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Catalog of an exhibition held 2020 August 24-October 15, at Kathleen O. Ellis Gallery at Light Work, Robert B. Menschel Media Center, 316 Waverly Avenue, Syracuse, New York
"Light Work presents Queens-based artist Matthew Connors' 'General Assembly'. This exhibition comprises 650 portraits that span the first year of Occupy Wall Street (OWS) in New York City. An expansive project that pairs individual black and white portraits within a tightly formatted grid, 'General Assembly' borrows its title from the movement’s term for its horizontal decision-making process. Connors made these black-and-white portraits in the charged atmosphere of Zuccotti Park, elsewhere in New York City at direct actions and during more contemplative moments before and after working group meetings. When Connors first arrived at Zuccotti Park in September of 2011, he had no intention of making photographs. He first gravitated to the congregation of protesters who occupied Manhattan’s Financial District out of simple curiosity. But as he observed Occupy Wall Street’s 'wellspring of generative social organization', he wondered how photography could contribute to the historical moment before him. Disturbed by the way that passersby were photographing protesters at a distance, he immersed himself in the activity of the movement and sought to use his camera as a tool of engagement."--Light Work description online at source URL: https://www.lightwork.org/product/contact-sheet-208-matthew-connors/

• A culture of criticism : the limitations of the American newsroom and the societal role of press criticism
• Rosebud associates : the crisis of objectivity in American journalism and the founding of (MORE)
• The marble admonition : chronicling the journalism of the early '70s and challenging the institutional press
• The gathering of the gothamedia : the first A.J. Liebling Counter-convention and the coalescence of the intellectual elite of American journalism
• Get me rewrite : (MORE) adjusts to the post-Watergate press
• The Gadfly : how press critics and their targets interact : two case
• Studies of (More) and the New York times
• How the press became the media : more becomes a "media magazine"
• Further(MORE) : the demise of (MORE), and its legacy for press criticism.

(MORE): A Journalism Review was co-founded by J. Anthony Lukas, a star at the New York Times who felt that the rigors of daily journalism were stifling him and other journalists like him, and Richard Pollak, a former Newsweek media writer. From 1971 to 1976, they produced a monthly tabloid-style review that addressed newsroom diversity, the relationship between the press and politicians, censorship, and other issues essential to ensuring the institution's vitality. In telling the story of (MORE) and its legacy, Kevin Lerner explores the power of criticism to reform and guide the institutions of the press that, in turn, influence public discourse.
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