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in-NW: Transmedia Matters
“Content across platforms, engagement across platforms. ‘Transmedia storytelling’ is absolutely crucial.” –Hanson Hosein, Director of UW’s MCDM program At the in-nw conference February 13th, we heard from panelists representing a variety of intriguing backgrounds and projects, yet several topics seemed to circle … Continue reading
Go Behind-the-Scenes with Four Peaks TV for “Teach Hanson”
Article by Ashley-Rose O’Mara, Jordan Slaymaker and Tanner Taylor For the 2012-2013 season of Four Peaks TV the name of the game has been increasing audience engagement. This fall Scott Macklin, Executive Producer of Four Peaks TV and Associate Director … Continue reading
Digital Media in a day: MCDM launches executive training
The University of Washington’s Masters of Communication in Digital Media program held its inaugural Four Peaks Executive Summit this week in Seattle. Approximately 30 executives spent the day listening to and learning from MCDM’s faculty on topics ranging from the … Continue reading
Hacking EDU: Discussing Education Reform During Husky Fest
During a rainy kick-off to Husky Fest this past Thursday, the MCDM team was center stage for the entire day and strongly committed to discussing ways to transform education as we know it. If you’ve been paying attention at all … Continue reading
Tomorrow is National Day of Unplugging…You Probably Already Know This.
Because tomorrow is being designated by some as a National Day of Unplugging, where people who are typically wired through their cellphones, computers, tablets, etc., are being encouraged to completely unplug and be wireless for 24 hours, we’ve decided to … Continue reading
The Anatomy of an MCDM Foundation Course
This Fall, I had the privilege of serving as a peer facilitator for a course at the University of Washington’s MCDM program. I am continually impressed by the diversity of the program, and not just by diversity in its typical measure of gender or ethnicity … Continue reading
The Digital and the Forbidden: My Trip to Beijing
Thousands of people flooded around me. I stared in exasperation at the sign. Yet, I knew that it had to be emblematic of something about my week-long trip to Beijing — my first to China. True to my personality, I … Continue reading
MCDM Director Featured on Local NBC Affiliate
Hanson Hosein, director of the MCDM programat the University of Washington made a guest appearance on Seattle’s local NBC affiliate on Wednesday morning. Hosein was invited to speak to viewers about his book “Storyteller Uprising” and the future of storytelling … Continue reading
