Students in Professor Sissel McCarthy’s MEDIA 211 class learned all about bias, fairness, and balance in the news media from one of the nation’s preeminent scholars on news literacy.

Professor Howard Schneider has been on a crusade to teach students how to think more critically about the news they’re consuming since he founded the Center for News Literacy at Stony Brook University in 2006. He began his guest lecture at Hunter by asking how many people thought the news media was biased.  Nearly all 100 students in the lecture hall raised their hand, which Schneider expected.

MovieMaker Magazine, “the nation’s leading resource on the art and business of making movies and the world’s most widely read independent film magazine” gave professor Mercado’s recently published book in The Filmmaker’s Eye series, The Language of the Lens, a glowing review: 
“For the new moviemaking generation, The Language of the Lens can serve as a reference point of how some of cinema’s greatest auteurs make use of the lens, as well as a key for how to use the tool. After reading The Language of the Lens, moviemakers will be equipped with the ultimate knowledge to command any lens, from an iPhone to the most expensive glass money can buy”
Their full review can be found in their Summer 2019 issue, available at newsstands everywhere, and at the following link.

Thurs., Oct. 17, 2019 | 6-8PM
Hunter College, Lang Recital Hall 
4th Floor North Building
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Prof. Kelly Anderson’s film UNSTUCK: an OCD kids movie and the premiere of Jay Chieh-Chun Lee’s film Involuntary Repetition as Everyday Life (made in Prof. Michael Gitlin’s Microcultural Incidents Class). A panel discussion will follow after the screening. This will also be relevant for students interested in crafting distribution campaigns that prioritize community engagement in non-traditional settings, including robust social media engagement.

As part of OCD Awareness Week 2019, the Hunter College Department of Film and Media Studies presents:

How a Film Helped Heal, Build Community and Challenge Stereotypes

Featured Films:
UNSTUCK: an OCD kids movie
Involuntary Repetition as Everyday Life
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Panel discussion with OCD experts & filmmakers