Draft:American University of Paris: Peacock Media

Overview

Peacock Media is The American University of Paris’s student-run media coalition with content in 4 major platforms: online news (The Plume) and magazine (Peacock Magazine), video (Peacock Play), podcasting, and radio (AUP Radio).

"Peacock Media is an AUP student-led organization and encompasses The Plume, Peacock Magazine, Peacock Play and AUP Radio. We are the epicenter of AUP’s multicultural urban campus, dedicated to producing high-quality content that connects students, faculty, alumni, and the globe."

Peacock Magazine was launched in 2011 by "Then-student Ford Leland ’13[...]with a guerilla marketing campaign during the University’s Thanksgiving dinner, thus changing the face of AUP Student Media in the coming decade." This led to the creation of the other three practicums as well. Topics such as politics, music, fashion, and Parisian culture are just a few examples of what Peacock covers. Each practicum of Peacock is guided by both a student editor-in-chief and a faculty advisor.

The writers and contributors for Peacock Media are mainly staff writers and contributors in the practicum classes at AUP, but Freelance contributors from outside of the classes are also accepted and published. Contributors to Peacock Media report in English; content is produced for those both in and out of the AUP community. All of Peacock’s online and magazine articles, radio and podcast shows, and broadcast videos are completely original; most of the photography is also completely original.

Print Media The first issue of Peacock Magazine was released in the Fall of 2011; 26 issues were released as of the Fall of 2024. Issues are published semesterly; the magazine’s theme and stories are completely designed and created by AUP students. Peacock magazine provides AUP students with the opportunity to gain real-world experience in planning, writing, formatting, designing, editing, printing, and administrating for a magazine. “Made up of a diverse staff, Peacock Magazine adds a global voice and perspective to the print media world in Paris and beyond.”

Digital Media Peacock Plume is AUP’s online news magazine that covers a wide array of current events both in and around AUP, as well as around the world; writers for the Plume report on various topics ranging from news and politics to art and fashion. Content for the Plume is published several times per week.

Broadcast Media Peacock Play is Peacock’s video journalism platform that produces and publishes content several times per week on YouTube. AUP Radio is Peacock’s Podcast and Radio platform that publishes content on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

The Board The student-led Executive Board is made up of the chief editors from each practicum, as well as their deputy editors, art and photo directors, a faculty advisor, a communications editor, and a managing board editor.

American University of Paris

The American University of Paris is a private university founded in 1962 as the American College in Paris. The university focuses on Liberal Arts styled teaching in Paris. ("AUP Facts", www.aup.edu)

Alternate Student-Run Publications at AUP

DÉPAYSANTS

"DÉPAYSANTS is a student-led online art magazine founded at The American University of Paris. We give creative individuals from AUP and around Paris a platform to share their work and develop professional portfolios. Our goal is to become a point of intersection for all forms of visual art, a space without discrimination. We support everything from traditional fine art to contemporary creative forms. Our magazine is an interdisciplinary representation of the innovation and individuality found within Paris."

AUP Magazine

"Designed to be more accessible, the all new AUP Magazine provides a glimpse of on-campus life and alumni achievement over the last 12 months. Published annually, the magazine brings you stories and updates from across the AUP community – with a special emphasis on our global alumni network, living and working in 145 countries worldwide."

Roaches

"A militant zine that connects revolutionary queer, feminist, and race theory with creative activist projects. Through writing, both academic and creative, through art, and through performance we provide an inclusive platform for peripheral voices to speak on gender, race and LGBTQ+ issues in the AUP Community, the city of Paris, and beyond. This is our third issue, created during the COVID-19 pandemic, and available for everyone to enjoy!"

Paris/Atlantic

"Paris/Atlantic is the American University of Paris' publication for the literary and creative arts; we publish the work of students, faculty, staff and friends of the university, providing the opportunity for aspiring, upcoming and professional writers and artists to share their work in a beautiful, student-produced printed publication.[...]Paris/Atlantic was made by students, to serve the Arts." The Paris/Atlantic was suspended due to COVID-19, but started up again in the Fall of 2024.

The Cashiers Series

"The Cahiers Series is published by Sylph Editions in collaboration with The American University of Paris. The goal of this series is to make available new explorations in writing, in translating, and in the areas linking these two activities."

Music & Literature

"Music & Literature, Inc., is a nonprofit organization devoted to publishing and promoting the work of underrepresented artists from around the world. Each print issue of Music & Literature assembles an international cast of writers and critics in celebration of three featured artists whose work has yet to reach its deserved audience." Music & Literature is co-edited by Professor Daniel Medin of AUP’s Center for Writers & Translators.

Nature & Cultures

"Nature and Cultures is an online geographic magazine written by global explorers. Founded by Professor Oleg Kobtzeff, the journal showcases student and faculty academic contributions alongside republished third-party material. It ties closely into several classes across the University, most notably the Waters of the Globe class, which hosts student-produced resources on the magazine’s website."

Notable people published/previous members of Peacock:

Khhadija Yusra Sanusi

In an article for the African Leadership Magazine, Khhadija Yusra Sanusi referenced a publication that she had written for the American University of Paris’ Peacock Plume, which included a review of the movie, Black Panther.