Rebele Symposia
Rowland and Pat Rebele generously support the Dept. of Communication, providing funds for the Symposia and the Rebele Internship Program.
Rebele Symposium 2023:
Covering Tech: Finding the Signal in the Noise
How technology is impacting the way we live is a paramount story of our time. This year’s Rebele Symposium, which took place February 7, 2023, explored how some of the nation’s top tech journalists determine and tell the crucial Silicon Valley stories amid increased scrutiny of how innovations (and their innovators) impact our world for better and for worse. Panelists were Lauren Goode, senior writer at Wired, Christina Passariello, Technology Editor, Washington Post, and Zoe Schiffer, managing editor, Platformer. Janine Zacharia, the Carlos Kelly McClatchy Lecturer in the Department of Communication, moderated.
Rebele Symposium 2022:
The Facebook Files
The world's largest social network employs a team of researchers to study the consequences of its decisions, but much of that knowledge was kept secret -- until the Wall Street Journal obtained a trove of company documents which have become known as "The Facebook Files."
Panelists: Georgia Wells of the Wall Street Journal, Will Oremus of the Washington Post, and Communication Professor Jeff Hancock. Moderated by Stanford Lecturer R.B. Brenner, a former Washington Post editor.
The 2020 Rebele Symposium – held the day after Super Tuesday – focuses on swing-state coverage of the presidential election and features reporters from Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan and Florida. Watch the video.
How did Frontline investigate Facebook’s impacts on democracy across the globe? Watch the video.
What kind of journalism do we need, and what are the ramifications of journalism not fulfilling this need? Eight scholars from six countries came together to discuss this question by addressing the intensifying connections between journalism, justice, and digital technologies.
Making Media Work: Music, Books and Journalism in the Digital Age
Nancy Baym, Rasmus Nielson, Christine Larson. Moderator: James Hamilton
Apr 20, 2017
Data-Driven Democracy: Technology, Data and the 2016 Election
Dan Kreiss, Jesse Baldwin-Philippi, Carol Davidsen. Moderator: James Hamilton
Mar 31, 2016
Shaping Your Speech: Media Reform, Past and Present
Mignon Clyburn, Victor Pickard & Morgan Weiland. Ted Glasser and Christine Larson moderate.
April 1, 2015
Media Work: News, Networks and Power in the Digital Economy
Gina Neff, C. W. Anderson and Christine Larson and James T. Hamilton
April 10, 2014
More Voices, More Choices?: Inclusion and Influence in the Post-Mass Media World
Catherine Squires, Katie Orenstein and Ivan Sigal
April 17, 2013
