MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit-cmsw.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Students may know generative AI, but that doesn’t mean they trust it or think it writes better than they do. On Sept. 22, John Gallagher will share findings from a survey of 342 undergraduates on AI and writing. Register: cmsw.mit.edu/event/underg... 000
MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit-cmsw.bsky.social · 18/06/2026The latest New York Times book review from CMS/W creative writing professor Junot Díaz: "The truth is that there are more insights and pleasures to be had from a flawed Ghosh than from the countless vapid mid-hits that inundate our bookstores." www.nytimes.com/2026/06/16/b...nytimes.comWill It Take Superpowers, Spirits and Reincarnation to Save the Planet? 010
MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit-cmsw.bsky.social · 01/06/2026(Re)congratulations to Lyn Nanticha Ocharoenchai and Jessica Chomik-Morales, two members of our grad program in Science Writing class of 2025 who returned to campus last week to take part in this year's advanced degree ceremony! 000
MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit-cmsw.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Our head Seth Mnookin delivered the closing remarks at the recent AI and Society Forum. "[Older workers] were losing the advantages they had gained by being invigorated by new ideas, by being shown different ways they can think about their work." www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7fl...youtube.comAI and Society Forum: Closing RemarksYouTube video by MIT SHASS 000
MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit-cmsw.bsky.social · 04/05/2026On Wednesday, we're hosting "Refusing Generative AI: A Critique of Rhetorical Commonplaces about 'AI' in Education". Join us in Stata, room 155: cmsw.mit.edu/event/refusi... 010
MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit-cmsw.bsky.social · 27/04/2026It's just about time for the Karmel Writing Prizes Reception! Celebrate the best of MIT student writing...across 20 categories with $ prizes! Be sure to RSVP: cmsw.mit.edu/event/karmel... It's next Wednesday May 7 at 4:30 pm. Building 14, The Nexus (14S-130)cmsw.mit.eduKarmel Writing Prizes ReceptionJoin us as we celebrate this year's winners! 000
MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit-cmsw.bsky.social · 24/04/2026“It’s an amazing opportunity to work through the data and write in a really vibrant setting where conversation and cross-disciplinary engagement is at the heart of the experience.” CMS/W Professor T.L. Taylor on her new fellowship: news.mit.edu/2026/tl-tayl... 010
MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit-cmsw.bsky.social · 22/04/2026In the second collaboration with the AP, grad students Ashley D'Souza and Lucie McCormick report on one of greater Boston's longest-running environmental infrastructure challenges: combined sewer outflows that discharge untreated wastewater into local waterways. apnews.com/article/comb...apnews.comMassachusetts is dumping sewage into waterways. Grassroots organizations are fighting backEnvironmental organizations in Massachusetts are urging water officials to keep sewage out of waterways in several Boston-area communities by committing to a more modern sewer system with separate pip... 000
MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit-cmsw.bsky.social · 17/04/2026This year our grad program in science writing students developed and pitched local climate stories, and then over a four-day intensive weekend, they worked with visual journalists from the AP. Read all about it: cmsw.mit.edu/mit-science-... 010
MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit-cmsw.bsky.social · 15/04/2026"We need to ensure that universities provide students with the tools they need to find a path to financial security and to build meaningful lives." news.mit.edu/2026/qa-mit-...news.mit.eduQ&A: MIT SHASS and the future of education in the age of AIAs the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences marks its 75th anniversary, Dean Agustín Rayo discusses why the need for developing students with broad minds and human understanding is as u... 000
MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit-cmsw.bsky.social · 07/04/2026With MIT in 3:00 submissions now closed, next is the screening, Thursday April 16 in The Nexus (14S-130)! Register: calendar.mit.edu/event/mit-in... It starts with a reception at 5:30pm, then screenings at 6pm. The Jury Prize ($1,000) and Audience Prize ($500) awarded at the end!calendar.mit.edu"MIT in 3:00" Film Screening 010
MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit-cmsw.bsky.social · 06/04/2026"Poetry is the most intense and musical form of language." U.S. Poet Laureate Arthur Sze last week returned to MIT, reminding the packed room in Hayden Library how poetry can sharpen attention and expand what we notice in the world. Watch: cmsw.mit.edu/video-a-read...cmsw.mit.eduVideo: A Reading with Poet Laureate Arthur SzeThis reading, part of MIT’s William Corbett Poetry Series, welcomes former U.S. Poet Laureate Arthur Sze back to the campus where he began his literary journey. 000
MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit-cmsw.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Reminder, we're thrilled to co-host U.S. poet laureate Arthur Sze tomorrow evening (Wednesday, doors at 5:30, Building 14S, room 130) for a reading and book signing. Please join us! Sze -- author of twelve books of poetry -- is also an editor and translator. cmsw.mit.edu/event/poet-l... 020
MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit-cmsw.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Next Friday, tune in with CMS/W's Andreas Karatsolis as he discusses "how Canvas and Panopto support the development of oral communication skills in 21W.015." openlearning.mit.edu/events/eleva...openlearning.mit.eduElevate your instructional impact: Canvas Innovation Fund stories | Open LearningWant support to make improvements to your Canvas site or use Canvas-related tools? Learn how MIT faculty and instructors collaborate with Residential Education to make instructional improvements, via ... 010
MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit-cmsw.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Cool news via @variety.com, that CMS/W lecturer Marjorie Liu will have her Hugo and Eisner award-winning comic book series "Monstress" produced as an animated series: variety.com/2026/tv/news...variety.com‘Monstress’ Adult Animated Series in the Works at Amazon From Netflix’s Former ‘One Piece’ Showrunner (EXCLUSIVE)An adult animated series based on the hit comic book series "Monstress" is in development at Amazon MGM Studios from Steven Maeda, a co-creator and former showrunner on Netflix's "One Piece." 020
MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit-cmsw.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Via MIT Mechanical Engineering and the MLK Visiting Scholars program (and our own Amy Carleton) comes news that Public Enemy's "Media Assassin" Harry Allen is delivering a lecture next week... "BEHOLD! THE WINGS OF HIP-HOP SPACEFLIGHT" happens Thursday the 19th, 1pm, in Building 6's room 120. 001
MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit-cmsw.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Prof. Nick Montfort and collaborator Patsy Baudoin have published a new book! It's "based on a text generator that produces French and English news items that imagine some of the ways technology will impact us." It's available via publisher RR Rose Editions www.printedmatter.org/catalog/70507printedmatter.orgPatsy Baudoin and Nick Montfort - Rubrique Technologie / Tech Section - Printed MatterPrinted Matter, Inc. is an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 1976 by artists and art workers with the mission to foster the appreciation, dissemination, and understanding of art... 010
MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit-cmsw.bsky.social · 10/03/2026 A reminder, coming up Friday, we're hosting five CMS/W alums to discuss careers after being a media studies or writing major! cmsw.mit.edu/event/cms-w-... Panelists include a UX designer, network science Ph.D. student, market consultant, technical writer, and commercial film producer.cmsw.mit.eduCMS/W Undergraduate Alumni Panel (lunch included!)Join CMS/W for an afternoon of networking and discussion about career pathways in writing and media studies. 000
MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit-cmsw.bsky.social · 09/03/2026@chicagoreader.com's Sandra Treviño's review of Junot's "Oscar Wao" on stage: "I haven’t laughed or cried as much during a stage performance as I did at this production." chicagoreader.com/performing-a...chicagoreader.comWao wows at the Goodman - Chicago ReaderA brilliant new stage adaptation of Junot Díaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao digs deep into intergenerational trauma. 010
