满帆大学

教师 Profile: Kathy Craven (Program Director, 媒体通信)

This Program Director applies years of experience in 纪录片电影 to help students learn to share their stories.

A woman with long brown hair 和 bangs smiling while st和ing against a geometric white backdrop.

In 满帆的媒体传播 菠菜台子大全, students gain a thorough underst和ing of the skills needed to succeed in today’s dynamic 和 content-hungry media industries. The project-based curriculum explores topics ranging from digital video 和 audio content creation to entrepreneurship 和 marketing strategies as well as st和ard industry skills such as graphic design, 研究方法, 和 the ability to articulate abstract concepts.

项目主管凯西·克雷文, the 菠菜台子大全 serves as a foundation for students looking to build a media skillset across a variety of disciplines. 《十大菠菜台子》, students get the ability to go down whatever path is most interesting to them,她说。.

“[媒体通信] was launched thinking that it would be very much re搜索, 一个学术性很强的项目. When the outline for it was h和ed to us, 我们可以看到, ‘Oh, actually what's relevant is someone who's a media strategist who knows a lot of different areas of media 和 then can specialize on their way.’ As we were considering that pivot, 我们开始思考, “好吧, how do we put these courses together like a video class 和 a web design class 和 that they support each other?’”

It's not the same for any two students. So we do our best to see each student individually. That doesn't mean that we have different st和ards for different students. It just means that we underst和 that no two students are the same. You're going to each have your own academic journey.”

The answer was rooted in Kathy’s own professional passion: storytelling. 有写作背景, 纪录片电影, 电台制作, Kathy’s career has seen her produce films on diverse topics that included a cross-country journey with an obsessive hitchhiker 和 a Central Park, New York performer whose meditative “prayformances” saved his life. 在分享像S《菠菜台子大全》领导人, Kathy learned the power of storytelling 和 how to relate even the most foreign concepts to an audience. “I've always found my way to some kind of storytelling expression or facilitation of some kind.”

One project in particular – a therapeutic digital storytelling project in Alaska called 彼得堡之声,期间凯西和同事 艾米丽雷 worked with participants 和 a therapist to create short-form digital stories – was incredibly informative on the importance of storytelling to students in 媒体通信.

“It had a big influence on really appreciating the power of story 和 how important that is to have that expression; all that translates to really appreciating how important it is for students to come 和 find their expression 和 to support that 和 honor that 和 guide them along the way.”

As students move through the program, they are encouraged to collaborate with their peers 和 to tell stories in new 和 compelling ways. From creating digital media stories in graphic design 和 digital video courses to sharing their own journey throughout the program with monthly self-reflection, students in 媒体通信 can become expert storytellers 和 content creators with the know-how to communicate those stories effectively.

“这非常棘手. It's not the same for any two students. So we do our best to see each student individually,” shares Kathy. “That doesn't mean that we have different st和ards for different students. It just means that we underst和 that no two students are the same. You're going to each have your own academic journey.”