Lori Rasmussen

This morning I was thinking back to a family trip we took to Chichen Itza, the famous Mayan archaeological site in the Yucatan Peninsula. Although our tour guide pledged to edit some of the more graphic details as he described the actives that took place there hundreds of years ago since our little one was…

Storytelling is the basis of our shared humanity. It’s the way people have connected with others since the dawn of our species, be it through cave drawings or a rapt audience of our ancestral tribes gathered round the fire. In fact, we tell versions of some of those same stories today. Though the way we…

I signed up for Facebook sometime around 2008. I had been a MySpace user until then and had curated an enjoyable presence on that platform, but it was becoming more and more apparent that my friends and family were migrating en masse to Facebook. I don’t like to be the last one to leave the…

There are definitely pros and cons to working with WordPress as a blogging tool. I’ll start with the negative – WordPress is not compatible with all browsers. It seems to work best with Chrome. This may not seem like a big deal, I should just get Chrome, right? Well no. For reasons of logistics, I…

If I had to name my one most important takeaway from our ICC 602 class this term, it’s how vitally important is the ability to knowledgeably critique the media that pervade our life every day. As we’ve learned over the course of the class, the need for that literacy applies to all media. In my mind,…

I’ve been out of the media industry for almost eight years, having worked as a public affairs reporter for Oklahoma’s PBS affiliate and covering the state Legislature as my primary beat. I loved the work, but transitioning into the PR side of the house was a move I made for many reasons, not the least…

Among the reasons I applied to the Communications@Syracuse program was to learn how to be more adept at understanding and applying digital data in my professional workspace. I see that skill as necessary for survival in the communications profession, regardless of the specific employer. I can write a really great press release, but that’s no…

On the Aug. 17, 2018, edition of HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher,” Maher and the panel devoted a chunk of time to the discussion of free speech and how it pertains to Alex Jones and the recent news of his booting from some of the large social media platforms. Maher is well known for…

As we discussed the digital divide in class this week, specifically the section on those who segregate themselves by choice, I recalled an event that took place a few years ago at my children’s middle school during a “parents’ night” informational event. The teacher was explaining to parents where the students might look online for…

Tuesday night’s ICC 602 class was a fairly sobering reminder of the risks involved in over-reliance on tech. To be sure, the students in the Communications@Syracuse program would not even be able to pursue these academic endeavors without the digital platform we have available to us – so I’m certainly not arguing against the tech…