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Caryl Rivers

Professor of Journalism at Boston University

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BU journalism professor Caryl Rivers was the 2007 winner of the Helen Thomas Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Professional Journalists. She is a nationally known author, journalist, columnist, media critic and professor of journalism at Boston University, and has been reporting about—and commenting on—American life and politics for four decades. As a Washington newspaper correspondent, she cut her journalistic teeth on the civil rights movement and the Kennedy presidency. Later, she wrote on the Vietnam debate, the women’s movement, the rise of the political right, the battles over political correctness and the divides over race, class and gender that have often convulsed the nation for U.S. newspapers and magazines.

She blogs regularly on media and politics for the Huffington Post, she is a regular commentator for the award winning website Women’s e news and her op-eds have appeared in many national publications, including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times and Washington Post. Her latest book (of the 14 she has written) is Selling Anxiety: How the News Media Scare Women. Teaming up with Brandeis Senior Scholar Dr. Rosalind Barnett, she has co-authored a series of award-winning books on the behavioral sciences that debunk myths about women, men and society.

Her best-selling novels, published around the world, spring from her experiences as a journalist. The Chicago Tribune says, “Few writers are as funny and none funnier, yet she is capable of wrenching your heart and soul.” Her coming-of-age novel Virgins sold a million copies around the globe. Her books have been selections of the Literary Guild, Book of the Month, Doubleday Book Club and Troll Book Club.

 

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White women helped elect Trump; next time they may help defeat him

February 20, 2018

Los Angeles Times Caryl Rivers As the 2018 midterm approaches, one of the most closely tracked demographic groups will be white women… Expert quote: “There is a way to counter the effects of the barrage that could change white married women’s voting patterns: Focus their concerns about family less on their husbands and more on […]

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We’ve studied gender and STEM for 25 years. The science doesn’t support the Google memo.

August 11, 2017

Recode by Caryl Rivers, College of Communication “A Google engineer who was fired for posting an online claim that women’s biology makes them less able than men to work in technology jobs has charged that he is being smeared and is a victim of political correctness…” View full article. 

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Heslam: With Tucker pick, Fox takes step backward

January 9, 2017

Boston Herald Caryl Rivers, College of Communication Fox’s choice of conservative stalwart Tucker Carlson to replace trend-bucking news star Megyn Kelly is a telling pick — a rightward shift back to what the channel’s viewers are used to… Expert quote: “He’s not going to be a big star.” View full article

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Healthy seniors embracing a new stage of life: work

October 26, 2016

STAT News Co-written by Caryl Rivers, College of Communication “Advances in medicine and efforts to prevent chronic diseases are lengthening the healthy life span of Americans…” View full article

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How Are Our Longer Life Spans Changing How We Live?

August 30, 2016

WBUR Caryl Rivers, College of Communication If you’re between the ages of 65 and 80, congratulations! You’re in a new stage of adulthood… Listen to audio of expert Caryl Rivers here  

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Could Roger Ailes’s expected departure reshape Fox News?

July 20, 2016

Christian Science Monitor Caryl Rivers, College of Communication Roger Ailes’s tenure leading Fox News channel appears to be drawing toward a close, following sexual harassment allegations against the channel’s chief executive… Expert quote: “The Murdoch boys are looking at the demographics and see it as skewing very old, very white, very male. I think they’re definitely […]

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The seventy-year itch

July 16, 2016

Boston Globe (subscription required) Co-written by Caryl Rivers, College of Communication The late — and very funny — Joan Rivers once provided a unique commentary on old age and septuagenarian sex… View full article by expert Caryl Rivers

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The Politics of Fear

June 27, 2016

Roll Call Caryl Rivers, College of Communication The mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando  two weeks ago has brought out political-anxiety rhetoric in force… Expert quote: “There’s always some kind of seed of truth you can pick on. The fear itself might not be legitimate, but its effect on people is legitimate.” View full […]

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Men who mother

June 18, 2015

Boston Globe (subscription required) Co-written by Caryl Rivers, College of Communication Today, the images of men in the news media are disturbingly violent… View full article by expert Caryl Rivers

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Same-Sex Marriage Fits In Fine With History

May 25, 2015

Women’s eNews By Caryl Rivers, College of Communication In oral argument before the Supreme Court over whether same-sex marriage should be legal across the nation, attorney John Bursch argued for the state of Michigan that the answer should be no. He claimed that marriage had existed for millennia to ensure that parents bonded with their […]

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