Does Free Press Exist in America? Freedom House Makes The Call

Freedom House is an organization that promotes democracy and monitors freedom across the world. An annual study analyzing press freedoms around the world is compiled by the organization, ranking close to 190 countries in how free their press is. Countries are graded on whether they are “free”, “partly free”, or “not free at all.

VCU Alert seeks to defuse campus disasters

School shooting are a reality. In the last year, the Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois shootings have taken the lives of 39 people, most of them college students.

To help prevent such a tragedy on its campus, Virginia Commonwealth University has implement the Emergency Alert System, also known as VCU Alert.  The system is designed to give student the information they need to know to stay safe in life threatening situations.

Welcome to MASC 464 – PM

Each of you will be posting your stories on this blog as we go throughout the semester.  Together, we will be learning what’s possible on this site from a multimedia standpoint.

You each have your own category, so as you add blog entries, be sure to put a check by your name in the “Categories” column to the right of the post.

The “Frequently Asked Questions” link at the bottom of each post page will become your friend – use it wisely and often!