Nicholas Baradello came into USF as a transfer student and having a learning disability pushed him harder to do his best in his new university environment.

Professor David Silver’s Introduction to Media Studies class learned firsthand about the process of editing Wikipedia last semester in a final project that required them to modify, rearrange and in some cases rewrite the USF and San Francisco Dons Wikipedia pages. Although they encountered some opposition from the seasoned Wikipedians that edit the site, another class will be taking on this same assignment this semester.

The Davies Forum that explored Digital Literacy with Prof. David Silver last spring, seeks to Remake the News and learn more about independent and citizen journalism with documentary filmmaker and media studies prof. Dorothy Kidd.

The media often gets a bad rap for being exploitive and shallow in its reporting of important issues. Negative criticism of the media as a whole often overshadows the dedicated work of journalists who fight for social justice through their reporting. Teresa Moore, media studies professor and faculty advisor for the Foghorn said, “The media is [...]