Bill Wolff, PhD

Associate Professor, Communication, Film, and Journalism, Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA

generalnews

  • bp oilspill cleanup volunteers needed for marsh restoration

    Latest email from the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana: Volunteers Needed: Marsh Restoration in Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge Register Now The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana, in partnership with the Gulf Response Involvement Team, invites you to participate in a 2-week long marsh restoration project in the open mud flats located on…

  • gulf oil spill response team needs your help

    A week ago I signed up to volunteer to help with the massive recovery effort that will take place in the Gulf region what I imagine will be decades. I’m now receiving email updates on the progress. One just arrived in my inbox. The bottom line is that current staff members, who have been…

  • one article’s terrorist is another’s patriot

    Last night I tweeted the following about the New York Times article, “Militia Charged With Plotting to Murder Officers“: The tweet resulted in a few responses (the second of which, from @kichigai,  made the strong case that “I can’t help but think their being Christian helped kill off the label. IE: Terrorists can be…

  • concerns about newsweek’s oprah cover photo

    The June 8, 2009, issue of the “new” Newsweek has a cover article called “Crazy Talk: Oprah, Wacky Cures, & You” by Weston Kosova and Pat Wingert. The print version of the US edition has this cover photo Oprah: My scan of the image does not fully capture the problem, but compare this image…