Reposted by MIT Comparative Media Studies/WritingNick Seaver @nickseaver.website · 04/03/2026STS folks, I'm organizing an open panel on CONTRAPTIONS for 4S this year, following up on a lovely panel at last year's AAA meetings. You should submit something if you got it! www.4sonline.org/accepted_ope... 33615
MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit-cmsw.bsky.social · 04/03/2026"If you give a chimp a crystal, she might not give it back. Researchers learned this the hard way." 😂 Great new piece in the @nytimes.com by science writing alum @cjgiaimo.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/s...nytimes.comChimpanzees Are Really Into Crystals 110
MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit-cmsw.bsky.social · 04/03/2026New from our Writing and Communication Center director Elena Kallestinova: janeway.uncpress.org/ccj/article/...janeway.uncpress.orgAmplifying Every Voice With Inclusive Pedagogies Using Oral Communication StudioThis article examines the pedagogical role of a self-guided oral communication studio within a writing and communication center in an institution of higher education, analyzing its relationship to tra... 010
MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit-cmsw.bsky.social · 02/03/2026We've missed Les — "the man who killed the killed the SAT essay," NPR once said — ever since his retirement, and we are sad to pass along the news of his death: news.mit.edu/2026/les-per....news.mit.eduLes Perelman, expert in writing assessment and champion of writing education, dies at 77Les Perelman, a longtime MIT faculty member and former dean who established the influential "Writing Across the Curriculum" program and became a fierce critic of automated essay grading, has... 000
MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit-cmsw.bsky.social · 02/03/2026In or near Amsterdam next week? You need to join for CMS/W Professor Angela Saini's talk at the Rijksmuseum for the Women in the Museum Symposium, where she'll be discussing the themes of her book "The Patriarchs: How Men Came to Rule" www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/whats-on/...rijksmuseum.nlWomen in the Museum symposium 2026 - Rijksmuseum 000
MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit-cmsw.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Excited to announce our first-in-a-long-while undergraduate alumni panel, coming up on March 13. '91, '15, and '17 to be represented so far, with others to be confirmed soon. There's a free lunch, and it's open to the whole MIT community. RSVP requested: cmsw.mit.edu/event/cms-w-...cmsw.mit.eduCMS/W Undergraduate Alumni Panel (lunch included!)Join CMS/W for an afternoon of networking and discussion about career pathways in writing and media studies. 000
MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit-cmsw.bsky.social · 26/02/2026The latest from alum Sophie Hartley, '24: "By flexing legal authority through Section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act, DOE recently halted the retirement of several coal plants across the country. Environmental advocates say the decision to do so was out of line." www.indystar.com/story/news/e...indystar.comThe feds meddled with Indiana's energy grid. Who's paying for fallout?President Donald Trump's DOE meddled with Indiana's energy grid last year. A legal battle is erupting as utilities decide who will pay for fallout. 000
MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit-cmsw.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Professor Justin Reich talks with Future Fluent about his worries that AI is "already slowing down learning". Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...podcasts.apple.comHow Teachers Navigate anPodcast Episode · Future Fluent · February 24 · 35m 010
Reposted by MIT Comparative Media Studies/WritingJesper Juul @jesperjuul.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Join our Visual Game & Media Design two-year master’s program at the Royal Danish Academy in Copenhagen. Deadline March 1st! Visual Game & Media Design is a cross-disciplinary program open to all creative BA students. Read more about the program here: royaldanishacademy.com/en/programme...royaldanishacademy.comVisual Game and Media Design | Royal Danish Academy 063
MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit-cmsw.bsky.social · 24/02/2026The latest from Grad Program in Science Writing alum Emily Anthes, '06, in the @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/s... Scientists "saw signs that natural selection had been acting on genes involved in pesticide resistance and climate adaptation, including cold tolerance."nytimes.comCities May Be ‘Evolutionary Training Grounds’ for Spotted Lanternflies 000
MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit-cmsw.bsky.social · 23/02/2026This Friday from @ksjatmit.bsky.social (if we've finished digging out): ksj.mit.edu/event/panel-...ksj.mit.eduPanel Discussion: How AI is Impacting Journalism, Free Speech, and Public Discourse - Knight Science Journalism @MITJoin us for a discussion on how AI is impacting the way news is reported and disseminated, the way we learn and communicate, and how this is impacting free speech […] 000
Reposted by MIT Comparative Media Studies/WritingNick Seaver @nickseaver.website · 21/02/2026yes! we already have things to teach! we have phds in them! they are the whole point of this enterprise! 0222
Reposted by MIT Comparative Media Studies/WritingClara Fernandez-Vara @clarafv.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Seems like an obvious idea, but apparently nobody had done it before. Looking forward to playing this game! 1144
Reposted by MIT Comparative Media Studies/WritingBoston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Hive mind, publishing cohort: You may have heard that I have a book coming out soon.* It's a brief polemical history of opposition to vaccines. I'm being asked by my publisher: index or no? Given current reading habits, is one an impediment or a necessity? Got thoughts? *Narr: They've heard:penguinrandomhouse.comA Pox on Fools by Thomas Levenson: 9798217155002 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: BooksAn urgent and profound history of vaccine skepticism, seeking to understand how our three most common fears about vaccines hardened into a lethal ideology—from a leading science writer Since the... 9174
Reposted by MIT Comparative Media Studies/WritingTimes Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Academic #writing is often framed as something faculty should simply manage better; when they struggle, the blame is put on the individual academic. But this explanation doesn’t hold, as Rachel Gabriele explains: ow.ly/kFFA50YiI3g #Academia #HigherEd #AcademicSkyow.ly‘Let’s treat writing as shared infrastructure rather than private struggle’Academic writing is often framed as something faculty should simply manage better; when they struggle, the blame is put on the individual academic. But this explanation doesn’t hold, as Rachel Gabriele explains 0105
Reposted by MIT Comparative Media Studies/WritingMIT Game Lab @mitgamelab.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Glad to host @bospostmortem.bsky.social this month and speaker, @annamegill.com talk about Game Writing tonight. (At least one of us at the lab is a huge Threshold Kids fan). 1112
MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit-cmsw.bsky.social · 19/02/2026ICYMI: our research scientist Philip Tan had a chance last summer to offer a mini version of his CMS subject "DJ History, Technology, and Technique". Tan traced the job of a DJ and the tech that evolved around it...reading the room, crate digging, scarcity... 000
Reposted by MIT Comparative Media Studies/WritingCynthia Graber @cagraber.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Truly, I know I talk about her a lot here, but whenever I'm feeling down, then get to spend a couple of hours (or more, often more these days) with the local first-gen college student I'm mentoring—now working on scholarship apps—I just...feel better. She totally rocks. 161
MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit-cmsw.bsky.social · 18/02/2026The latest from Science Writing alum Anika Jane Beamer, '25: "Iowa has the second-highest cancer rate in the U.S., a public health crisis that residents worry is tied to consistently elevated nitrate levels in their drinking water sources." insideclimatenews.org/news/1702202...insideclimatenews.orgIowa’s Water Crisis Could Help Tip the Scales for Control of US House - Inside Climate NewsA new poll finds that 85 percent of Iowans in “toss-up” congressional districts would be more likely to vote for a candidate who prioritizes clean water and cuts to industrial agriculture pollution. 000
Reposted by MIT Comparative Media Studies/WritingTimes Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Academic #publishing can be a harsh landscape. Here, a partnership model offers language and strategies to support new authors as they navigate early submissions and review: ow.ly/hs6750YhEwc #HigherEd #AcademicSky #EduSky ow.lyA guide to help journal editorial boards introduce ECRs to academic publishingAcademic publishing can be a harsh landscape. Here, a partnership model offers language and strategies to support new authors as they navigate early submissions and review 101
