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When Disaster Strikes: Reporting and Responding

Rebecca Loya — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:00:10 +0000

When Disaster Strikes: Reporting and Responding is an international conference that will explore the collaboration and tension between journalists and public health workers at times of crisis. The event, featuring a keynote speech by NBC’s Kerry Sanders, will mark the first annual collaboration of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and Boston University’s Center for Global Health and Development, School of Public Health and College of Communication. A wide range of experts from the fields of global health, NGOs and journalism, as well as citizens and volunteers, will focus on the many layers of crisis in post-earthquake Haiti, to establish strategies for journalists and aid workers to function collaboratively.

Top NBC Exec Lecturing Today

Kira Jastive — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 13:06:50 +0000

The College of Communication is hosting a lecture by Lauren Zalaznick, Chairman of the NBC Universal Entertainment & Digital Networks and Integrated Media. One of Fortune’s “50 Most Powerful Women,” Zalaznick will discuss how she went from indie producer to corporate executive with chefs, housewives and celeb moms today from 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM in the SMG Executive Dining Room (4th Floor). The event is free and open to the public.

NBC banking on Leno

Dick Taffe — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:23:43 +0000

In the run-up to NBC launching “The Jay Leno Show” 5-nights a week in prime time come September, the network is flooding the advertising marketplace — TV, movie theaters, billboards, on airplanes, in gyms, elevators, even taxi cabs — with promotions for the show. College of Communication advertising Professor Sue Parenio can discuss the unprecedented nature of promoting such a first-of-its-kind production.

Contact Sue Parenio, 617-353-8066, suepar@bu.edu

Ed McMahon dead at 86

Dick Taffe — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:17:53 +0000

Ed McMahon, Johnny Carson’s loyal sidekick on “The Tonight Show” for nearly three decades, died today in California. He was 86. College of Communication Professor Cathy Perron, director of the Television Program, can discuss McMahon’s impact on the medium.

Contact Cathy Perron, 617-353-4976, cperron@bu.edu

Jay hands “Tonight” to Conan

Dick Taffe — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:11:29 +0000

As host Jay Leno hands over NBC’s “Tonight Show” to Conan O’Brien, late night television continues to evolve. College of Communication Professor Cathy Perron, who heads the school’s TV department, can discuss the ever changing nature of television programming.

Contact Cathy Perron, 617-353-4976, cperron@bu.edu

NBC vs. WHDH-TV on Leno

Dick Taffe — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:25:04 +0000

Mass Communication and Public Relations Professor Christopher Cakebread says NBC is upset about Boston station WHDH-TV deciding not to carry the new Jay Leno show at 10 p.m., in lieu of local news, because the network fears the move may spread.

“NBC’s greatest concern is the domino effect that might occur if WHDH replaces Leno at 10 p.m. with a local news program. If the seventh largest market in the country can make this change, in order to provide a better local revenue stream, what’s to stop other affiliates across the U.S. from doing the same thing?

“This will completely torpedo NBC’s plan to abandon expensive scripted programming, during primetime, five days a week, so they can save production dollars by running a less-expensive-to-produce talk show. The stakes are very high, so NBC will go all out to convince WHDH to not make this change.”

Contact Christopher Cakebread, 617-353-3476, ccakebre@bu.edu