Grad Film alum Alyssa Loh published in New York Times

Monday, Dec 4, 2023

Alyssa Loh

Alyssa Loh

Grad Film alum Alyssa Loh’s Op-ed ‘Powerful Forces Are Fracking Our Attention. We Can Fight Back.’ was featured in the New York Times last week. 

Written alongside D.Graham Burnett and Peter Schmidt, the article speaks on the importance of the ability to give and hold attention in a media saturated world. 

“This is going to require attention to attention, and dedicated spaces to learn (or relearn) the powers of this precious faculty,” writes Loh, Burnett, and Schmidt. “Spaces where we can give our focus to objects and language and other people, and thereby fashion ourselves in relation to a common world.”

Read the full article at the New York Times.