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  • Celebrating Higher – and International – Education in Switzerland

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    Kevin Anselmo

    Today is Swiss national day! Switzerland is an amazing place – I called it home for eight years. If there is a heaven on earth in terms of natural beauty, Switzerland is it. Many are aware that tourists flock to Switzerland to take in the scenery, eat some of the finest chocolate in the world…

  • Podcast 14: How to Conduct Media Trainings within Higher Education

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    Kevin Anselmo

    Most of us don’t go on job interviews without some sort of practice. Ditto for professors (or any spokesperson for that matter) in doing media interviews. Media training is key and is the main topic we cover on episode 14 of FIR on Higher Education. Media trainer, former journalist and Thinkers 50 co-founder Des Dearlove discusses why media training is…

  • The media landscape in Brazil: An interview with Mariela Castro

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    Kevin Anselmo

    The World Cup is over and Brazilians are depressed about their football team’s performance. But don’t let that stop you from seizing media opportunities in Brazil. I wrote about this in a recent post based on my experiences dealing with media in Brazil. I wanted to build on this, so I interviewed Mariela Castro, founder of Communications Advisors in Sao Paulo.…

  • Scoring Media Coverage in Brazil

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    Kevin Anselmo

    2014 marks the first time I’ve lived in the US for a World Cup since 1998. I’ve never been much of a football / soccer fan. But you can’t help but to catch the fever to a certain extent when living in Europe. While you will never catch me waving a flag and jumping in…

  • Podcast 13: Fortune Managing Editor Andy Serwer on the Future of Business Journalism

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    Kevin Anselmo

    While many are talking about the demise of traditional media, Fortune Managing Editor Andy Serwer believes that we are currently in the golden age of journalism. Andy spoke at UNC’s School of Journalism earlier this month. Prior to his talk to students, he discussed the future of business journalism on the FIR on Higher Education podcast.…

  • Fear of new technologies and chalkboards

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    Kevin Anselmo

    Are you today’s equivalent of the Yale student body that protested the chalkboard in the 1830s? Seems like a ridiculous question and scenario. But believe it or not, this is a true story according to Professor Cathy Davidson. I am taking Davidson’s fantastic MOOC course “The Future and History of Mostly Higher Education”. In the course, she…