Freedom of the press is certainly a bedrock American concept, up there with suburbia, the Super Bowl, and “Dancing with the Stars.” But what about freedom FROM the press? That is the question headlining a recent Inside Higher Ed feaure in which administrators at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln argue they possess a right to not be inundated [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Freedom OF the Press vs. Freedom FROM the Press
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Journalism Ethics, Student Newspaper, tagged Free Press Fights, Student Newspaper on September 24, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Student Journalist Spotlight: Paras Bhayani, Harvard Crimson
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Journalist Spotlight, Student Newspaper, tagged Student Journalist Spotlight on September 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Paras Bhayani, managing editor, The Harvard Crimson ———————— Twenty-three hours. Riding the Amtrak train between Chicago and Boston takes 23 hours each way. It’s a trip Paras Bhayani knows well. The Chicago native and Harvard University senior has refused to fly back-and-forth between Chi-town and Beantown for the past two years. Why? “Trains can save [...]
Update: Quinnipiac Press Mess
Posted in College Media, Free Press Fights, Journalism, Student Newspaper, tagged Free Press Fights, Student Newspaper on September 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
September 24- It now even has a name: “The Quinnipiac Student Journalism Showdown.” A posting yesterday on “The Paper Trail” blog for U.S. News & World Report under that headline provides a nice summary of the prolonged, increasingly-nasty free press fight at Quinnipiac University that CMM has previously written about. On a side note, [...]
“Punished for Doing Our Job”
Posted in College Media, Free Press Fights, Journalism, Student Newspaper, tagged Free Press Fights, Student Newspaper on September 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
September 23- UNL administrators are suddenly MIA in the DN. In a recent staff editorial, Daily Nebraskan editors wrote that reporters’ requests for various public documents from University of Nebraska-Lincoln officials have prompted a far-reaching administrative silence. “Let’s just say our administration wasn’t too happy with us asking for documents, and soon some of the most important voices on [...]
Time in the newsroom, time doing homework, time to sleep
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Student Newspaper, tagged Student Newspaper on September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
September 23- What’s the toughest part about being a student journalist? According to The Daily Campus EIC at Southern Methodist University, it’s balancing “time spent in the newsroom, time spent doing homework and time to sleep.” Check out the related “Letter from the Editor.”
That’s *So* Random Story Award: The Columbia Missourian
Posted in College Media, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, tagged Student Newspaper on September 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
September 23- Kim Sorensen admits she isn’t much of a people person. The 20-year-old Missourian instead likes to spend time with animals, including operating a dog grooming business called The Hair Wrangler. Student journalist Samantha Clemens recently captured her story with words, Soundslide stills, and Sorensen’s own narration for the Columbia Missourian. It’s a [...]
A New Media-Oriented News Source in an Already Oversaturated Campus
Posted in College Media, Journalism, New Media, tagged Alternative Media, New Media on September 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
September 23- An established college student blogger and podcaster with a passion for social media recently shared the secrets to his success with his new media start-up. College of William & Mary undergrad Andy DeSoto has been running “The William and Mary Powwow” podcast (focused on “news, entertainment, and college life”) for roughly a year. DeSoto’s advice: [...]
It even includes a clip from “The Office”!
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, New Media, tagged Journalism Education, New Media on September 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
September 22- Another “Fast and the Furious” sequel. A New Kids on the Block reunion tour. A gray-haired journo telling j-students that the industry is changing and its future is in their hands. Some things are simply unavoidable. New Columbia University j-school dean Bill Grueskin (a former Wall Street Journal editor) recently gave the [...]
All Atwitter Over Twitter
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, New Media on September 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
September 20- The White House Situation Room. An operating room. John Q. Public’s bedroom or private study. There are certain locations from within which it would be impolite, unethical or downright unpatriotic to report without permission, especially in real time. What about a college class? Or more specifically, what about a college journalism [...]
Misspelling Oprah’s Name is Minor…
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Student Newspaper, tagged Student Newspaper on September 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
September 19- The Hilltop student newspaper at Howard University in Washington D.C. is back, sporting a new couch and a fresh coat of paint in the newsroom; updated software on the staff computers; and a fresh batch of print editions weighing down newsstands across campus. The latter is the paper’s principal achievement, coming five months after financial troubles left [...]
The Vanguard Respects The Rearguard
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Student Newspaper, tagged Alternative Media, Student Newspaper on September 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
September 18- Kudos to The Vanguard student newspaper at Portland State University for recognizing and respecting its competition. In a recent feature, the paper’s opinion editor paid homage to a pair of alternative campus publications, The Rearguard and The Spectator. “Everyday I find out that more newspapers around the globe are laying off [...]
LampLighter + FIRE = Free Speech Victory at UD
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Student Newspaper, Student Newspaper Theft, tagged Free Press Fights, Student Newspaper on September 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
September 17- The LampLighter can now be distributed at the University of Delaware without prior approval, thanks to the help of FIRE. UD has relented on a school policy requiring students distributing published materials on campus to have a permit. According to the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, at the start of the month UD [...]
“A High School ‘He Said/She Said’ Situation”
Posted in College Media, Free Press Fights, Journalism, Student Newspaper, tagged Free Press Fights, Student Newspaper on September 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
September 16- One student editor calls it a “a high school ‘he said/she said’ situation.” Accusations and angry words are hot off the presses and aboil in the blogosphere from all sides involved in the Quinnipiac free press fight, including: the university administration; the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ); student staffers at The Chronicle student newspaper; student staffers [...]
At Least It Will Be Easier Than Grafting a Rabbit’s Eye Onto a Man…
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, Student Newspaper on September 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
September 15- At a century old, an icon of student journalism faces an identity crisis. The Columbia Missourian at the University of Missouri, an extraordinary student newspaper publishing from within the country’s first school of journalism, turned 100 years old yesterday. Its focus and financial backer for the next 100 are now up in the air. The school-supported paper has been [...]
“It is Like Something Out of an Authoritarian Government”
Posted in College Media, Free Press Fights, Journalism, Student Newspaper, tagged Free Press Fights, Student Newspaper on September 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
September 16- The craziness at Quinnipiac continues. In a September 7th posting, I outlined the university’s heavy-handed efforts at controlling content in The Quinnipiac Chronicle, the official student newspaper. Disgruntled staffers courageously started their own indy, The QUAD News, which began publishing this fall to the anger of administrators. And now administrators are taking [...]
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