A paper resulting from Kat McGrory's '05 Emerson Summer Scholar research has been accepted for presentation at the annual convention of the New York State Communications Association, which will take place in October. She will deliver her paper, "Just the Facts? Objectivity, Print Journalism and the Digital Revolution," as part of a panel on The Fourth Estate: Perspective on Change. McGrory, editor of Hamilton's student newspaper, The Spectator, had a part-time internship this summer at the Utica Observer-Dispatch, a local daily newspaper. As the recipient of an Emerson Foundation Summer Grant, McGrory worked with Hamilton Associate Professor of Communication Catherine Phelan on her research on how modern technology has been affecting journalists' ability to remain objective.
Created in 1997, the Emerson Foundation Grant program was designed to provide students with significant opportunities to work collaboratively with faculty members, researching an area of interest. The recipients, covering a range of topics, explored fieldwork, laboratory and library research, and the development of teaching materials. The projects were initiated this summer, and the students will make public presentations of their research throughout the 2004-2005 academic year.
