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Northeastern graduates Kenzie Swanhart and Julien Levesquev say that their culinary partnership was built in the kitchen of a small apartment in Boston’s Fenway neighborhood. Now the duo is about to release The New Newlywed Cookbook: 100 Recipes for Every Couple to Cook Together to unite people through the joys of cooking and eating. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

These newlyweds created a cookbook to ‘celebrate the partnership of cooking’

Northeastern graduates Kenzie Swanhart and Julien Levesque, who recently got married, have co-authored a cookbook to unite family and friends through the joys of cooking and eating.

by Irvin Zhang August 27, 2019

Meg Heckman, assistant professor of journalism, and Catherine McGloin, the editor of The Scope, work on a story for the digital magazine. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

This student-run magazine tells the stories other media overlook

The Scope, a digital magazine at Northeastern, produces stories written by students who cover pressing issues in the Greater Boston area, including gentrification, gender inequality in science, and a lack of access to healthy food.

by Irvin Zhang August 16, 2019

Sara Jensen Carr. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

Six epidemics from American history show how urban design affects our health

What does tuberculosis have to do with your neighborhood park? What does cholera have to do with city grids? Sara Jensen Carr, an assistant professor of architecture at Northeastern, reveals how epidemics, chronic illnesses, and “social diseases” shape the places where Americans live.

by Emily Arntsen August 8, 2019

She’s studying the detriments of digitally altered photos

Applied psychology professor Rachel Rodgers appeared on NBC’s The Today Show to discuss the detrimental impact digitally altered photos have on our self-esteem and our perception of our bodies.

by Khalida Sarwari January 24, 2019

What happens if a robot writes something libelous?

Who gets sued if a robot writes something libelous? Learn the answer to that question on Friday at Northeastern, where journalists, law experts, and computer scientists will convene to discuss how the rise of artificial intelligence is transforming law and the spread of information.

by Emily Arntsen October 11, 2018

Students walk through campus on Sept. 24, 2015. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University

Northeastern will train religious scholars to work more effectively with the media

The program, funded by a grant from the Henry Luce Foundation, will teach the scholars how to pitch op-ed articles, build scholarly brands, and use social media to get the word out.

by Bill Ibelle August 10, 2018

Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

Foundation funding helps keep journalism alive—but most money goes to a select few nonprofit media outlets

Funding for the nonprofit news sector is highly concentrated among a few dozen outlets and provided by a handful of huge grants rather than a lot of small ones. Those were among the findings of a group of researchers at Northeastern’s School of Journalism and the Shorenstein Center, who earlier this week released what they believe is the largest ever data analysis of foundation-funded journalism.

by Molly Callahan June 19, 2018

United States President Donald J. Trump makes remarks to the media as he departs the White House in Washington, DC to participate in the FBI National Academy graduation ceremony in Quantico, Virginia on Friday, December 15, 2017. Credit: Ron Sachs / CNP - NO WIRE SERVICE ' Photo by: Ron Sachs/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images

The real danger in Trump’s ‘dishonest and corrupt media awards’

Tonight, President Trump may announce “the most dishonest and corrupt media awards of the year,” per one of his tweets last week. Then again, he may not, according to journalism professor Dan Kennedy. Either way, the danger is that Trump’s been able to “reinforce the idea that his followers should cocoon themselves inside a media bubble.”

by Molly Callahan January 8, 2018

“I think there’s an illusion of more inclusiveness,” said assistant professor Moya Bailey, “but there’s still a lot to be done in terms of acceptance.” Photo via iStock.

Cutting through the ‘illusion of more inclusiveness’ with LGBTQ representation in the media

With the return of Orange is the New Black today, as well as the Boston Pride Parade on Saturday, we checked in with assistant professor Moya Bailey—whose research includes women’s, gender, and sexuality studies—on the state of LGBTQ representation in the media. Her take? “I would say we’re not there yet, but we’re getting closer. It’s a process.”

by Molly Callahan June 8, 2017

The high notes—and low notes—of live TV musicals

The recent surge of live TV musicals, including this month’s Hairspray Live!, offers a chance to recast classics with more diverse actors and expose a younger audience to “the joy of a stage musical,” says Scott Edmiston, chair of the theater department. Whether media corporations have been successful in capturing that joy, however, is a different story.

by Molly Callahan December 14, 2016

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