I’ve honestly never heard of it but apparently, as The Colorado Daily reported recently, ”[i]t’s not an uncommon sight on the University of Colorado campus: barefoot students, balanced a few feet off the ground, carefully putting one foot in front of the other as they cross flat ropes tied between two trees.” It’s a [...]
Archive for October, 2008
That’s *So* Random Story Award: The Colorado Daily
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Student Newspaper, tagged Campus Journalism, College Journalism, Slacklining, Student Media, Student Newspaper, The Colorado Daily, Tightrope Walking, University of Colorado on October 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Psst, Juicy Campus Turns One, Pass It On
Posted in New Media, tagged College Media, Juicy Campus, Student Media on October 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Juicy Campus, the ”home of the juiciest college gossip,” celebrates its first birthday this month. Juicy bills itself as a “virtual campus grapevine,” allowing collegians the opportunity to anonymously spread the word about anyone and anything they want. The posts have tended toward the lowbrow, as you might imagine, with headings such as “Biggest Slut [...]
Online Push for Campus Papers in the Philippines
Posted in College Media, International Student Media, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, tagged Campus Journalism, Campus Journalism Act of 1991, De La Salle University, International Student Media, Philippines, Student Media, Student Newspaper, The LaSallian on October 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The question asked in the headline of a recent Philippine Daily Inquirer piece: “Should campus papers go online?” Student newspapers abound in the country, in part thanks to the government’s efforts at building up college journalism’s infrastructure that began with the adoption of the “Campus Journalism Act of 1991.” The current national goal: a [...]
“Has anyone heard of Twitter or Plurk or Pownce?”
Posted in College Media, Journalism, New Media, tagged Facebook, New Media, Plurk, Pownce, Twitter on October 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A strategic communications guru enmeshed in the world of social media writes that he was shocked (shocked, I say!) at the lack of social media awareness held by comm. students at American University: With the exception of an intimate knowledge of the features and functionality of Facebook, this group came up short on even [...]
Geo-Tagging and Radio Blogging
Posted in College Media, Journalism, New Media, tagged BlogTalkRadio, College Media, Geo-Tagging, New Media on October 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In a recent MediaShift blog post, journalism scholar Alfred Hermida passes along a number of innovative new media methods of storytelling and story presentation in use by student journalists throughout the U.S. and Canada. The two I found most interesting: geo-tagging and radio blogging. The first is a novel way to organize content for [...]
Dethroned Homecoming Queen & College Paper Theft
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Student Newspaper, Student Newspaper Theft, tagged College Media, Homecoming Queen, Newspaper Theft, Student Journalism, Student Newspaper, Texas El Paso, The Prospector on October 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Earlier this month, the student homecoming queen at the University of Texas at El Paso resigned, only two days into her reign. The alleged reason: Concerns over her previous work as an exotic dancer at a gentleman’s club. According to the Student Press Law Center, The Prospector ran a front-page story on the allegation and two [...]
Con•ver•gence: Defining a (Not So) New (Media) Buzzword
Posted in Broadcast Journalism, College Media, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, tagged Access USI, Campus Journalism, Campus Media, College Media, Convergence, David Black, Student Media, The Edge, The Shield, University of Southern Indiana, USI on October 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s official: The Shield, The Edge, and Access USI are coming together. All it took was a new media revolution. The student newspaper (Shield), the student-run radio station (Edge), and the student TV station (Access) at the University of Southern Indiana are converging on-the-go this semester, presenting a pair of new multiplatform projects while figuring out what works [...]
Student Media Censorship Disguised as Policy and Smart PR
Posted in College Media, Free Press Fights, Journalism, Student Newspaper, tagged Campus Journalism, Campus Media, First Amendment, Free Press, Media Policy, Mt. Hood Community College, Student Journalism, Student Media, Student Newspaper, The Advocate on October 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Advocate student newspaper at Mount Hood Community College is questioning the school’s new ”all-college media policy.” The basics of the policy, which boasts strong similarities to those in place (formally and informally) at schools worldwide: Student media must contact a single gateway college office or official (normally in PR or media relations) to set-up interviews with [...]
Campus Journalism in Disarray at AUC in Egypt
Posted in College Media, International Student Media, Journalism, Student Newspaper, tagged American University in Cairo, Campus Journalism, Egypt Today, International College Media, Journalism Education, Student Newspaper, Student Press, Suleman Din, The Caravan on October 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In its current issue, Egypt Today describes the campus relocation of American University in Cairo as chaotic: “Classrooms with no air conditioning, computers not installed, women’s bathrooms with no toilets, exposed wires and seemingly as many hard-hatted workmen as professors.” The journalistic infrastructure, alas, has not been spared from the moving pains: Pulitzer [...]
The Renegade Rip-Off
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Student Newspaper, Student Newspaper Theft, tagged Bakersfield College, College Journalism, College Media, NewspaperTheft, Student Newspaper, Student Newspaper Theft, Student Press, The Bakersfield Californian, The Renegade Rip on October 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Close to 1,800 copies of the most recent issue of The Renegade Rip student newspaper at Bakersfield College were stolen last week. According to The Bakersfield Californian, no details have emerged about the identity of the thief or thieves or the motivation behind his, her or their crime. The paper’s adviser said the theft did have one positive outcome: [...]
Back-Up Quarterback and Blogger Extraordinaire
Posted in College Media, Journalism, New Media, tagged Blog, Brian Brunner, Cental Michigan University, Chippewas, College Journalism, College Media, NCAA, NCAA Blog Central, NCAA.com, New Media, Student Journalism on October 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Brian Brunner is a back-up quarterback for the Chippewas football squad at Central Michigan University. The CMU senior is also a new media star. He writes regular posts about his life as a student-athlete for NCAA.com’s “Blog Central.” He is one of only five Division I-A football player-bloggers. In a recent interview with [...]
“Kicking ass and misspelling names for 110 years”
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Student Newspaper, tagged Campus Journalism, College Newspaper, Jason and the Argonauts, Journalism, Student Newspaper, The Argonaut, Universiy of Idaho on October 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Staffers and supporters of The Argonaut are currently celebrating more than a century’s worth of headlines, bylines, sources, and scoops. The always-independent student newspaper at the University of Idaho is turning 110 years old. As an article appearing in the paper to mark the occasion noted, “When men landed on the moon, endured two World Wars and struggled [...]
Suffolk Journal Starts International News Section
Posted in College Media, International Student Media, Journalism, Student Newspaper, tagged Alex Pearlman, Campus Journalism, College Journalism, International News, International Reporting, Student Media, Suffolk Journal, Suffolk University on October 10, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Kudos to Suffolk Journal editor Alex Pearlman for her initiative and outside-the-box thinking. In a letter published earlier this week in the Journal, the student newspaper at Suffolk University in Boston, Pearlman announced the creation of an international news section. It is an idea with a ton of merit, one that Pearlman wrote stemmed [...]
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