Media@McGill members Mary Hunter (Art History) and Becky Lentz (Communication Studies) have been promoted to Associate Professor and awarded tenure.
Congratulations to both, it's well deserved!
The World Charter of Free Media was adopted at the 4th World Forum on Free Media that took place in Tunis, Tunisia in March 2015. You can read the Charter here.
La Charte mondiale des medias libres a été adoptée au 4ieme Forum Mondial des Médias Libres qui s'est tenu à Tunis, Tunisie en mars 2015. Vous pouvez lire la charte ici.
Gretchen King, PhD student in the Department of Art History and Communication Studies at McGill University, was a member of the Media@McGill's delegation to the World Social Forum Tunis this past March 24 to 28, 2015. Benefiting from the stimulating experience at the World Social Forum, she produced the three following audio reports. Click on the hyperlinks to listen.
2014-2015 Media@McGill postdoctoral fellow, Alessandro Delfanti, was recently appointed Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, Mississauga, Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology (ICCIT).
His Media@McGill supervisor, Professor Gabriella Coleman, credits the Media@McGill position, publishing opportunities, and his many exchanges with AHCS colleagues in helping him secure this position.
Read Gretchen King's article,"Community Radio as Civic Media: The case of Radio al-Balad 92.4FM in Amman, Jordan," online in the Civic Media Project.
Gretchen King is a PhD candidate in the Department of Art History and Communication Studies. She has won various Media@McGill fellowships and awards and is a member of the Media@McGill Delegation to the 2015 World Social Forum in Tunis, Tunisia.