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Boston University College of Communication (COM) is a communication school at
Boston University
Boston University (BU) is a Private university, private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. The university is nonsectarian, but has a historical affiliation with the United Methodist Church. It was founded in 1839 by Methodists with ...
. It was founded in 1947 as the School of Public Relations. The College of Communication is the oldest
public relations
Public relations (PR) is the practice of managing and disseminating information from an individual or an organization (such as a business, government agency, or a nonprofit organization) to the public in order to influence their perception. ...
school in the United States. Today, the school offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in three academic departments: Film and Television; Journalism; and Mass Communication (Advertising, Public Relations, Communication Studies, and Emerging Media Studies). The school's journalism and communication programs are highly ranked nationally with its film program ranked 11th by ''
The Hollywood Reporter
''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Hollywood film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade paper, and in 2010 switched to a weekly larg ...
'' in 2013. The College of Communication building is near
Kenmore Square
Kenmore Square is a square in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, consisting of the intersection of several main avenues (including Beacon Street and Commonwealth Avenue) as well as several other cross streets, and Kenmore station, an MBTA ...
and
Fenway Park
Fenway Park is a baseball stadium located in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, near Kenmore Square. Since 1912, it has been the home of the Boston Red Sox, the city's American League baseball team, and since 1953, its only Major League Bas ...
.
The College of Communication is home to many of Boston University's most popular student-run organizations, including butv10 (television), WTBU Radio, AdLab, and PRLab. COM also offers special internship programs in Los Angeles, Washington D.C., and London.
Each summer, the school hosts the Academy of Media Production, a four-week program for high-school students, and the Pre-College Summer Journalism Institute, sponsored by the
New England Center for Investigative Reporting.
Extracurricular activities
Clubs and organizations
AdClubAdLabBU PRSSA*
butv10
PR LabWTBU RadioBU News Service
Publications
The COMmunicatorThe Comment* ''201 Magazine''
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Off The Cuff Magazine'
Notable alumni and faculty
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Rory Albanese
Rory Scot Albanese (born May 29, 1977) is an American comedian, comedy writer and television producer. He was a showrunner, executive producer and writer for '' The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'', which he joined in 1999 and was with until Octob ...
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Scott Arpajian
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Ellen Bard
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Edward Boches
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Corinne Brinkerhoff
Corinne Noel Brinkerhoff (born 1979) is an American television writer and producer. She has worked on the series ''The Good Wife'' and '' Boston Legal''. She was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for best new series in 2010.
Backgr ...
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Kevin Burns
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Andy Cohen
Andrew Joseph Cohen (born June 2, 1968) is an American radio and television talk show host, producer, and writer.
Cohen is the host and executive producer of Bravo's late night talk show, '' Watch What Happens Live!'' He also has a pop culture ...
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Jerry Crasnick
Jerry Crasnick is an American sportswriter and baseball executive. He is a senior advisor to the Major League Baseball Players Association. Previously, he wrote for the sports website ESPN.com, the ''Biddeford Journal Tribune'', the ''Portland Pre ...
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Bruce Feirstein
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Kaleigh Fratkin
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Naoko Funayama
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Tony Gilroy
Anthony Joseph Gilroy (born September 11, 1956) is an American filmmaker. He wrote the screenplays for the original '' Bourne'' trilogy (2002–2007) and wrote and directed the fourth film of the franchise, '' The Bourne Legacy'' (2012). He also ...
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Richard Gladstein
Richard N. Gladstein (born June 4, 1961) is a two-time Academy Award nominated film producer. His production company is FilmColony. He served as the Dean of the American Film Institute Conservatory from 2017 to 2018.
Biography
Gladstein was bor ...
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Stan Grossfeld
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Bonnie Hammer
Bonnie Hammer (born 1950) is an American network and studio executive. , her title is vice-chairman, NBCUniversal.
Early life
Born to a Jewish family
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Ted Harbert
Edward W. Harbert III (born June 15, 1955) is an American broadcasting and television executive. He was the Chairman of NBC Broadcasting, and the President and CEO of the Comcast Entertainment Group, and Chairman of ABC Entertainment.
Early lif ...
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Ray Kotcher
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Peter Ladue
Peter Ladue (born 1950) is an American film director and writer. In 1981, Ladue and Roland Halle' won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short Subject for producing '' Karl Hess: Toward Liberty''. Incorporating interviews, archival footage, and an ...
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Debbie Liebling
Deborah Liebling is an American entertainment executive and film producer. She was formally President of Production of Universal Pictures. Previously, she was a Senior Production Executive at 20th Century Fox.
Before her tenure at 20th Centur ...
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Shane McMahon
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Stephanie McMahon-Levesque
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Joe Nocera
Joseph Nocera (born May 6, 1952) is an American business journalist, and author. He has written for The New York Times since April 2005, writing for the Op-Ed page from 2011 to 2015. He was also an opinion columnist for Bloomberg Opinion.
Early ...
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Bill O'Reilly
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Jean Picker Firstenberg
Jean Picker Firstenberg is an American who served as the President and CEO of the American Film Institute from 1980 through 2007. She was the Institute's second CEO and the only female to have held that title. At the time of her appointment, she ...
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Scott Rosenberg
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Joe Roth
Joseph Emanuel Roth is an American film executive, producer and director. He co-founded Morgan Creek Productions in 1988 and was chairman of 20th Century Fox (1989–1993), Caravan Pictures (1993–1994), and Walt Disney Studios (1994–20 ...
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Jeffrey Ross
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Joshua Safdie
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Benny Safdie
Benjamin Safdie (born February 24, 1986) is an American film director, screenwriter, actor and film editor best known for working with his older brother Josh as a filmmaker, whose works include '' Good Time'' (2017) and '' Uncut Gems'' (2019). ...
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Bob Sarles
Bob Sarles is an American documentary filmmaker, film editor and radio host based in San Francisco.
Biography
Bob Sarles is an American documentary filmmaker and a Primetime Emmy nominated film and television editor.
In the early 1970s, as a tee ...
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Lauren Shuler Donner
Lauren Diane Shuler Donner (born June 23, 1949) is an American film producer, who specializes in mainstream youth and family-oriented entertainment. She owned The Donners' Company with her late husband, director Richard Donner. Her films have g ...
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Howard Stern
Howard Allan Stern (born January 12, 1954) is an American radio and television personality, comedian, and author. He is best known for his radio show, '' The Howard Stern Show'', which gained popularity when it was nationally syndicated on terr ...
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Nina Totenberg
Nina Totenberg (born January 14, 1944) is an American legal affairs correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR) focusing primarily on the activities and politics of the Supreme Court of the United States. Her reports air regularly on NPR's new ...
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Don Van Natta, Jr.
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Linda Vester
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William O. Wheatley
References
External links
College of Communication websitebutv10 homepageWTBU OnlineBU PRLab homepage
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Educational institutions established in 1947
Communication, College of
1947 establishments in Massachusetts
Film schools in the United States
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Shorty Award winners