Reading at an Evening Reception |
CMCS Director Dr. Samita Nandy initially invited Josh to serve as a media strategy expert in a professional development workshop there. The two posed for photos with each other's books. Josh was honored to be one of the first to receive a copy of Dr. Nandy's Fame in Hollywood North: A Theoretical Guide to Celebrity Cultures in Canada and she is one of the first to receive a copy of Too Mad to Trust.
Posing with Each Other's New Releases |
Serving with Josh on the panel is Dr. Louis Massey, Managing Editor of WaterHill Publishing, and Dr. Samita Nandy. The goal of "Scholars as Critics: A Professional Development Workshop for Academics" was to help those attending understand how the media operates, how to best answer reporter questions, brand yourself, and garner the news coverage you want. The conference's goal centered on "bridging gaps" between academics, those in media, and everyday folks trying to position, and successfully promote, themselves in the market.
Josh Presents New Academic Research |
NBC News Headquarters |
Filmmaker Veronica Grey |
Those at the conference also had an opportunity to screen and discuss the new short documentary Worst Shark Attack Ever featuring Leonardo DiCaprio and filmmaker Veronica Grey. Exploring the carnage humans inflict upon sharks to make shark fin soup, DiCaprio and Grey have been working to shine light on an environmental issue close to their hearts.
"This conference was rare in that it engendered a genuinely cohesive, collaborative, and supportive group that kept the program running long after the actual event itself ended," Josh told conference co-chairs Dr. Nandy and Dr. Jackie Raphael when making plans to have some of the attendees speak in his courses as "Skype Guests."
You can see more highlights from the conference on Storify and you can follow Josh's tweets through our website, Too Mad to Trust, or by typing in his Twitter Handle @ProfJDN.
As always, if you ever have any questions about Too Mad to Trust--or for one of its authors--we are eager to hear from you and always return emails. You may reach us directly at toomadtotrust@gmail.com and can learn more about Josh, with his recent debut, through AUTHORSdb:
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