Reposted by MIT Comparative Media Studies/WritingMIT Election Lab @mitelectionlab.bsky.social · 18/02/2026What can current research tell us about confidence & trust in elections? Join the next "Books & Ballots" webinar on 2/24 at 2pm ET to hear from three leading academics about their ongoing research on this hot topic. More info & registration can be found here: buff.ly/GALSRTzus02web.zoom.usAre Elections Trusted? What Researchers Are FindingTuesday, February 24 | 2 pm ET Trust in elections can be divided into two major ideas: whether the public perceives that elections are free and fair, and whether the electoral process provides evidence that elections are conducted according to law. 012
MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit-cmsw.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Professor Junot Diaz's acclaimed "Oscar Wao" to have its stage adaptation premiere in Chicago! It runs from February 21 to April 5 at the Goodman: www.goodmantheatre.org/show/the-bri...goodmantheatre.orgThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - Goodman TheatreThe official website for Goodman Theatre's 25/26 Season Production of Marco Antonio Rodriguez's "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao." 000
MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit-cmsw.bsky.social · 30/01/2026CMS/W Professor Ian Condry and the local spatial sound community are ready for a big February, starting with a social gathering at Berklee College of Music next Saturday...join us for one or all! cmsw.mit.edu/events/categ... 000
MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit-cmsw.bsky.social · 12/01/2026It's time for our annual filmmaking workshop! If you're interested in submitting a short film for the "MIT in 3:00" short film competition, join the MIT in 3:00 staff for the 1-day workshop on Thursday, January 29. cmsw.mit.edu/event/mit-in...cmsw.mit.eduMIT in 3:00 IAP Filmmaking WorkshopJoin the "MIT in 3:00" staff for a 1-day filmmaking workshop during IAP! 000
MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit-cmsw.bsky.social · 09/01/2026A great opportunity to spend some time with our professor Eric Klopfer and lecturer Michael Trice. Eric plays host and will run a session on AI's effects on learning, and Michael's Friday 11am session is on the use of AI in MIT's writing programs. computing.mit.edu/iap-2026-exp...computing.mit.eduIAP 2026: Expanding Horizons in Computing - MIT Schwarzman College of Computing 000
MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit-cmsw.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Mini-forests! MIT Graduate Program in Science Writing student Ashley D’Souza reports on the challenges of growing trees in urban neighborhoods like North Brookline, Mass., where they're not tied in to their native ecosystems. Her story starts at 9:14: brookline.news/brookline-ne...brookline.newsBrookline.News Podcast Episode 10: Gerald Alston's legacy, a Verizon arrival, and the sound of mini-forests - Brookline.NewsOn Episode 10 of the Brookline.News Podcast, editor Sam Mintz and Brookline Interactive Group executive director Jessica Smyser talk about the latest news in Brookline, including the death of former f... 011
MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit-cmsw.bsky.social · 19/11/2025 Thank you to everyone who've followed along with us as we share these wonderful pieces from Angles. We wrap up these shares with "More than Nonsense: Language Acquisition and Identity in Through the Looking Glass" by Carl Osborne, '28: cmsw.mit.edu/angles/2025/...cmsw.mit.edu» More than Nonsense: Language Acquisition and Identity in Through the Looking Glass Angles / 2025selected essays from introductory writing subjects at MIT 000
MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit-cmsw.bsky.social · 18/11/2025In the latest from CMS/W professor Nick Montfort: "Today’s large language models are very different from both automated reporters and storytelling systems." cmsw.mit.edu/generating-r... 000
MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing @mit-cmsw.bsky.social · 18/11/2025“I would go to one fire and I would cover it, and it would be the same script that I wrote on another fire a week ago.” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/18/b...bostonglobe.comBoston’s broadcast journalists are departing TV news in droves. Why? - The Boston GlobeBig names including WBZ-TV’s Jon Keller and WHDH-TV’s Kim Khazei are just the most recent examples of the accelerating flight of broadcasters from the airwaves. 000