New 'Skype' Studio Enables Online Media Interviews

Professor Laurent Dubois (left with headphones) participates in a live, on-air conversation about the movie "12 Years a Slave" with WAMU's Diane Rehm (right, as seen via Skype) from the new video studio at Duke's Office of News and Communications. Rehm uses Skype for remote guests on her radio show in order to make eye contact and communicate with them visually. Listen to the full conversation. The studio is for faculty participating in media interviews via Skype, Google Hangout and other online platforms.