Professional Reading

In addition to books and documentaries (see below) the daily/weekly/monthly publications I stay current with are:


Documentaries

Trust Me (2021)
"Trust Me is a feature documentary that explores manipulation and misinformation at the intersection of human nature and information technology. It explains how these drive a need for media literacy. Expert interviews point the way toward a positive future."

Hungry to Learn (2020)
"After years of being ignored, students experiencing food insecurity are finally taken seriously in Soledad O’Brien’s important new documentary Hungry to Learn. It’s a critical investigation into the what students need now to succeed. Everyone who cares about college, works in a college, or is committed to America’s economic recovery should view this documentary and commit to action. Given the current health and economic crisis, there’s never been a more important time."

The Social Dilemma (2020)
"Explores the dangerous human impact of social networking, with tech experts sounding the alarm on their own creations."

Unlikely (2019)
"A feature documentary from Three Frame Media filmmakers Jaye & Adam Fenderson, Unlikely investigates America’s college dropout crisis and the barriers students face in their pursuit of a college degree and meaningful career."

The Creepy Line (2018)
"The Creepy Line reveals the stunning degree to which society is manipulated by Google and Facebook and how they do it."

Ex Libris: The New York Public Library (2017)
"A look within the walls of the New York Public Library."

Other People's Footage: Copyright and Fair Use (2016)
"This film explores the three questions crucial to determining fair use exemptions and presents illustrative examples from nonfiction, fiction, and experimental films that use pre-existing footage, music and sound from other individuals' creations--without permission or paying fees."

First Generation (2015)
"An award-winning documentary narrated by Golden Globe nominee Blair Underwood, First Generation tells the story of four high school students – an inner city athlete, a small town waitress, a Samoan warrior dancer, and the daughter of migrant field workers – who set out to break the cycle of poverty and bring hope to their families and communities by pursuing a college education."

Ivory Tower (2014)
"A documentary that questions the cost -- and value -- of higher education in the United States."

The Mean World Syndrome: Media Violence & the Cultivation of Fear (2010)
"Based on interviews conducted with George Gerbner before his death in 2005, the film urges us to think about media effects in more nuanced ways. In contrast to behaviorist models that see media violence as causing real-world violence, and limited effects models that question the impact of media altogether, Gerbner encourages us to move outside the frame of this debate to consider how the repetitive stories media tell constitute a pervasive cultural environment - a landscape of ritualized, often violent images that have the power to cultivate how we see and understand the world."

Killing Us Softly 4: Advertising's Image of Women (2010)
"This newest edition of Jean Kilbourne's influential and award-winning series shows how the advertising industry continues to reinforce, and glamorize, a regressive and debased notion of femininity. Using a wide range of contemporary print and television ads, Kilbourne lays bare a misogynistic fantasy world of undernourished, oversexed, and objectified women..."

Race to Nowhere (2010)
"Featuring the heartbreaking stories of students who have been pushed to the brink by the relentless pressure to achieve, "Race to Nowhere" points to a silent epidemic in our schools where cheating has become commonplace; students have become disengaged; stress-related illness, depression and burnout are rampant; and young people arrive at college and the workplace unprepared and uninspired."

White Like Me: Race, Racism and White Privilege in America (2007)
"White Like Me, based on the work of acclaimed anti-racist educator and author Tim Wise, explores race and racism in the US through the lens of whiteness and white privilege."

Corridor of Shame: The Neglect of South Carolina’s Rural Schools (2005)
"Corridor of Shame...takes a revealing look inside the decaying rural schools of South Carolina, exposing crumbling and inadequate facilities that are not only unacceptable but truly dismal learning environments for 21st century education."