Upcoming Events

Somos Pequeñas (Film Screening by Fernanda Galindo)

In Somos pequeñas, Zara, a young Seri woman who sings in her community's Evangelical church, asks Celika to participate in a rap contest. Her friend accepts, but plans change the night of the concert when Celika decides to follow her urge of freedom.
María Fernanda Galindo is an award-winning Mexican screenwriter, director, and film producer. Her international festival awards include Best Director at the Andromeda Film Festival and Best Documentary at the Feminist Border Arts Film Festival in New Mexico. She has directed the short films Somos pequeñas (2021), Bajo el agua (2018), and Mirar detrás (2013).

Impossible Town (Film Screening by Meg Griffiths and Scott Faris)

Meg Griffith, filmmaker and UT Journalism and Media alumna, returns to UT to screen and discuss her acclaimed documentary, An Impossible town. Synopsis: When her father dies unexpectedly, Dr. Ayne Amjad is thrust to the helm of a decades-long struggle to aid Minden, a southern West Virginia town beset by cancer-causing chemicals. Haunted by her father’s mandate to “help others,” Ayne hatches an audacious plan to relocate the town and bring closure to her father’s work. 

Global Journalism: Understanding World Media Systems 

Dr. Daniela Dimitrova’s edited book, Global Journalism: Understanding World Media Systems, (Routledge: 2nd Edition, 2025) provides an overview of the key issues in global journalism today and traces how media systems have evolved over time in different world regions. Taking into account local context as well as technological change across media industries, the book lays down the foundation for today’s journalism students learning about the practice, growth and impact of global media. It offers an up-to-date, thorough overview of media developments in all world regions embedded in their unique political, cultural and economic context. 

Digital-native news bridging social divides in Argentina, Brazil and Colombia 

Can a fragmented digital media environment be a conduit for connection? This presentation addresses changes occurring in journalism in South America with the emergence of digital-native news and the potential consequences for insecure democracies facing polarization. It illustrates the polarized climate through the contentious case of abortion legalization in Argentina in 2020 and discusses the importance of listening to your audience and building media-literate citizens in efforts to connect different groups and overcome social-political divides. 

A Story of Stories: The Texas Border Barrio Life and Writings of Doña Ramona González

Imagine the excitement of finding a “magic box” full of your grandmother’s extensive writings that speak of her childhood and youth she experienced 100 years ago. University of Arizona author and researcher Cristina D. Ramírez happened to find such a magic box. Her family uncovered 750+ writings by Doña Ramona González, who was one of the first Chicana writers of the 1970s to publish their work in El Grito, the first research and literary journal spurred on by the Chicano Movement. Dr. Ramírez will discuss her book, A Story of Stories: The Texas Border Barrio Life and Writings of Doña Ramona González (Trinity University Press, 2024) that is based on her grandmother’s writings.