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Lafayette Lens, a student-run production created in partnership with WLVT Channel 39, the Lehigh Valley PBS affiliate, premiered this week on PBS.
Every aspect of the show was produced by students in the Industry, Strategy, and Policy class taught by Mark Crain, Simon Professor of Political Economy and chair of policy studies. The half-hour broadcast includes two 15-minute segments: “The Cyber Craze,” which examines how information and communication technologies affect who we are and how we live, and “The Shale Age,” which focuses on the impact of the energy revolution resulting from hydraulic fracturing.
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Those who provided expert commentary or were interviewed for the broadcast include David Erdman, editor of The Morning Call; Pennsylvania State Senator Pat Browne; Barbara Fredrickson, Kenan Distinguished Professor at University of North Carolina; Steve Pryor ’71, president of ExxonMobil Chemical and a Lafayette trustee; James Ferri, professor and head of chemical and biomolecular engineering; Dru Germanoski, Van Artsdalen Professor and head of geology and environmental geosciences; and Nicole Crain, visiting professor of economics.