Penn State COMMversations

Penn State COMMversations

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Penn State COMMversations episodes

  • (EP. 64) BRAD RHEN - BE OPEN TO NEW OPPORTUNITIES

    Brad Rhen is the deputy state public affairs officer for the Pennsylvania National Guard. The 1997 journalism graduate had his sights set on a career in sports broadcasting, but that all changed by the time graduation rolled around. He joined the Army as a public affairs specialist and reported news for bases in Hawaii and Washington, D.C. In 2004, he continued writing and editing for the Army while stationed in Afghanistan. That experience set the stage for an award-winning career in public communication.


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    19 min
  • (EP. 62) MEDIA COVERAGE OF CHILD MALTREATMENT DURING COVID-19

    This interview is about a recent publication, authored by Dr. Stephanie Madden and her collaborators Dr. Kate Guastaferro of the Department of Human Development and Family Studies and Drs. Chris Skurka and Jessica Myrick, faculty members at the Bellisario College. The study was published in the Howard Journal of Communication and titled “When Home is Not Safe: Media Coverage and Issue Salience of Child Maltreatment during the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Dr. Madden also discusses the of power interdisciplinary work and how collaborations help remove the limitations of research


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    26 min
  • (EP. 61) Creating Content and a Career

    A conversation with alumnus Mike Esse ('15) of ESPN.


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    34 min
  • (EP. 59) WHY JOURNALISM MATTERS WITH MIKE ABRAMS

    A discussion with alumnus Mike Abrams, director of journalism practices and principles for The New York Times.


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    30 min
  • (EP. 56) HUSTLIN' WITH BILL Z

    Faculty member Bill Zimmerman talks about podcasting, teaching, entrepreneurship and much more.


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    44 min

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Penn State COMMversations is a podcast produced by the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications that focuses on the people and programs of the Bellisario College.