Why Photojournalism Matters

World Series: Chicago Tribune & the Sun-Times. Staff Photographers v No Staff Photographers. Any questions? #photojournalism @briancassella pic.twitter.com/LHLQ1VFl1o — Jim Colton (@JimmyColton) November 3, 2016 Similar:The Hidden Benefits Of DaydreamingWhen your mind wanders, its like P. T. B…CultureEnjoying my "Dystopia in American Literature" class.After a kind of prelude in which we look…AcademiaOutsiders. Four sold out…

8 (Short Halloween film by Josh Reardon)

My daughter and I appear in this short film, one of a series of 13 Halloween movies created by Josh Reardon. Similar:Descent, Part 1 (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 6, Episode 26) Data experiences disturbing…Rewatching ST:TNG Data plays poker wi…CultureThe Outsiders — four sold-out weekday matinees; four more performances this weekend So proud of my talented,…

Page Layout 101: Proximity creates context. Don’t let this happen to you.

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Two Artificial Intelligence (AI) Chatbots Talk and Argue with Each Other

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Practicing Intellectual, Evidence-based Disagreement

This is what a busy literature seminar on evidence-based disagreement looks like. I’ve asked the students to pair up to create a 2-3-minute podcast that demonstrates they can participate in a respectful, evidence-based disagreement over Poe’s “The Raven.” I asked each student to introduce the other student’s position, and to do so respectfully, without caricaturing…

Imagine, if you will, a Shakespeare course / Propos’d in blank verse like the Bard would write

Verses Proposing a New Course: “Shakespeare in Context” You’ll pick a modest count of Shakespeare plays– Say, five. Three weeks to each you’ll dedicate. One context week, one week on text, and next One week to multi-modally create A research paper, podcast, monologue, Or supercut of twenty diff’rent Lears Who curse their sixty daughters’ cruel hearts. Professional and student actors we will hear, In stagings mounted locally. What’s more, We’ll…