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Spring 2010 Semester

Block 1 Minicourse:  Exploring the Documentary-42938-GCOM 29306-01

Block 2 Minicourse:  Exploring the Documentary-42939-GCOM 29306-02

Professor Ben Crane

An introduction to the documentary with an emphasis on history and appreciation, useful to consumers and producers who would like to learn more about the form. Topics include documentary “truth,” genres, production styles, and the evolution of documentary from cinema to video and the internet. 

Lecture/discussion with screenings. 1 credit. Pass/fail, Liberal Arts 

Prof. Jack Powers will be teaching TVR 26000 Quantitative Mass Media Research Methods online during the Winter '10 session, January 11-22, 2010.  If you would like to register for this, the CRN is 30040.

Film Screening and panel discussion.

Thursday, November 12, 2009

At The History Center

Doors Open at 5:00pm

Film screening:  5-6:00pm

Panel discussion:  6-7:00pm

About the event: The Jungle's Edge -- is a documentary about daily life in the Jungle, the wooded area near Ithaca's Inlet that for decades has served as a home for the homeless.  The film was produced by Gossa Tsegaye, Assistant Professor of Television-Radio.

Gossa Tsegaye--Professor Tsegaye filmed The Jungle's Edge over a two-year period with local resident David Fogel.

John Ward--Director of Homeless Services, Tompkins County Chapter of the National American Red Cross.

Rose McGrady--Manager/Outreach worker for the Homeless Services Program's new Friendship Center.

Neil Golder--Kitchen Manager at Loaves and Fishes.

Refreshments served.

The event is free but donations are gratefully accepted

The History Center, 401 E. State Street, Suite 100, Ithaca, NY 14850, 607.273.8284

Students who are closed out of TVR courses can fill out a Course Request Form either through this link http://www.ithaca.edu/rhp/depts/tvr/requestform/ or by stopping by the TVR office in Park 356.

Nancy Cornwell, Professor and Chair, Department of Television-Radio has been selected as a 2010 Faculty Fellow by the National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) Educational Foundation.  NATPE is a global non-profit organization dedicated to the creation, development and distribution of televised programming in all forms, across all mature and emerging media platforms.  As part of the fellowship, Dr. Cornwell will attend the 2010 NATPE Market and Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.  During that time, she will participate in a range of faculty sessions focused on television programming, distribution, advertising, audience measurement as well as emerging issues facing the television industry.