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Description:: Balinda is a 62-year old survivor of cancer and HIV. Less than a year ago she was rapidly deteriorating from the side effects of her medications. The legalization of medical marijuana in the District of Columbia saved her life. Today, she struggles to make ends meet while raising her...
Author:: Colt, Jasper
Keyword:: Video, Documentary, Multimedia, Film, Photojournalism, and Journalism
GW Unit:: New Media Photojournalism
Degree:: M.A.
Advisor:: Sterner, Susan
Committee Member(s):: Frankfurter, Michelle, Paperny, Tanya, and Bulisova, Gabriela
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Description:: In a nation where the indigenous population has been largely removed, corralled, or otherwise exterminated, expressions of cultural identity are increasingly important for Native Americans, as survivors of genocide. As such, rituals and customs become emphatic declarations of ancestral heritage....
Author:: Fine, Dakota
Keyword:: Native American, Native Deal, Performance Art, Last American Indian on Earth, Photojournalism, and Gregg Deal
GW Unit:: New Media Photojournalism
Degree:: M.A.
Advisor:: Sterner, Susan
Committee Member(s):: Frankfurter, Michelle, Paperny, Tanya, and Bulisova, Gabriela
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Description:: "Dyslexia: the Art of Struggle" is a multimedia photojournalism project told through the experiences of nine dyslexic individuals. Those who have dyslexia struggle with pronouncing (word recall), encoding (writing) and decoding (reading) language. This is poignantly felt in a society organized by...
Author:: Brothers, Amy M.
Keyword:: Dyslexia, Website, New Media, Struggle, Story, and Photojournalism
GW Unit:: New Media Photojournalism
Degree:: M.A.
Advisor:: Sterner, Susan
Committee Member(s):: Frankfurter, Michelle, Paperny, Tanya, Sterner, Susan, Bulisova, Michelle, and Bulisova, Gabriela
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Description:: The story of H Street Northeast in Washington, D.C., and the surrounding neighborhoods is rooted in the history of a prosperous black commercial district transformed to a neglected and drug infested crime zone following the 1968 riots. The Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. prompted a...
Author:: Corl, Craig Anthony
Keyword:: Community, Culture, Civil Rights, Gentrification, Race, and Photojournalism
GW Unit:: New Media Photojournalism
Degree:: M.A.
Advisor:: Sterner, Susan
Committee Member(s):: Frankfurter, Michelle, Paperny, Tanya, and Bulisova, Gabriela
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Description:: This thesis documents the story of a non-mainstream, community-powered radio station--Radio CPR--which broadcasts from the diverse neighborhood of Mount Pleasant in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1998, Radio CPR is a hyper-local, collectively-run media platform that operates independent of...
Author:: Feld, Laurie E.
Keyword:: Media Justice, Collectively-run, Hyper-local media, Radio CPR, Low-Power FM, and Community-Powered Radio
GW Unit:: New Media Photojournalism
Degree:: M.A.
Advisor:: Sterner, Susan
Committee Member(s):: Frankfurter, Michelle, Paperny, Tanya, and Bulisova, Gabriela
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

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