As part of our Summer Institute for Journalism Education, Communications Media Professor Kyle Moody Introduced keynote speaker Author and journalism professor Dan Kennedy at the Fitchburg Historical Society. Mr. Kennedy discussed the future of local news during his keynote address.

Our Summer Institute for Journalism Education, a collaboration between our Communications Media and English Studies departments, is an inaugural program and is focused on the theme of "Teaching Tomorrow’s Citizens Today: News Literacy as a Tool for Critical Education." 

This institute is a wonderful opportunity to develop key concepts in your research, apply new lessons to the classroom, and address educators across the Commonwealth and beyond about issues facing journalism, news literacy, and new media technologies. 

Award winning Communications Media student Isaiah Manuel turned a Multi-Camera Television Production course into a Production Assistant position at Fitchburg Access Television (FATV). The course, taught by Professor Kevin McCarthy in conjunction with Fitchburg Access Television (FATV) during the Fall 2023, gave Isaiah the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in what it's like to produce a talk show. He, and other students, switched between various roles including control room operations (teleprompters, broadcast switchers, digital audio boards and lighting control panels), and studio roles (floor direction, camera operation, studio lighting, studio sound techniques). 

Communications Media Professor Kevin McCarthy met with students who will be taking part in our Study Abroad opportunity; Rhetoric in Greece and Travelogue Filmmaking which departs campus on June 7th. Today Professor McCarthy discussed media tools, storage, and logging procedures - the planning that needs to happen with travelogue filmmaking.

Communications Mediamajor, and Political Science minor, Joshua Cronin recently discussed his experience with Fitchburg State University's Summer Bridge Program. Joshua, who has been working with the staff at  Fitchburg Access Television's (FATV) this semester to produce a news program with fellow student Zoe Chrisostomides called North Central News remembers his experience as key to his attending Fitchburg State.

It was standing room only in the Randall Lecture Hall where students, faculty, family and friends gathered to watch  the students from the Spring 2024 Game Studio showcase their games, discuss their development process and answer audience questions. 

Fitchburg State University Communications Media major Rowan Sloan  appeared recently as a guest on  Fitchburg Access Television's (FATV), Barbara and You with Fitchburg Historical Society Director Susan Navarre where she discussed her  Graphic Design internship this semester at the Fitchburg Historical Society. Watch the discussion on FATV here.

Vice President for Institutional Advancement Jeffrey Wolfman introduced Communications Media alum Richard G. Kerris '83, Vice President of Developer Relations, Head of Media and Entertainment, NVIDIA for the first ever Executive in Residence. Richard G. Kerris '83 shared his story in two sessions in Presidents Hall.  

Students in Professor Donald Tarallo's  Advanced Graphic Design course work on their final projects with Professor Tarallo and a guest Designer.

This year's Visions, a juried honors exhibit of the Communications Media Department, opened with an Alumni Panel in the Ellis White White Lecture Hall. This lively discussion was followed by The Gallery Opening, Game Design Showcase, Reception, and a Film & Video Screening in Weston Auditorium. Thank you to the alumni, jurors, Communications Media faculty, students, and staff. The Exhibit will run until June 30, 2024.