New College Media Studies News & Events: AC Thompson Wins Polk Award / Feb 28: Open House

MUCKRAKING WITH A MISSION
Media Studies Faculty Member AC Thompson Wins Polk Award

AC Thompson, San Francisco Bay Guardian reporter and New College Media Studies teacher, recently won the prestigious Polk Award for Local Reporting. Thompson's influential Guardian series "Forgotten City" exposed the horrendous conditions of San Francisco's pubic housing projects. The award-winning journalist teaches "Muckraking with a Mission," a popular hands-on seminar on investigative reporting that is a core component of the Media Studies MA Program curriculum.
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Tuesday, February 28, 6:30 pm - 8 pm
Tuesday, March 14, 6:30 pm - 8 pm

New College of California
Media Studies MA Program Open House

New College, 766 Valencia St., Room 11B, San Francisco

Make media that makes a difference! Come to our Open House and learn about the Media Studies MA Program at New College of California. See student work, meet with faculty and students, tour the Digital Theater media lab, discuss your plans and ask questions. Light refreshments will be served.

Offering an innovative media studies education for social change, the New College Media Studies Graduate Program is founded on the belief that vibrant alternative media are urgently needed to renew our democracy and achieve peace and social justice. The program encourages media makers to speak truth to power, expose injustice and enable marginalized communities to utilize media – and in these ways create a forum for the practice of democracy.

For more information, visit the Media Studies website: http://www.newcollege.edu/media_studies/
or call Mary Ellen Churchill at 415-437-3494.