The fact of the matter is that award shows are losing more and more of their audience with each year. With the rise of social media and the internet, they have become old-fashioned relics of the past. So what can organizers do to generate higher interest and attract a wider audience?Continue Reading

The sudden rise of popularity of online game Wordle has caught the attention of big media companies, such as The New York Times, who recently acquired the word guessing game. Community columnist Jacqueline Yipp explores the positives and negatives of the acquisition, along with the general public’s feedback on the subject.Continue Reading

There is a subset of TikTok called “BookTok” that is entirely devoted to books and is becoming increasingly popular. BookTok has begun to have the book market in a chokehold. In this article, community columnist Amalia Nichols explores said chokehold and what it means for multiple aspects of the book industry.Continue Reading

Facebook is now Meta. Or is it? Does changing a company’s name still retain a company’s original goals and values? For Facebook, the change involves introducing the “metaverse,” a world completely based in virtual reality. Read on to find out potential implications of this new technology and how it may change our lives!Continue Reading

Something that’s been comforting me during this pandemic has been a very specific YouTube Channel: Bon Appétit. The food and lifestyle magazine, owned by Condé Nast, was first published in 1956. In 2008, Bon Appétit started its YouTube channel, creating highly polished cooking videos in the “hands and pans” style popularized by Buzzfeed’s Tasty. The videos’ look and feel were very aligned with the sophisticated Condé Nast legacy brand.Continue Reading