Division Member News Fall 2011
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My new book “Radio Utopia: Postwar Audio Documentary in the Public Interest” has just been published by the University of Illinois Press. From the Press: “As World War II drew to a close and radio news was popularized through overseas broadcasting, journalists and dramatists began to build upon the unprecedented success of war reporting on the radio by creating audio documentaries. Focusing particularly on the work of radio luminaries such as Edward R. Murrow, Fred Friendly, Norman Corwin, and Erik Barnouw, Radio Utopia: Postwar Audio Documentary in the Public Interest traces this crucial phase in American radio history, significant not only for its timing immediately before television, but also because it bridges the gap between the end of the World Wars and the beginning of the Cold War.”
More info is here: http://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/85hwh8bm9780252036118.html
submitted by: Matt Ehrlich, Professor, University of Illinois
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Our film “The Death of an Imam” was nominated for an Emmy and has beenscreen at several film festivals.
Another film “The Kings of Flint” shared Best of Show and a $1,000 prize at the Student Sustainability Film Festival held in Portland, Oregon.
submitted by: Geri Zeldes, Associate Professor, Michigan State University
