It’s a little ironic that this picture of the great Brooklyn College Journalism alumna - Sandy Mui - was taken while we were listening to two major media figures discussing “The Great Hack.” That documentary shines a light on the hacking scandal that revealed the greed and dishonesty of Mark Zuckerberg and his “public” company Facebook. (So, please excuse that I’m now sharing this on Facebook.)
The questioner at the post-doc q-and-a was NYC Media Lab Executive Director Justin Hendrix. Hendrix put together yesterday’s extraordinary event, attended by so many progressive lovers of data creating, using and sharing. This group includes old-fashioned journalists, ad specialists, human rights activists, user experience (ux) administrators, embracers of augmented reality, artificial intelligence and vr videos, and so many more. (The interviewee was The New School's Professor David Carroll, who’s featured in the film for having exposed the data thieving of Facebook and others).
Funny thing was how - earlier in the day yesterday, right after the opening session - I went to introduce myself to the organizer of all this - Hendrix - and after I said I was teaching at Brooklyn College, he said, “Oh, maybe you know
Sandy Mui.” Then Sandy, who at that point knew I was in attendance, walked over.
😂 😂 😂 😂
Later in the day I went to a workshop held by Sandy Mui’s bold human rights organization, Witness, where they shared insights about exposing injustices through videos.
Little Background: Last semester Sandy Mui won a Brooklyn College Vanguard Award for commitment to the First Amendment.
And, oh, several years ago (as a “kid”) she was a student in my Introduction to Journalism class.
😂 😂 😂 😂 Life is great! Love it! 😍
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