Dispatch #1
In our first class, we explored how anything shared with intention can become a publication, reflected on social media ten years ago, and imagined what we could publish in just one hour.
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Dispatch #2
We explored how tools, access, and intention shape publishing, from Letraset and fake-analog design to the contrasting but equally honest practices of Yvonne Rainer and Anna Banana.
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Dispatch #3
Elie Andersen, co-founder of Index Space, visited the class to discuss how its community-led programming, editorial framework, and responsiveness to its audience shape the organization’s evolving business model.
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Dispatch #4
Jane Seidel, Head of Audience & Analytics at Rest of World, Zoomed into our class to talk about how audience strategy, messy data, careful observation, and better questions can help the right person find the right work in the right place.
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Dispatch #5
We discussed “taste” as an internal compass developed by following your curiosity and expanding where you look, while strengthening journalistic research strategies through social networks and focused search parameters.
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Dispatch #6
Artist Maxwell Neely-Cohen visited our class to talk about pursuing our interests even when they seem disconnected, making work across a gradient of publishing and performance, and how sometimes getting others to connect with you meaningfully requires putting yourself out there first.
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Dispatch #7
We looked at how images and text work together to create emotional narratives, while students transformed New York Times obituaries into intimate, curated publications contained within ZIP files.
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Dispatch #8
Writer Delia Cai shared tips on navigating New York City's media scene, horizontal networking, developing a distinct voice, and giving yourself an outlet to make the work you want instead of waiting for someone else to offer it.
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Dispatch #9
Daisy Alioto, writer and co-founder of Dirt, visited our class to talk about how spending enough time with yourself to develop real preferences, and trusting their specificity, can create unexpected opportunities in media.
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Dispatch #10
While developing their final projects for Index Space, students experimented with Figma Make and found that AI can inspire curiosity and a desire to learn more, rather than being a cop-out.
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Dispatch #11
We took a field trip to Yun Hai Taiwanese Pantry, where founder Lisa Cheng Smith shared how the store uses food, design, and storytelling to represent Taiwanese culture, support Taiwanese sovereignty, and sell out rice cookers. Even a brick-and-mortar store can be a publication.
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Dispatch #12
The final Publishing in Public dispatch reflects on the realities of teaching and independent creative work, celebrates what the students built, and launches an online archive of the class (this site, duh).
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