{"id":12,"date":"2021-09-27T16:49:32","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T16:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/communication\/happenings\/"},"modified":"2024-01-19T09:25:02","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T14:25:02","slug":"happenings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/communication\/happenings\/","title":{"rendered":"CCOM Happenings"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg-primary-block alignfull\" >\n\t<div class=\"container grid-default wysiwyg__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"sidebar-menu \" aria-label=\"Site Menu\" id=\"page-nav\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sidebar-menu__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"sidebar-menu__header\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sidebar-menu__headerLabel\">College of Communication Menu<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"sidebar-menu__mobileToggle\" title=\"Toggle Menu\" :aria-expanded=\"mobileOpen\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"sidebar-menu__list\" v-show=\"mobileOpen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/communication\/about\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >About<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/communication\/undergraduate-programs\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Undergraduate Programs<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/communication\/graduate-programs\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Graduate Programs<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/three-year-programs\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Three-Year Programs<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/communication\/faculty-staff\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Faculty &#038; Staff<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/communication\/ccom-student-opportunities\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Experiential Learning &#038; Internships<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/communication\/global-opportunities\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Global Opportunities<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/communication\/speakers-lab\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >The Speaker&#8217;s Lab<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/communication\/ccom-resources-requirements\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Student Resources<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butlerccom\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" target=\"_blank\">CCOM Pawprints<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butlerccom\/ccom-pawcast\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" target=\"_blank\">CCOM Pawcast<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__wrapper wysiwyg__wrapper--hasSidebar\">\n\t\t\t<!-- content from editor -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__content wysiwyg__contentContainer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\"><h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CCOM Happenings<\/h1><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Past Events<\/h2><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Butler University&#8217;s Communication and Media Studies Department Presents:<\/h4><p><\/p><h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dr. Robyn Henderson-Espinoza: &#8220;How Queer Justice Could Dissolve White Supremacy Culture&#8221;<\/h5><div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/08101916\/robyn_henderson_espinoza-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"Robyn Henderson-Espinoza\"\/><\/figure><\/div><p><strong>Wednesday,\u00a0October 21, 2020\u00a0 | \u00a06:00 PM \u00a0| \u00a0Virtual Event via Zoom Webinar \u00a0| \u00a0BCR Credit\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><em>Made possible by the generous support of Andre Latia and Chuck Bright and the NEH\/Frederic M. Ayres Fund\u00a0 |\u00a0 Cosponsored with Indy Pride, Inc.<\/em><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/08101916\/bcr_identifier_logo_white175.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div><p>What is queer justice? When we imagine a transformational path toward accountability and healing, we often need to look to alternative ways of being. Queerness offers ways of being that allow for wholeness and complexity; methods distilled from living on the margins. When we leverage queer ways of thinking, doing, and being, we can create conditions for healthy, relational modes of justice making and equity to emerge. Queer justice opens up more possibilities and points us away from the harms of white supremacy culture. When we learn this kind of justice work, we build and steward new realities in which transformation and resilience are central.<\/p><p>Robyn Henderson-Espinoza, PhD, is a non-binary Transgender and queer Latinx activist scholar. Their dynamic and inspiring presentations explore the Intersections of queer justice and anti-racism, working to dismantle supremacy cultures and displace the toxic culture of whiteness. They are passionate about gender justice as human rights work, and bridging differences within our communities, campuses, and churches.\u00a0Dr. Robyn is the author of\u00a0<em>Activist Theology,<\/em>\u00a0published by Fortress Press (2019), in its second printing, and is also available on Audible. This searing and personal book bridges the gap between academia and activism, bringing the wisdom of the streets to the work of scholarship, all for the sake of political liberation and social change for marginalized communities. Robyn is currently at work on their second book, Becoming Embodied: a Vision for Democracy.