Tag: Mount Mercy University
In new media era, who feeds the watchdog?
by Joe Sheller / Guest Editorial
Nonprofit news media are going to become increasingly important in the years ahead.
In the past, news media in America...
The media’s role in cultural change
By Joe Sheller / Guest Editorial
Great shifts in our culture are, I think, a bit like plate tectonics. Hidden under the surface, energy builds...
Social media and our view of Baltimore
By Joe Sheller / Guest Editorial
This Mother’s Day weekend, America had a new super mom to celebrate – a woman whose fame was fueled...
Exploring four walls of freedom
By Joe Sheller / Guest Editorial
In March, my wife and I visited Washington, D.C. While there, I experienced a few hours at the Newseum,...
Keeping it local pays off in online learning
By Dave DeWitte
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Corridor residents considering an online degree program have a growing number of local options that combine the convenience and flexibility of traditional...
Television’s 50 shades of pay
By Joe Sheller / Guest Editorial
British science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke had a daydream in the 1940s. What if artificial satellites were placed...
Nielsen continues Corridor education leadership
By Angela Holmes
CEDAR RAPIDS – During the past 50 years, Norm Nielsen’s career in education has broadened from teaching and coaching in a small...