On Sunday, October 25th, the United States Department of Health and Human Services confirmed that Santa, Mrs. Clauses and his elves will be used to perform a public advertisement for the coronavirus vaccine, but the plan was scrapped. As the cases of COVID-19 continue to exceed across the United States, […]
Facebook announced that they will make it hard for Instagram users to hide the fact that they are posting advertisements without specific labeling. What better place to create exposure for your personal brands or services and potentially reach one billion users but Instagram? Thousands of business owners post content daily […]
With the majority of us engaging in social networking on a daily basis, the risks that accompany this seemingly harmless act may be easy to overlook. We know the dangers of social media on our mental health , such as the increased risk of depression and anxiety, but there may […]
Female creators of video games and players have been increasing over the years due to the changing perspective of women in the gaming industry; however mistreatment of women is still fairly common. Kate Edwards, head of the International Game Developers Association “Gaming culture has been pretty misogynistic for a long […]
Social Media has the power to drastically affect our lives, both positively and negatively. Although it may keep us up to date on news and the lives of our friends and family, it can also do a lot of damage. It may be hard to monitor your screen time and […]
Albany – State University of New York Chancellor Jim Malatras today launched SUNY’s “Mask Up or Pack Up” campaign to promote universal compliance with evidence-based COVID-19 safety guidelines across SUNY’s 64 colleges and universities. Chancellor Malatras is issuing a call for creative video submissions from students urging their classmates to […]
Both editors, Brianna Knibbs and Alanna Iacovetti are convincing students to get involved in the Catalyst through the upcoming Virtual Fall 2020 Club Bash happening on Wednesday, Sept 2nd during common hour from 2:40pm-3:50pm.
Pictures, profits, and peril in the yellow journalism era “You furnish the pictures and I’ll furnish the war.” This famous but apocryphal quote, long attributed to newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, encapsulates fears of the lengths to which news companies would go to exploit visual journalism in the late nineteenth […]
Mixed-race women and popular culture in Brazil and the United States Brazil markets itself as a racially mixed utopia. The United States prefers the term melting pot.Both nations have long used the image of the mulatta to push skewed cultural narratives. Highlighting the prevalence of mixed-race women of African […]
As a young aspiring black female journalist, I know that I have to work hard to make it into the competitive media industry. Majoring in Media and Communication and having an extensive media background so far, I have faith and belief that I will definitely thrive in my journalism […]
