Media, Law & Policy
Social Media Experts Available for Commentary on Russian Hacking
On Nov. 1, representatives from Facebook, Twitter and Google are expected to testify publically before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the House intelligence committee’s Russia Investigative Task Force. These hearings will question how Russian-backed accounts used these social…
Media Advertising and Profitability in the Age of Fake News
Associate professor Ed Russell spent 25 years in the advertising business working for some of the largest and best known firms in the world before joining the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications faculty. Russell sees new ad campaigns by CNN, The…
Alumnus Jeff Glor ’97 Named Anchor of ‘CBS Evening News’
Newhouse School and Maxwell School alumnus Jeff Glor ’97 has been named anchor of the CBS Evening News. The announcement was made Wednesday by CBS News President David Rhodes. “Jeff is a thoughtful, probing journalist with the versatility to anchor in any…
College of Law New York Bar Exam Pass Rate is Highest in Decades
Syracuse University College of Law graduates who took the New York State Bar Exam for the first time in July 2017 achieved a 91.6 percent pass rate. That mark represents a two-decade high, and an increase of more than two percentage…
Understanding Non-Disclosure Agreements
Non-disclosure agreements have been in the news recently with the ongoing stories about Harvey Weinstein and allegations of harassment and sexual assault. Some accusers have come forward, breaking non-disclosure agreements (NDA) that they had with him or his company. Syracuse…
Professor Ian Gallacher Receives Legal Writing Award
Director of Legal Communication and Research and Professor in the College of Law Ian Gallacher has been awarded the 2018 Thomas F. Blackwell Memorial Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Legal Writing by the Association of Legal Writing Directors…
Award-Winning Investigative Reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones to Speak at Newhouse Nov. 2
Award-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones will visit the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications Nov. 2. She will present “The Work We Have Before Us: Confronting America’s Racial Divide through Reporting on Education” at 7:30 p.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium, Newhouse 3….
University Reappoints Ad Hoc Committee on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals/Undocumented Students
Syracuse University is reappointing the Ad Hoc Committee on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)/Undocumented Students. The committee was initially established in February 2017, when Chancellor Kent Syverud charged the Division of Enrollment and the Student Experience, the Council on…
Students to Document Lives of Syracuse Residents this Week as Part of Newhouse School’s Annual Fall Workshop
Over 100 graduate, undergraduate and military visual journalism students from the Newhouse School’s Department of Multimedia Photography and Design (MPD) will spend Oct. 19–22 documenting the lives of Syracuse residents as part of the school’s annual Fall Workshop. The students…
Magazine Professor Jim Shahin’s ‘Smoke Signals’ Column Recognized in Two Writing Competitions
It’s double kudos for Jim Shahin, associate professor of magazine at the Newhouse School. Shahin placed second in the Best Food Column category of the Association of Food Journalists’ 2017 awards competition for “MLK’s booth at his go-to barbecue joint…