MIT Graduate Program in Comparative Media Studies

Studying Media and Making Media

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Video: Thesis Presentations 2010. Florence Gallez: “Open Park Online News Production: A Proposal for a Code of Ethics for Collaborative Journalism in the Digital Age”

Florence Gallez develops a secure online space for media professionals and their audience to collaborate on news stories’ reporting and writing, which could be replicated in a variety of offline spaces in order to optimize flexibility and interference-free access.

Many thanks to Philip Tan for recording this presentation. You can see all of the CMS 2010 graduate student thesis presentations on Ustream.

About Andrew Whitacre

Andrew directs the communications efforts for CMS/W and its research groups. A native of Washington, D.C., he holds a degree in communication from Wake Forest University, with a minor in humanities, as well as an M.F.A. in creative writing from Emerson College.

His work includes drawing up and executing strategic communications plans, with projects including website design, social media management and training, press outreach, product launches, fundraising campaign support, and event promotions.