Communications and Media Studies is located at 95 Talbot Avenue, Medford, MA 02155;
phone 617-627-2007; fax 617-627-3449; cms@tufts.edu

Fall '08 CMS Courses

MCMS Minor
Film Studies Minor

Courses of special note:
EXP-0050CF. Media Literacy and Social Change (Monday, 1:30-4:00 pm)
EXP-0053CF. Producing Films for Social Change (Tues. and Thurs., 6:00-8:30 pm)
EXP-0055CF. History of Documentary Films (Wednesday, 6:00-8:30 pm)
EXP-0058CF. Marketing for Social Change (Monday, 6:00-8:30 pm)
EXP-0099CF. Media Internships (By consent only. Contact cms@tufts.edu for eligibility, consent, and registration.)

If you are interested in doing a communications internship for credit this fall, contact CMS Director Julie Dobrow (julie.dobrow@tufts.edu, x74744) about eligibility, consent, and registration.

January Winternships are just around the corner! Please check back often for updates and links.

Special Announcements! A visit from Walter Harris, director of student programs for AmPav (The American Pavilion) Tuesday, October 7, 2:30 p.m., Upstairs Conference Room, 95 Talbot Ave. Harris will be holding an information session on AmPav’s student programs at the Cannes, Venice, and Los Angeles film festivals. For more information, please visit www.ampav.com. A visit from Leon Braswell, director of admissions and financial aid for Columbia University's Graduate School of Jounalism Thursday, October 9, 3 p.m., Upstairs Conference Room, 95 Talbot Ave. For nearly 100 years, the Columbia has been preparing journalists in a program that stresses academic rigor, ethics, journalistic inquiry and professional practice. The Graduate School of Journalism offers three degree programs: Master of Science in journalism (full and part time); Master of Arts in journalism; and a Ph.D. in communications. Please feel free to stop by this informal session with questions about the school or its programs The Dow Jones Newspaper Fund is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and is offering annual summer internships in business reporting, news, online and sports copy editing. DJNF will select up to 100 interns from a national pool of the best qualified college sophomores, juniors, seniors and graduate students. Each program provides free pre-internship training seminars on college campuses and weekly salaries starting at $350 for a minimum of 10 weeks. Interns who return to college full-time the following fall will receive $1,000 scholarships from the Fund. The deadline is Nov. 1. Applicants will be notified of their status by late December. Please note that this internship requires taking an editing or reporting test. For more information and to begin the application process, visit https://www.newspaperfund.org/PageText/Prg_HomePages.aspx?Page_ID=Prg_CollegeIntern. UPDATE! TESTS ARE NOW AVAILABLE IN THE CMS LIBRARY. PLEASE COME BY OR CONTACT CMS STAFF ASSISTANT JOHN CIAMPA TO TAKE THE EXAM. REMEMBER, YOU MUST REGISTER ONLINE VIA THE ABOVE LINK BEFORE TAKING THE EXAM.

Upcoming Speakers and Events

Marketing for Social Change: "Getting People to Stop Smoking"
Monday, October 6, 6 p.m., Braker 220
Lori Fresina of M&R Strategic Services will be leading a discussion on getting people to stop smoking in Dorie Clark's class, Marketing for Social Change. All students are welcome.

A Conversation With Adam Richman (A92), Director, Producer, Entrepreneur and Founding Partner of Double Nickel Entertainment
Friday, October 10, 11 a.m., Balch Arena Theater
While at Tufts, where he double-majored in Drama and English, Adam founded Next Stage Productions, Inc. At Next Stage, Adam produced thirty-eight shows, directed fourteen, and developed twelve new scripts. He then returned to graduate school and received his M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School. Following his graduation from Harvard, his accomplishments include: Serving as Senior Vice President of Production and Development for Motion Picture Corporation of America Working for United Talent Agency where he developed contracts at major studios, supervised projects, and participated in the sale of three independently-produced features (including the Sundance Film Festival’s centerpiece premiere of Allison Anders’s Sugar Town)Founding Double Nickel Entertainment, a producing corporation with more than twenty projects in development.

Double Nickel released its first feature film, The Flock starring Richard Gere and Claire Danes, earlier this year and just “wrapped” Grand Torino, Clint Eastwood’s next film. The company is currently working with such actors and directors as Stephen Frears, Nicholas Cage, Jeff Bridges, and Rowan Woods. Presented by the Department of Drama and Dance. All students are welcome.

Media Literacy and Social Change presents Sandy Kessler of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government
Monday, October 20, 1:30 p.m., Rabb Room, Lincoln Filene Center
Sandy Hessler, of Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, and former brand manager for Proctor & Gamble, will be the guest speaker in Julie Dobrow's class, Media Literacy and Social Change. All students are welcome.