\u00a0Trained as an interdisciplinary scholar, they are the founder of the Activist Theology Project, a collaborative project based in Nashville, TN, working to incubate sustainable change for social healing. They are also a Visiting Scholar at the Vanderbilt University Divinity School and Visiting Professor at Duke University Divinity School. Robyn was named one of 10 Faith Leaders to Watch in 2018 by the Center for American Progress.<\/p><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CCOM Distinguished Lecture<\/h4><p><\/p><h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jerry Mitchell: &#8220;The Power of the Press&#8221;<\/h5><div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/08101916\/jerry_mitchell_headshot-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"Jerry Mitchell\"\/><\/figure><\/div><p><strong>Tuesday, September 12, 2020\u00a0 | \u00a07:00\u20138:30 PM\u00a0 | \u00a0<a aria-label=\"To make this website accessible to screen reader, Press combination of alt and 1 keys. To stop getting this message, press the combination of alt and 2 keys\" href=\"https:\/\/butleru.zoom.us\/j\/96668955648\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Virtual Event<\/a>\u00a0| \u00a0BCR Credit<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/08101916\/bcr_identifier_logo_white175.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div><p>The stories of investigative reporter Jerry Mitchell have helped put four Klansmen and a serial killer behind bars. His stories have also exposed injustices and corruption, prompting investigations, state reforms, and the firings of boards and officials. He is a Pulitzer Prize finalist, a longtime member of Investigative Reporters &amp; Editors, and a winner of more than 30 other national awards, including a $500,000 MacArthur \u201cgenius\u201d grant.<\/p><p>His memoir for Simon &amp; Schuster, Race Against Time, follows him on his journey as he pursues unsolved murder cases from the Civil Rights Era. The book, which reads like a detective story, has already drawn the praise of Pulitzer-winning historians and others. Author John Grisham raved after reading Race Against Time,\u201cFor almost two decades, investigative journalist Jerry Mitchell doggedly pursued the Klansmen responsible for some of the most notorious murders of the civil rights movement. This book is his amazing story. Thanks to him, and to courageous prosecutors, witnesses and FBI agents, justice finally prevailed.\u201d<\/p><p>After working for three decades for the statewide Clarion-Ledger, Mitchell left in 2019 and founded the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting, a nonprofit that exposes corruption, malfeasance and injustices, investigates cold cases, empowers citizens and raises up the next generation of investigative reporters. This event is free and open to the first 500 attendees.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Office of the Provost and the College of Communication Present<\/h2><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wendi C. Thomas: &#8220;Pursuing Dr. Martin Luther King&#8217;s Dream of Justice Through Journalism&#8221;<\/h4><div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/08101916\/wendi_thomas_headshot-146x150.png\" alt=\"Wendi C. Thomas\"\/><\/figure><\/div><h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">in Celebration of Black History Month<br\/>With generous support from the\u00a0NEH\/Frederic M.\u00a0Ayres\u00a0Fund<\/h5><p><strong>Monday, Feburary 17,\u00a02020\u00a0 | \u00a06:00 PM\u00a0 | \u00a0Johnson Room\u00a0 | \u00a0BCR Credit<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/08101916\/bcr_identifier_logo_white175.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div><p>Wendi C. Thomas is the editor and publisher of\u00a0<a aria-label=\"To make this website accessible to screen reader, Press combination of alt and 1 keys. To stop getting this message, press the combination of alt and 2 keys\" href=\"https:\/\/mlk50.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MLK50: Justice Through Journalism<\/a>, a nonprofit newsroom in Memphis focused on poverty, power and public policy. As part of ProPublica\u2019s 2019 Local Reporting Network, her investigation into a nonprofit hospital that sued thousands of patients led to the hospital erasing at least $11.9 million in debt for more than 5,300 defendants. She is also part of ProPublica\u2019s 2020\u00a0<a aria-label=\"To make this website accessible to screen reader, Press combination of alt and 1 keys. To stop getting this message, press the combination of alt and 2 keys\" href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/local-reporting-network\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Local Reporting Network<\/a>. Previously she was metro columnist and assistant managing editor at The (Memphis) Commercial Appeal. She\u2019s also worked for The Charlotte Observer, The (Nashville) Tennessean and The Indianapolis Star. Thomas was a 2016 fellow at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University.<\/p><p>In 2019, Thomas received the National Association of Black Journalists\u2019 Best Practices award. In 2018, she was named Journalist of the Year by Journalism and Women Symposium. She was inducted into the Scripps Hall of Fame for commentary in 2008. She\u2019s a proud product of the Memphis City Schools and a 1993 graduate of Butler University.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CCOM Distinguished Lecture<\/h2><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Marshall Curry: \u201cTelling Other People&#8217;s Stories: Perspectives from a Documentary Filmmaker&#8221;<\/h4><div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/08101913\/marshall-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div><p><strong>Tuesday, October 29, 2019\u00a0 | \u00a07:00 PM\u00a0 | \u00a0Reilly Room | \u00a0BCR Credit<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/08101916\/bcr_identifier_logo_white175.