Media Relations

Questions?

  • University Communications
    5950
    aumedia@american.edu
    Constitution, Room 130

    Csellar, Maralee B
    Associate Director Media Relations

Mailing Address

AU Experts: Media Issues

Media Issues

The media world is changing daily. The Internet, blogs, Twitter, social networking, and HDTV have transformed the media landscape. With experts on issues ranging from the Internet, social networking, and blogs to newspapers, mass media, broadcast, and more, American University experts can paint a picture of what is really happening in the media world.

To arrange an interview with one of the experts below or other AU Experts, contact Media Relations at 202-885-5950 or aumedia@american.edu.

Experts

Patricia Aufderheide

Patricia Aufderheide, director, Center for Social Media

Director, Center for Social Media

Can discuss: Copyright and creativity; media criticism; mass media; telecommunication policy;  independent films; documentary film and video

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Amy Eisman

Amy Eisman, director of writing programs, School of Communication

Director of writing programs, School of Communication

Can dicuss: Media landscape; convergent media; online and print publications; print versus Web journalism; citizen media

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Kathryn Montgomery

Kathryn Montgomery, professor of communication

Professor of communication

Can discuss: Children and media; media policy; media criticism; Internet and youth; media and politics; online marketing

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Gemma Puglisi

Gemma Puglisi, professor of communication

Professor of communication

Can discuss: Media relations; women in the media; public relations; crisis communications

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W. Joseph Campbell

W. Joseph Campbell, professor of communication

Professor of communication

Can discuss: News media influence; media myths; yellow journalism and American journalism history; U.S. news coverage of international affairs; Web logs

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Larry Kirkman

Larry Kirkman, Dean, School of Communication

Dean, School of Communication

Can discuss: Strategic communication; social media; Internet; public television and radio; communications education and research

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Matthew Nisbet

Matthew Nisbet, professor of communication

Professor of communication

Can discuss: Political communication; public opinion research; media, politics, and science and environmental issues

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Rick Rockwell

Rick Rockwell, professor of broadcast journalism

Professor of broadcast journalism

Can discuss: Journalism repression; journalism ethics; U.S. telecommunication policy; the media and Congress; media and developing nations

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Wendell Cochran

Wendell Cochran, professor of communication

Professor of communication

Can discuss: U.S. newspapers; computers and journalism; electronic media; Internet use by government agencies; journalism ethics; investigative reporting

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Charles (Chuck) Lewis

Charles Lewis, distinguished journalist in residence

Distinguished journalist in residence; executive editor, Investigative Reporting Workshop

Can discuss: Investigative journalism; political corruption; the future of journalism; journalism ethics

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Jill Olmsted

Jill Olmsted, professor of broadcast journalism

Professor of broadcast journalism


Can discuss: Broadcast and online journalism; news media criticism; media training

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Danna Walker

Danna Walker, James B. Simpson Fellow in Journalism

James B. Simpson Fellow in Journalism

Can discuss: Women in the media; new media developments; news media influence; developments in network television; developments in higher education and journalism education; media history

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