Issues Briefings

The Rogers Center holds annual forums on current and emerging issues.  These issues briefings feature panels of national experts. The Rogers Center disseminates video of the briefing proceedings online.  Selected proceedings also are published for dissemination in print form and are downloadable online. 

OCTOBER 2008

“Youth-Created Media: A Force for Experiential Education and Civic Engagement in the Digital Age”
      Opening Remarks:
          -Maxwell King, Executive Director, Fred Rogers Center
        Moderator:
          -Illah Nourbakhsh, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
        Panel:
          -Steve Goodman, Founding Executive Director, Educational Video Center
          -Michael Rich, M.D., MPH, Director, Center on Media and Child Health, Children’s Hospital Boston,
              Harvard Medical School, and Harvard School of Public Health
          -Meghan Deana, Associate, Online Leadership Program, Global Kids
          -Mathew Cruz, Student Producer, Virtual Video Project, Global Kids
          -Sharese Bullock, Strategic Partnerships and Marketing Manager, Listen Up!
          -Daniela Glusberg, Student Producer, Beyond Borders Project, Listen Up!

JUNE 2007

“Early Learning Leadership: Challenges and Opportunities
for Applications of Technology and Media-based Content”
      Moderator: 
          -Christopher Moore, Producer and Talk Show Host, WQED-TV, Pittsburgh
      Panel:
          -Roberta Schomburg, Ph.D., Fred Rogers Center Fellow
              Associate Dean of the School of Education, Carlow University, Pittsburgh, PA
          -Milton Chen, Ph.D., Executive Director, The George Lucas Educational Foundation
              Chair, Fred Rogers Center Advisory Council
          -Pamela Johnson, Ph.D., Vice President for Education and Outreach, WNED Buffalo
          -Ellen Wartella, Ph.D., Fred Rogers Center Senior Fellow
              Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, University of California, Riverside
Download Briefing Monograph (pdf)

MAY 2006

“Children and Media:  Emerging Issues and New Agendas”
      Moderator:
          -Everette E. Dennis, Ph.D., Felix E. Larkin Distinguished Professor, Fordham University
              Member, Fred Rogers Center Advisory Council
      Panel:
          -Milton Chen, Ph.D., Executive Director, The George Lucas Educational Foundation
              Chair, Fred Rogers Center Advisory Council
          -Jerlean Daniel, Ph.D., Deputy Executive Director, National Association for the Education of Young Children
              Expert Advisor, Fred Rogers Center “Next Generation Leadership” Program
          -John P. Murray, Ph.D., Professor of Developmental Psychology, Kansas State University
              Visiting Scholar, Center on Media and Child Health, Harvard Medical School
          -Ellen A. Wartella, Ph.D., Fred Rogers Center Senior Fellow
              Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, University of California, Riverside
Download Briefing Monograph (pdf)