Film Screening: “Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision”
Thursday, October 23, 7:30 p.m., Braker 1
Director Freida Lee Mock will present her film “Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision,” which won the 1995 Academy Award for Best Documentary Film. This film chronicles the career of Maya Lin, an architect and sculptor who designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial while still an undergraduate at Yale University. The film also charts the controversy surrounding the wall’s design.

Freida Lee Mock is the recipient of four additional Oscar nominations, and won best film honors at the Cleveland International Film Festival for her 1998 film “Return with Honor.”

Marketing for Social Change: "Getting People to Walk More, Eat Less, and Be Healthier"
Monday, October 27, 6 p.m., Braker 220
Presented by guest speaker Nicole Rioles for Dorie Clarks's class, Marketing for Social Change. All students are welcome.

Film Screening: "War Inc."
Wednesday, October 29, 7 p.m., Distler Auditorium
CMS is proud to host filmmaker Joshua Seftel (A90) for a presentation of his film “War Inc.” “War Inc.” is a political satire set in Turaqistan, a country occupied by an American private corporation being run by a former US Vice-President (Dan Akroyd). In an effort to monopolize the opportunities the war-torn nation offers, the corporation's CEO hires a troubled hit man (John Cusack), to kill a Middle East oil minister. The film also features Marisa Tomei and Hillary Duff.

Joshua Seftel's filmmaking has brought him to Romania, Bosnia, South Africa, Costa Rica, Iceland, and across the United States. At age 22, he received his first Emmy nomination for his documentary film Lost and Found (1991) about the plight of Romania's 120,000 orphaned and abandoned children. Made for $2,000, Lost and Found helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars and spurred American adoptions of hundreds of Romanian orphans. Seftel's subsequent films include Old Warrior (1994), Taking on the Kennedys (1996) chosen by Time Magazine as one the ten "Best of the Year," and the HBO film Ennis' Gift (2001), made in memory of Bill Cosby's late son, Ennis.

CMS Presents "Chronicle" Co-Anchor Anthony Everett (A84)
Monday, November 3, 1:30 p.m., Rabb Room, Lincoln Filene Center
Anthony Everett (A84), co-anchor for WCVB TV's "Chronicle," will be the guest speaker in Julie Dobrow's class, Media Literacy and Social Change. All students are welcome.

Marketing for Social Change: Topic - "Alternative Forms of Transportation"
Monday, November 3, 6 p.m., Braker 220
Kay Carson of MassRIDES will lead a discussion on getting commuters to limit riding "solo" and instead use alternative forms of transportation in Dorie Clark's class, Marketing for Social Change. All students are welcome.

Film Screening: "Shades of Ray"
Thursday, November 20, (Time TBA), Braker 1
CMS is proud to host filmmaker Jaffar Mahmood (A00), who will be presenting “Shades of Ray,” a new offbeat comedy with a racial undercurrent that he wrote, produced and directed.

From an interview with David J. Lieto:  “There’s been several films that analyze the relationship between two people of different ethnicities – ‘Jungle Fever,’ for one,” says Jaffar, “But there’s so few American movies, if any… [that examine] what’s it’s like for the product or offspring of two ethnicities coming together - the kid - and how that effects him and the way he sees himself. “Shades of Ray” is my way of exploring that issue.”

From the IMDB:  American-born Ray Rehman comes home one night to find his Pakistani father on his doorstep. Ray's Caucasian mother threw him out. It's an awkward time for his father to move in as Ray just proposed to his Caucasian girlfriend - who hasn't given him an answer. While trying to get his parents back together, Ray meets a South Asian girl of mixed descent, just like him, and must decide where his identity truly lies.

Media Literacy and Social Change presents Stephen Wilmarth, President and Managing Director of New School Ambassadors Inc.
Monday, November 24, 1:30 p.m., Rabb Room, Lincoln Filene Center
President and Managing Director for New School Student Ambassadors Inc., Stephen Wilmarth, will be the guest speaker in Julie Dobrow's class, Media Literacy and Social Change. All students are welcome.

CMS Presents Mindy Nierenberg of the Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service
Monday, December 1, 1:30 p.m., Rabb Room, Lincoln Filene Center
Mindy Nierenberg of the Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service will be the guest speaker in Julie Dobrow's class, Media Literacy and Social Change. All students are welcome.

Media Literacy and Social Change presents Tony Benis (A79), Founder and Present, Synergy Media Partners
Monday, December 8, 1:30 p.m., Rabb Room, Lincoln Filene Center
Tony Benis (A79), founder and president of Synergy Media Partners, will be the guest speaker in Julie Dobrow's class, Media Literacy and Social Change. All students are welcome.