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A Few Surprises (and some Big Questions) in LinkedIn’s Top 25 Schools for Media Professionals

A Few Surprises (and some Big Questions) in LinkedIn’s Top 25 Schools for Media Professionals

With the education and job history data for over 300 million members at their fingertips, LinkedIn is in a unique position to connect undergraduate programs with a successful career as a Media professional. But USC at #19 and UCLA lower still? Now, that is something to get Hollywood talking.

Who’s Creating the Movies and TV Programs that will Inspire the Next Generation?, by Phil Cooke, PhD

Who’s Creating the Movies and TV Programs that will Inspire the Next Generation?, by Phil Cooke, PhD

With a current television schedule filled with vampires, corrupt cops, hypocritical politicians, fathers who act like buffoons, soft-core porn, growing levels of violence, and more – who’s producing programs that will do for this generation of kids the same thing that The Lone Ranger and Adam 12 did for the last?

What’s Your Cause, by Marc Erlbaum

What’s Your Cause, by Marc Erlbaum

It used to be that activism demanded significant energy and time. With the advent of the internet, however, we do not have to travel to the other end of the globe, or venture into dangerous situations closer to home, to witness the plight of those who need our help. It used to be that activism demanded significant energy and time. With the advent of the internet, however, we do not have to travel to the other end of the globe, or venture into dangerous situations closer to home, to witness the plight of those who need our help.

Madness and the Muse: The Secrets of the Creative Brain, by Tom Bartlett

Madness and the Muse: The Secrets of the Creative Brain, by Tom Bartlett

When Nancy Andreasen began her research into creativity and mental illness, she assumed she’d prove there’s a relationship between creativity and schizophrenia such as in John Nash, the brilliant mathematician whose battle with schizophrenia was the basis for the movie A BEAUTIFUL MIND (2001). But is it a fiction?

Current Films by Act One Graduates Reveal Strange Dichotomy in Box Office Mojo’s ‘Christian Movie’ Category

Current Films by Act One Graduates Reveal Strange Dichotomy in Box Office Mojo’s ‘Christian Movie’ Category

Clare Sera’s BLENDED and Andrea Nasfell’s MOM’S NIGHT OUT highlight the strange dichotomy between ‘Christian’ movies and the rest of Hollywood. The legitimacy and media attention are nice, but is it really a good thing for faith-based filmmaking?