Episode 1: Renee Hobbs
In our inaugural episode of the MediaEd Podcast, our host, Yonty Friesem interviews the founder and co-director of the Media Education Lab about her vision and work in the last 20 years to build the community it is today.Â
I'm developing an assignment for next semester for my graduate students that might look something like this:Â
ACTIVITY: Pick a topic that's of deep interest to you. Then compose 3 prompts to Chat GPT that results in three different types of media products on the same topic. Display the prompts and the results, when write a brief essay to comment on what you noticed about the content and form of the work you and Chat GPT produced together. Â
I cannot believe that it has been 13 years since I sent my first email to Dr. Renee Hobbs from Temple University with an inquiry to discuss doctoral mentorship. My message was written in broken English, in green font, and had a smiley for a signatureSoon thereafter I received Renee’s typical concise response: “Let’s Skype.” The rest is history.
Over the course of the MediaEd Institute, participants work to create a project that's meaningful to their work, life, school, or business context where they demonstrate how they apply insights from this professional development program.
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Back to TeamLarisa Ozeryansky, MPH MSIPM is an IIPhD candidate from University of Washington and a Fulbright Scholar studying Transnational Migrant Health. Larisa designed and facilitated surveys/interviews for refugees from Ukraine (2022-2023) and expanded on the results (highlighting social exclusion) with a project in Norway using participatory-media as a research- intervention.