Taylor Swift at a Chiefs game

鈥楴o girls allowed鈥: What the Taylor Swift backlash says about football and politics

Feb. 8, 2024

This year, the pop megastar has become a regular at Kansas City Chiefs NFL games, but not everyone is happy about seeing her on screen. Teaching Associate Professor Jamie Skerski gives her take on why Swift is facing such a backlash, and how it reflects a boys-only culture in the world of football.

A book open to its center, with the pages curled up to look like hearts.

Labor of love: What romance writing can teach us about thriving in the gig economy

Feb. 6, 2024

Romance authors were early adopters of digital self-publishing. A new book explores how their willingness to experiment and their close networks helped them thrive when the publishing industry shunned their work.

An analog TV with the set turned to snow.

For legacy media studios, streaming has dried up revenue. Can they change the channel?

Feb. 1, 2024

In its ongoing conquest of legacy media studios, the tech industry made use of a very old playbook.

An illustration of the Capitol building cracked in two, representing political infighting.

As election season approaches, journalism needs a look in the mirror. That鈥檚 not up for debate

Jan. 8, 2024

鈥淭he U.S. news media has blood on its hands from 2016,鈥 Mike McDevitt says. Will 2024 be different?

A bible being dropped into a ballot box with an American flag in the background.

Cross-purpose: CMCI conference will explore global rise of religious nationalism听

Jan. 4, 2024

A four-day conference on the rise of religious nationalism鈥攁nd the media鈥檚 role in the spread of news and meaning around these topics鈥攃omes to CU Boulder in January.

A.I.-generated image of Mickey Mouse toting a gun that came out of a violin case.

The mouse is out, and running loose on A.I.

Jan. 3, 2024

Generative A.I. tools and copyright law are intersecting in the 1928 鈥淪teamboat Willie鈥 cartoon featuring Mickey Mouse. An expert in tech ethics says it鈥檚 just the start.

Headlines from recent mass shootings overlaid on top of an illustration of a gun.

Thoughts and prayers? In mass shootings, reporters need to think compassion and care

Dec. 11, 2023

There鈥檚 no playbook for covering mass shootings. But that may soon change, as Elizabeth Skewes studies how the media can tell the right story鈥攂y being more considerate to victims and survivors.

Steven Frost in front of a Pride flag he created that's on display in the CU Art Museum.

For professor and textile artist, real-world voices offer purls of wisdom

Oct. 26, 2023

Weaving is a fitting love of Steven Frost, whose work as an artist and professor is all about tying seemingly disparate things together.

A woman takes a conference call in her home office. Two computer screens are filled with the headshots of participants.

In building trust at work, is there room for Zoom?

Sept. 26, 2023

Zoom鈥檚 CEO said remote work limits trust and innovation, but CMCI experts said such tools can be effective鈥攊f applied correctly.

The aftermath of the Boulder floods of 2013. A damaged road is in the foreground as debris churns through the creek.

At the X-roads: Twitter鈥檚 鈥榙evolution鈥 may affect response to next major storm

Aug. 29, 2023

The 2013 flood in Boulder struck at a time when social media was beginning a major shift away from the altruism seen in previous disasters.

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