded, transcribed, and coded. A total of five dominant themes emerged from the data that focused on the shared experiences and learned attitudes toward Internet sport journalism. Overall, these themes showed sport bloggers were highly educated and very happy with their jobs, had a wide array of past work experiences that often had little to no relation with blogging or sport journalism, consider their jobs too varied to fall under one title, primarily work from home, and rarely attend sporting events they write about. Kian, E.M., Burden, Jr., J.W., & Shaw, S.D. (2011). Internet sport bloggers: Who are these people and where do they come from? Journal of Sport Administration & Supervision 3(1), 30-43. Published online August, 2011. Edward (Ted) M. Kian, Ph.D., Introduction is an assistant professor and the Mainstream sites such Yahoo Sports and graduate program coordinator for ESPN Internet dominate Internet sport traffic Sport Leadership and Coaching The Internet has easily surpassed newspapers in the College of Education at the numbers (Nielsen Research, 2008). Many of among dominant media news sources in the University of Central Florida. the writers at these mainstream sport sites are United States and is tied with television as Joe W.
    [Show full text]
  • Syndicated Columnist Assignment
    SYNDICATED COLUMNIST ASSIGNMENT This portion of the summer reading assignment provides students with a measure of choice, and is intended to allow them to spread the work over the course of a few weeks, although this assignment may also be completed in less time by using archived material. Students are to select two columnists from the list below and read a minimum of five columns by the same columnist, writing a rhetorical précis (pronounced “pray-see”) for each column using the guide provided. A brief biography of each columnist is provided (most are quoted or paraphrased from the corresponding newspaper site); students may wish to read one sample column from several writers listed below before settling on the two columnists who will be central to completing this assignment. A diverse selection of columnists has been provided; additional suggestions are welcomed. List of Syndicated Columnists Charles Blow Visual Op-Ed columnist who won first John Gould An American humorist, essayist, and New York Times two best in show awards from the Christian columnist who wrote a column for the Saturday Malofiej International Infographics Science Monitor Christian Science Monitor for over sixty Summit for work that included deceased; check years from a farm in Lisbon Falls, coverage of the Iraq war. archives Maine. He is known for his role as a mentor to novelist Stephen King. David Brooks He has been a senior editor at The Bob Herbert Prior to joining The New York Times, New York Times Weekly Standard, a contributing editor New York Times Mr. Herbert was a national Tuesday & Friday at Newsweek and the Atlantic Tuesday & correspondent for NBC from 1991 to Monthly, and he is currently a Saturday 1993, reporting regularly on “The commentator on “The Newshour with Today Show” and “NBC Nightly Jim Lehrer.” He is also a frequent News.” He had worked as a reporter analyst on NPR’s “All Things and editor at The Daily News from 1976 Considered” and the “Diane Rehm until 1985, when he became a columnist Show.” His articles have appeared in and member of its editorial board.
    [Show full text]
  • Communique, 2012
    Jule Banville joins full-time faculty, brings print, radio & online talents Jule Banville, the assistant managing editor at Washington City Paper in Wash­ ington, D.C., before becoming an adjunct instructor here at the Journalism School, is joining the full-time journalism faculty this fall as an assistant professor. Banville also served as editor of NewWest. Net, where she was in charge of all editorial duties for the Missoula-based website covering news and culture of the Rocky Mountain West. She also has worked in newsrooms in New York City and Erie, Pa. “Jule has had a highly successful career that reflects the changing news media industry,” said Dean Peggy Ruhr. “She chose New Assistant Professor Jule Banville a career path that many of our students will follow, from one media platform to another lenges I’ve faced,” she said. “I can’t wait to as the industry changed.” join the School of Journalism full-time.” Before moving to D.C., Banville worked as Ruhr pointed out that Banville has estab­ a daily reporter for the Erie Times-News. She lished a strong base of teaching as an adjunct has worked in radio production as associate instructor for the J-School, and she proposes producer at WNYC Public Radio in New an innovative and distinctive research agenda York City and freelanced as an independent looking at alternative news media. As a UM producer for nationally syndicated programs adjunct, Banville taught online news, news Marketplace, Weekend America and Splendid editing and an online class in feature writing. Table. This fall she will teach reporting and news Banville has an MS in Journalism from editing, and will develop the School’s high Columbia University in New York, and a BA school initiatives.
    [Show full text]
  • The BBC Goes Blogging: Is ‘Auntie’ Finally Listening?
    The BBC goes blogging: Is ‘Auntie’ finally listening? By Alfred Hermida Abstract This study examines how the world's largest news organization, the BBC, has sought to incorporate blogging in its journalism, both as a format for new journalistic thinking and as a platform for greater accountability and transparency. The research covers a period of seven years, from 2001 to 2008, when the BBC came under intense scrutiny over its journalism and mechanisms for public accountability. It is based on an analysis of internal and public policy documents produced by the BBC, blog content on BBC and personal websites and the personal recollections of senior editors at the corporation. The findings suggest that the BBC is approaching blogging as a tool to enhance trust with audiences through expanded transparency and accountability, in an attempt to transform its historical elitist attitude towards its audiences. But, at the same time, the BBC is grappling with fitting this online format within its long-established journalism norms and practices, seeking to normalize blogs within existing journalistic frameworks. Keywords: accountability, BBC, broadcasting, blogs, Internet, journalism, news, transparency Alfred Hermida Assistant Professor Graduate School of Journalism 6388 Crescent Road University of British Columbia Vancouver V6T 1Z2 Canada Tel: +1 604 827 3540 E-mail: [email protected] Page 1 The BBC goes blogging: Is ‘Auntie’ finally listening? Introduction This paper examines how the BBC has adopted the new media technology of blogging as a tool of accountability and transparency in its journalism, offering an important case study of the relationship between culture, innovation and the news in the United Kingdom.
    [Show full text]