Why is it so fascinating to play mind games with the idea of what the future will be like?Maybe because it allows you to daydream with the idea of immortality, picturing scenarios that you will probably never see. Or maybe…
“The tribe has spoken.”
Seventeen complete strangers from across the globe are thrown together in the middle of a hot and dry desert. Six weeks, four cities, a whole lot of luggage and a lifetime of memories to be made. This is not another…
And Scholars do play!
“If you drop it, you’re buying drinks,” said Shailendra. He was talking about the tower we built while playing Jenga. “Yalla yalla,” the Lebanese word for “come on,” was repeated to each scholar trying to keep the tower from crashing…
Does Technology Make Us Better Humans?
The monsters are out. They’re invisible. You don’t see them glancing out of dark windows at Taylor Place. Phoenix’s heat forces us to take shelter in our air-conditioned concrete cages. The windows are small. The locks are clicking. The doors…
Technology Challenges Journalism
After basking in the magnificence of the Grand Canyon on Saturday, it was back to serious business for the Cronkite scholars today, as they dug deeper into the digital media tsunami battering journalism. No part of the world is immune,…
Grand Canyon, the Place Where Desktop Images Are Made
The trip to the Grand Canyon was a deep visual experience: from the views on the sides of the highway to the layered depths of the canyon. I see before me the variegated color chart of this visual journey: it…
When Old Journalists Turn Young
It might be a little bragging to call us a group of veteran journalists. After all, many of us have only a couple of years’ experience in the field. Nevertheless, I somehow felt I had the heart of an old…
Journalists Should Stop Being Arrogant
The focus of the fourth day of the 2019 SUSI Journalism Scholars program on Wednesday, June 7th, was on healthy information communities. “The time for journalists to be arrogant has long gone.” This was the position taken by Dan Gillmor…
The Learning Journey Continues…
With warm body and soul, ignited and enlightened by our beloved facilitators and teachers, the seventeen Cronkite SUSI 2019 participants continued their learning journey on the 3rd day! It was a day to meet Frank Mungeam, Knight Professor of Practice,…
Warm Body and Soul
If each of the seventeen Cronkite SUSI 2019 participants decides to write a book chronicling the history lived at ASU in Phoenix, pages will be missing. That is to say, the challenge of writing just a few lines in this…