Communication

‘Think Global’ Discussion Addresses Personal Responsibilities Regarding Climate and Sustainability

Discovering Global Citizenship and the Bob Schieffer College of Communication are pleased to announce the Fall 2017 topic in our Think Global series, a program of recurring events aimed at addressing urgent global issues. The topic for this fall’s event is “Think Global: Weathering Climate Conversations.” Nov. 1, 2017 at 6 p.m. Brown-Lupton University Union Ballroom [map] This event is… Read more »

THINK GLOBAL: Borders and immigration

March 27, Brown-Lupton University Union Ballroom, 6 p.m. FREE, open to the public KERA’s Krys Boyd will moderate a discussion with top scholars, journalists, and policy makers on global affairs. PARTICIPANTS Krys Boyd, moderator Host and managing editor of Think, KERA Bio Boyd began her career along the U.S.-Mexico border, working simultaneously at radio and television stations… Read more »

Election 2016: What’s next?

Texas Christian University alumnus Bob Schieffer will be on hand for a post-election, pre-inauguration Q&A session as he examines the voter frustrations of the 2016 presidential campaign and discusses Washington’s ability to change. The event begins at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 29 in Room 141 of the J.M. Moudy Visual Arts and Communication Building North, 2805 South… Read more »

Bob Schieffer College of Communication is first Campus Consortium partner in Texas

The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and Texas Christian University’s Bob Schieffer College of Communication are pleased to announce that the Schieffer College’s Department of Journalism has become the Pulitzer Center’s first university Campus Consortium partner in Texas. The partnership was announced Oct. 8 in Washington, D.C., at the Pulitzer Center’s 10th anniversary festivities. “Our… Read more »

New podcast series investigates the state of journalism

Last month, in its “State of the News Media 2016” report, the Pew Research Center shared that two-thirds of U.S. adults said they learned about the presidential election from digital sources, including news sites, apps and social networking sites. By comparison, Pew reported, in 2012, just 17 percent of U.S. adults said they turned to… Read more »

‘Think Global’ discussion addresses local and global impact of sex slavery

THINK GLOBAL: Sex Trafficking April 4, 6 p.m., Brown-Lupton University Union Ballroom [map] FREE, open to the public Around the world, and right here in Dallas-Fort Worth, countless women are forced, coerced or tricked into sexual servitude. A complex web of economic, social and political factors leave these women dependent on their traffickers and deprived of other options…. Read more »

New ‘Think Global’ series addresses the Syrian refugee crisis

  THINK GLOBAL: The Syrian Refugee Crisis Now Nov. 2, 5-7 pm, Brown-Lupton University Union Ballroom FREE, open to the public Watch the livestream. Conflict, persecution and poverty are creating more refugees than the world has seen in decades. With millions on the move, what does the future hold? Join scholars, innovators and activists for the… Read more »