Art, Journalism and Propaganda

Mike Daisy’s emotionally powerful monologue about the conditions of life in China for workers at the giant industrial plant where Continue reading →

The Paradox of Being Mean

How refreshing to see my alma mater, Harvard Ed School, welcome Lady Gaga to campus to launch the Born this Continue reading →

In-Between Two Worlds: From Print to Digital

This is a version of the presentation I made at the January 22, 2012  “One Book, One State” event which Continue reading →

MacArthur Foundation v New York Times

I’ve been surreptitiously enjoying the ongoing “spat” of sorts between the MacArthur Foundation and Matt Richtel and other New York Continue reading →

Tuning in to Media

I finally got around to digitizing my 1993 documentary, Tuning in to Media: Literacy for the Information Age, which I Continue reading →

Picking a Fight

I’ve never thought of myself as the kind of person to pick a fight. I do like to deeply engage Continue reading →

Big Ideas from September

Here’s a short visualization of some of the big ideas we’ve been unpacking during the first month in my New Continue reading →

Reflections from an English Major

Back in the day, when people debated about what to call this new enterprise, this practice of engaging learners in Continue reading →