Name: International & Writing Divisions - Top Research Presentations
Start: 2025-04-06T14:00:00-0700
End: 2025-04-06T15:00:00-0700

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Sunday April 6, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT

W301

International Division
Moderator: Roxane Coche, University of Florida
Debut Paper Competition
Debut 1st Place Paper: The Impact of Media on Citizens’ Knowledge of Current Affairs: A Comparison of Moroccan and United States Media Systems; Madeline Lepisto; Edward Paul Downs, UMD; Dana Lindaman, UMD
Open Paper Competition
Open 1st Place Paper: Global Streaming Effects on Message Dissemination of Borgen; Michael Sinclair, Regent University

Writing Division
Melissa Jackson, Piedmont University
Show Bible Competition
Debut 1st Place: The Devil's Rust; Matthew Nolte Evans, University of Georgia

Moderators

Roxane Coche

University of Florida

Melissa Jackson

Associate Professor, Piedmont University

Video Production/Film Professor. Storyteller & screenwriter. Former broadcast journalist and documentary producer.

Speakers

Matthew Evans

Assistant Professor of Entertainment & Media Studies, University of Georgia

Michael Sinclair

Chair, Dept. of Media and Visual Arts, Regent University

I am a television producer with 30 years of experience writing, directing, and producing television for various networks, including Discovery Channel, TLC, HGTV, OWN, Travel Channel, ID, MSNBC, National Geographic Channel, BET, PBS, and others. I teach film and television production... Read More →

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