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div><p>Marshall Curry is a three-time Academy Award nominated documentary director, cinematographer, and editor. His work has won top awards at Sundance and Tribeca and has twice been nominated for Emmys.\u00a0His films include\u00a0<em>Street Fight<\/em>,\u00a0<em>If a Tree Falls: a Story of the Earth Liberation Front<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Racing Dreams<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Point and Shoot<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>A Night at The Garden<\/em>.<\/p><p>CCOM Distinguished Lecture<\/p><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NPR\u2019s Eric Deggans: \u201cBuilding Bridges, Not Walls, Explaining the Media\u2019s\u00a0Confusing Coverage of Race, Gender and Difference&#8221;<\/h4><div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/08101913\/EricDeegans-150x146.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div><p><strong>Tuesday, April 2, 2019\u00a0 | \u00a07:00 PM\u00a0 | \u00a0Shelton Auditorium | \u00a0BCR Credit<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/08101916\/bcr_identifier_logo_white175.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div><p>Born in Washington D.C. but raised in Gary, Indiana, Eric Deggans is NPR\u2019s first full-time TV critic, crafting stories and commentaries for the network\u2019s shows, including Morning Edition, Here &amp; Now and All Things Considered, along with writing material for NPR.org.\u00a0 He also regularly appears on NPR podcasts such as Code Switch and Pop Culture Happy Hour. \u00a0In addition to his work for NPR, Deggans serves as a contributor and\u00a0analyst\u00a0dissecting media issues for MSNBC and NBC News.<\/p><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Andrew Cohn Presents\u00a0<em>Night School<\/em><\/h4><div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/08101913\/andrew_cohn-150x150.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div><p><strong>Monday, February\u00a020, 2017\u00a0 | \u00a07:00\u20139:30 PM\u00a0 | \u00a0Schrott Center \u00a0| \u00a0BCR Credit<\/strong><\/p><p><em>Co-sponsored by the Heartland Film Festival in collaboration with the Butler University College of Education<\/em><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/08101916\/bcr_identifier_logo_white175.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div><p>Andrew Cohn is an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker and screenwriter living in New York. His most recent film,\u00a0<em>Night School<\/em>, premiered at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival and was supported by a MacArthur Grant. He is the Director of the documentary\u00a0<em>Kid Danny<\/em>\u00a0for ESPN Films\u2019\u00a0<em>30 for 30\u00a0<\/em>series. His first film,\u00a0<em>Medora<\/em>, went on to win an Emmy for PBS\u2019\u00a0<em>Independent Lens\u00a0<\/em>series. He is currently directing a concert documentary about famed-Detroit rapper Danny Brown, entitled\u00a0<em>Danny Brown: Live at the Majestic<\/em>.<\/p><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">An Evening with Filmmaker Stanley Nelson\u00a0Jr.<\/h4><div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/08101913\/StanleyNelson-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div><p><strong>Tuesday,\u00a0February 21, 2017\u00a0 | \u00a07:00\u20139:30 PM \u00a0| \u00a0Schrott Center \u00a0| \u00a0BCR Credit<\/strong><\/p><p><em>Co-sponsored by the Celebration of Diversity Distinguished Lecture Series<\/em><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/08101916\/bcr_identifier_logo_white175.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div><p>Stanley Nelson received the 2013 National Medal in the Humanities from President Barack Obama this past July, and is also a MacArthur \u201cGenius\u201d Fellow. Nelson\u2019s latest film,\u00a0<em>Freedom Summer<\/em>, premiered at Sundance in 2014 and was broadcast to rave reviews in June, 2014, the 50th anniversary of the\u00a0Freedom Summer\u00a0of 1964. His previous film,\u00a0<em>Freedom Riders<\/em>, premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and aired nationally in May 2011 on PBS to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Rides, and received 4 Primetime Emmys.<\/p><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Women in Sports<\/h4><div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/08101913\/womeninsports-150x150.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div><p><strong>Thursday,\u00a0February 23, 2017\u00a0 | \u00a0NOON\u20132:00 PM \u00a0| \u00a0Johnson Room \u00a0| \u00a0BCR Credit<\/strong><\/p><p><em>Co-presented in partnership with Butler Athletics\u00a0<\/em><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/08101916\/bcr_identifier_logo_white175.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div><p>Val Ackerman is the Commissioner of the BIG EAST Conference, a U.S. Division I intercollegiate athletics conference featuring 10 nationally prominent colleges and universities\u2014including Butler University.<\/p><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Visit with Alumnus Brandon Gaudin: Voice of Madden NFL, Play-by-Play Broadcaster for Fox Sports\/Big Ten Network<\/h4><div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/08101918\/BrandonGaudin-e1650483728303.