In PBS NewsHour correspondent and producer Kathleen McCleery's fall 2018 course, JRN 447: Politics and the Media: Covering the 2018 Elections, students are learning how to create broadcast journalism on location. Midterm elections matter, and in 2018, they matter a lot. In this course, students will learn about broadcast journalism, assess media coverage of hotly
Students Join Purcell Carson’s Trenton-Salcajá Project
Dan Claro2018-10-11T23:45:42-04:00This fall, the Woodrow Wilson School's Purcell Carson offers a new documentary film course. URB202/JRN202/LAO232 focuses on the relationship between Trenton, NJ and Salcajá, Guatemala. Using the tools and theory of documentary filmmaking to explore issues in urban studies, the course builds upon Carson and Professor Alison Isenberg's multi-year project about Trenton's residents and history.
Darwin’s Finches on Film
Dan Claro2017-12-06T21:12:43-05:00A recent Princeton University news article on the home page about evolutionary biologists B. Rosemary and Peter Grant's groundbreaking research in the Galápagos Islands featured a short video that we in the DLL are very happy to have been a part of. Via www.princeton.edu The arrival 36 years ago of a strange bird to a
Principedia
Sorat Tungkasiri2018-10-11T18:37:08-04:00Principedia provides a unique forum within which to realize a fundamental aim of the McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning: to engage faculty, staff, graduate students and especially undergraduates in systematic reflection and substantive discourse about the practices and processes of learning in Princeton’s distinctive academic environment. Visit Principedia
Varieties of Spanish
Sorat Tungkasiri2017-11-22T15:24:49-05:00Professor Vallejo's course on sociolinguistic variation in the Spanish-speaking world, students will learn about social, political, and cultural aspects related to dialectal variation in Spanish and become acquainted with important linguistic features present in various dialects. Upon completion of the course, students become familiarized with particular features distinguishing one dialect from another, while gaining knowledge
The Trenton Project
Sorat Tungkasiri2017-11-22T15:24:49-05:00The Trenton Project is a collaborative documentary investigation by the Princeton University course, URB 202: "Documentary Film and the City," taught by Alison Isenberg and Purcell Carson since 2013. The class works in partnership with Trenton residents, institutions and community partners to produce short films which together offer a kaleidoscopic lens on the challenges Trenton faces,
Specks of Dust
Sorat Tungkasiri2017-11-22T15:24:49-05:00SPECKS OF DUST presents the story of Guria, an organization dedicated to fighting human trafficking in Varanasi, India. Our film follows this group of activists: inspiring, fiery, hopeful. For over twenty years, they have refused to rest until every child is free to live a vibrant and creative life. The film was created by Azza
PARIS, NI HAO
Sorat Tungkasiri2017-11-22T15:24:49-05:00Paris, Ni Hao, a 40-minute film by Sharon Deng 17', shares these stories for the first time, probing the lives of eight first and second-generation immigrants who must reinvent their identities and lifestyles to survive. Through the specificity of their experiences, the film takes an intimate look at immigration and elucidates the mixed emotions surrounding