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Comparative Media Studies/Writing

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Heather Hendershot portrait photo on grey background. The book cover has large capitalized text that says, “Heather Hendershot, When the News Broke: Chicago 1968 and the Polarizing of America.” The cover includes 1968 photo of protestors outside CBS News.

Why 1968 still matters

Professor Heather Hendershot’s new book about that year’s Democratic National Convention explores how anger at the media became part of our culture wars.

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A graphic that reads "Bearing Witness, Seeking Justice" in a broken font on a yellow background beside a raised brown-skinned fist with painted fingernails on a red background.

Video on the record

MIT’s inaugural Bearing Witness, Seeking Justice conference explores video’s role in the struggle over truth and civil liberties.

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