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Levina is Invited Speaker at Genomics Policy & Research Forum

Dr. Marina Levina, assistant professor of communication, is an invited speaker at the Genomics Policy & Research Forum, University of Edinburgh, UK on February 10, 2012. Levina's talk is titled “A Pre-Patient’s Bill of Rights: Genomic Data-Sharing, Citizenship and the Moral Economy of the Network."

Department to Host Photojournalist Tony Zumbado in February

The Departments of Communication and Journalism will host photojournalist and videographer Tony Zumbado in February. Tony Zumbado is an independent videographer and photojournalist whose work over the last 30 years has frequently appeared on NBC and MSNBC. He came to international attention during the 2005 post-Katrina flooding of New Orleans, when he was the first journalist to discover the desperate condition of as many as 20,000 flood victims at the Convention Center. His images and reports from the Convention Center brought the inaction of Bush Administration officials into stunning relief. A week later, Zumbado discovered and documented 45 corpses left behind in the belated evacuation of Memorial Hospital.

In addition to visiting several classes, Zumbado will give a free, public presentation on Wednesday, February 15, at 7 p.m. in the University Theatre (in the UC). Zumbado's presentation will explore his work in disaster and crisis-ridden environments--particularly New Orleans in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The focus of the presentation will be on the various levels of censorship that operated during the coverage of New Orleans, the effects of censorship on viewers' understandings of the crisis, the ethical and professional conflicts that arose during weeks of filming in the Gulf region, and the gap between what American audiences saw at home and what journalists witnessed (and could not broadcast).

WUMR Receives W. C. Handy Heritage Award

WUMR has been selected to receive one of the W.C. Handy Heritage Awards honoring “Authentic Beale Street Musicians" on the occasion of the 138th Anniversary of W.C. Handy, Father of the Blues. The awards are sponsored by the W.C. Handy Memphis Home Museum, which is managed by Heritage Tours. WUMR received the Memphis Music Legacy Award for its role in promoting and preserving jazz music in the Memphis community and throughout the world.

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About the Department of Communication

One of six departments in the College of Communication and Fine Arts, the Department of Communication includes 18 full-time faculty members, approximately 60 graduate students (MA and PhD), and 350 undergraduate majors. At the BA and MA levels, we offer concentrations in communication and film & video production. At the PhD level, we offer emphases in rhetoric and applied communication, including health communication, while encouraging students to bridge these areas as they design their own programs.