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div><p><strong>Thursday,\u00a0February 23, 2017\u00a0 | \u00a06:00\u20138:00 PM \u00a0| \u00a0Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall \u00a0| \u00a0BCR Credit<\/strong><\/p><p><em>Co-presented in partnership with Butler Athletics\u00a0<\/em><\/p><p>Brandon Gaudin \u201906 is the Play-by-Play Voice of Madden NFL for EA Sports, beginning with the video game\u2019s \u201cMadden 17\u201d rendition. On television, he broadcasts college basketball, football, and baseball for Fox Sports 1 and the Big Ten Network. On radio, he is the lead national college football announcer for Westwood One Sports. He also broadcasts select NFL games and the Men\u2019s NCAA Tournament for the network.<\/p><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Not Gay:\u00a0The Homosexual Ingredient in the Making of Straight White Men<\/h4><div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/08101916\/jane_green-150x150.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div><p><strong>Monday, February\u00a027, 2017\u00a0 | \u00a05:00\u20137:00 PM\u00a0 | \u00a0Johnson Room \u00a0| \u00a0BCR Credit<\/strong><\/p><p><em>Sponsored in part by the\u00a0NEH\/Frederic M. Ayers Fund and Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Program<\/em><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/08101916\/bcr_identifier_logo_white175.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div><p>Jane Ward is Associate Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies at University of California, Riverside (UCR), where she teaches courses in feminist, queer, and heterosexuality studies. She is the author of Not Gay: Sex Between Straight White Men (NYU Press, 2015) and Respectably Queer: Diversity Culture in LGBT Activist Organizations (Vanderbilt University Press, 2008)<\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/08101918\/jen_christensen_headshot_0-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Diversity In the Media is Important But It Is Not Enough<\/h4><p><strong>Tuesday, February\u00a028\u00a0 | \u00a05:00\u20137:00 PM\u00a0 | \u00a0Johnson Room \u00a0| \u00a0BCR Credit<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/08101916\/bcr_identifier_logo_white175.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div><p>As a producer and editor for CNN\u2019s health, medical, and wellness unit and a writer\/producer for CNN.com Jen Christensen \u201994 writes and produces stories and interactives for the web and helps manage the page and develop strategy for social media. As an editor she also helps shape the editorial direction of the unit vetting medical studies, doing in-depth data analysis and creating futures planning documents. She also works as a television producer creating segments and has worked on documentaries for Dr. Sanjay Gupta and Elizabeth Cohen.<br\/><h4 aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"To make this website accessible to screen reader, Press combination of alt and 1 keys. To stop getting this message, press the combination of alt and 2 keys\" role=\"document\"><em><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/08101916\/director_portrait_horizontal_david_thorpe_copy-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div><p>Do I Sound Gay?<\/em>\u00a0A Film Exploring Identity<\/h4><br\/><strong>Tuesday, February\u00a028\u00a0 | \u00a07:00\u20139:30 PM\u00a0 | \u00a0Johnson Room \u00a0| \u00a0BCR Credit<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/08101916\/bcr_identifier_logo_white175.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div><p>David Thorpe is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker. His feature documentary,\u00a0<em>Do I Sound Gay?<\/em>\u00a0premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2014 (Runner-up, Audience Choice Award). In 2015, IFC Films\/Sundance Selects released\u00a0<em>Do I Sound Gay?<\/em>\u00a0to widespread critical acclaim.<\/p><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Finding a Place for Justice in Journalism<\/h4><div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/08101916\/wendi_thomas_head4web-150x150.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div><p><strong>Wednesday, March 1 \u00a0| \u00a06:00\u20138:00 PM\u00a0 | \u00a0Johnson Room \u00a0| \u00a0BCR Credit<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/08101916\/bcr_identifier_logo_white175.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div><p>Wendi C. Thomas \u201993 is an award-winning independent journalist based in Memphis. Her work focuses on economic and racial justice. Thomas writes for The Christian Science Monitor, The Undefeated, and is a senior writing fellow with the Center for Community Change.<\/p><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Keeping Hinkle, Hinkle<\/h4><div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/08101916\/sally_head4web-150x150.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div><p><strong>Thursday, March 2 \u00a0| \u00a05:00\u20137:00 PM\u00a0 | \u00a0Johnson Room \u00a0| \u00a0BCR Credit<\/strong><\/p><p><em>Sponsored in part by Indiana Landmarks and Storytelling Arts of Indiana\u00a0<\/em><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/10\/2021\/11\/08101916\/bcr_identifier_logo_white175.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div><p>Sally Perkins performs stories of all sorts\u2014historical, personal, folk, wisdom, and ghoulish\u2014to audiences of all ages. She has received several commissions to create and perform historical stories on Hoosier characters like John Dillinger and May Wright Sewall, as well as Hoosier locations like the historic Indiana Landmarks Center.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"revision_note":"","acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.5 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>CCOM Happenings | Butler University<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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