Wide receiver and return specialist Bryant Eteuati played in a game for Weber State University’s football team last Saturday. His return to the field marked the end of a journalistic drama that started about a month before, immediately after his arrest on outstanding warrants for aggravated assault that he’d accrued for hitting people with his car. [...]
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Football, an Arrest, and College Media Excellence
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Journalism Ethics, Student Newspaper, tagged Bryan Eteuati, College Football, College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, Journalism Ethics, News Media, Student Journalism, Student Newspaper, The Signpost, Weber State on November 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
University of Scranton Student Paper Debuts New Site
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, tagged Aquinas, College Journalism, College Media, College Publisher, Future of Journalism, New Media, Student Journalism, Student Newspaper, University of Scranton on November 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Below is an editor’s video introduction to the new Web site for The Aquinas, the weekly student newspaper at the University of Scranton. The site strikes a simple, easy-to-navigate chord on first scroll-through and it’s always nice to see a publication unafraid to break ranks with the student-Web-overlords College Publisher. Also, be sure to click on [...]
Obama Mania in College Media: A 2008 Election Recap
Posted in Broadcast Journalism, College Media, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, tagged Abilene Optimist, Associated Collegiate Press, Center for Innovation in College Media, College Media, Columbia College Chicago, Daily Emerald, Daily Wildcat, Grant Park, Hofstra, Journalism, Lehigh University, Media, Michigan Review, New Media, NewsHub, Obama, Politics, President-Elect, Presidential Election, Sex, Student Journalism, Student Newspaper, University of Arizona, University of Oregon on November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Since its launch, the most-viewed posts on this little blog of mine have been those with the words ‘sex’ or ‘Obama’ in the headline. Am I attempting to exploit the blogosphere’s fascination with the latter here? Absolutely. (Happy Thanksgiving!) A brief rundown of college media’s Obama-mania on and around Election Day 2008: An Associated [...]
Student Newspaper, School Administration Settle Lawsuit
Posted in College Media, Free Press Fights, Journalism, Student Newspaper, tagged Armstrong Atlantic State University, College Journalism, College Media, Free Press, Free Speech, Journalism, News Media, Press Freedom, Student Journalism, Student Newspaper, The Inkwell on November 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The free press battle at The Inkwell appears to be over. The Inkwell student newspaper has settled a lawsuit it brought against its administrative overseers at Georgia’s Armstrong Atlantic State University over what the paper contended was an unfair funding cut tied to its suddenly critical university coverage. According to The Athens Banner-Herald, [...]
A Headline About Media Scholar’s Death That Really Irks Me
Posted in Journalism, Journalism Ethics, tagged Brent Hurd, College Journalism, Fulbright, Indian Institute of Journalism and New Media, International Journalism, Journalism, Student Media, Times of India on November 24, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Brent Hurd, an American documentary filmmaker and visiting professor at the Indian Institute of Journalism and New Media, died this past weekend after being hit by a bus while bicycling in Bangalore, India. I am blogging about this to ensure some small measure of rememberance for a life cut short and also because the headline [...]
College Papers Not Immune to Economic Doom and Gloom
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, tagged Advertising Revenue, College Journalism, College Media, Daily Northwestern, Daily Pennsylvanian, Daily Princetonian, Daily Tar Heel, Economy, Future of Journalism, Indiana Daily Student, Newspaper Death Watch, Stanford Daily, Student Journalism, Student Media, Student Newspaper, The New York Times on November 23, 2008 | 3 Comments »
As I wrote in early October, “The story of the student press so far this semester: The existence of the first sustained crack in college print papers’ seeming invincibility to the online takeover and economic downturn.” Since then, the economy has continued to collapse faster than Amy Winehouse’s career, prompting an unprecedented ad-revenue slowdown and [...]
76-Year-Old Nigerian Man Signs Up For Journalism Studies
Posted in College Media, International Student Media, Journalism, Journalism Education, tagged College Journalism, International Journalism, International Journalism Education, International Student Journalism, Journalism Education, Nigeria, Student Journalism, Student Media, The Vanguard, Times Insitute of Journalism on November 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We’re never too old to be students of journalism. Case in point: Clement Alubiagba, a 76-year-old Nigerian grandfather with a lack of formal education but a love of reading, has joined the Times Journalism Institute in the city of Lagos to pursue his long-held dream of being a journalist. According to the Nigerian newspaper The Vanguard: [...]
Students’ Questions About the Future of Journalism
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, New Media, tagged College Journalism, Future of Journalism, Journalism Reinvent, Nanyang Technological University, News Editing, Questions about Journalism, Singapore, Student Journalism on November 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I recently asked my news editing students here in Singapore: What is one question we should all be asking much more often about the current state or future of journalism? In the age of j-reinvention, coming up with the right questions to ask seems as important as finding the right answers. What question would you like to [...]
The Cracks in College Media 2.0
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, tagged Boise State, Bryan Murley, Center for Innovation in College Media, College Journalism, College Media, Fiesta Bowl, Journalism Future, MediaShift, Student Journalism, Student Media, The Arbiter, The Collegiate Times, Virginia Tech on November 20, 2008 | 4 Comments »
In a new MediaShift post, Center for Innovation in College Media Director Bryan Murley writes that student newspaper Web sites have made leaps and bounds from their “little more than shovelware” days that were even as recent as three years ago. It’s a thoughtful piece, reflecting on the proactive journalistic push and general happenstances [...]
Student Journalist Spotlight: Nicole Alvarado, The Battalion
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Journalist Spotlight, Student Newspaper, tagged College Media, Harry Potter, Hogwarts, Lightsaber, Nicole Alvarado, Pacemaker, Star Wars, Student Journalism, Student Journalist Spotlight, Student Newspaper, Texas A&M, The Battalion, Trojan on November 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In the photo below, Nicole Alvarado appears to be holding a plastic Star Wars-inspired lightsaber. The image is fitting given how little time The Battalion student newspaper editor in chief actually sees sunlight. A journalism professor lightheartedly warned Alvarado two years ago about her work on The Battalion: “You will spend all [...]
College Photographer of the Year Awards Announced
Posted in College Media, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, tagged College Journalism, College Media, College Photographer of the Year, CPOY, Photojournalism on November 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The winning images have been selected for the 2008 College Photgrapher of the Year awards, a 63-year-old contest honoring the best student-snapped shots and photo arrangements in 16 categories. Just for fun, I’ll let three of the wonderful images speak for themselves:
“Your generation & its ability to innovate will save the craft”
Posted in Broadcast Journalism, College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, tagged ACP, Associated Collegiate Press, College Journalism, College Magazine, Connect Mason, Journerdism, New Media, Online Journalism, Online Pacemakers, Pacemakers, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Student Journalism, Student Newspapers, The Daily Illini, Will Sullivan on November 16, 2008 | 3 Comments »
“Wow. Just wow. I’m so encouraged to see all the excellent work being done at college papers across the country. I’m even more encouraged that it’s not just at the traditional ‘big name’ journalism schools.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch Interactive Director and Journerdism blogger extraordinaire Will Sullivan wrote with impressed gusto about the recent slate [...]
Quad News vs. Quinnipiac Prez: Is Free Press Fight Over?
Posted in College Media, Free Press Fights, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, tagged College Journalism, College Media, Free Press, Hartford Courant, New Media, Online News, Quad News, Quinnipiac University, Student Journalism on November 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The latest dispatch from the front lines of the Quinnipiac University free press fight, courtesy of The Hartford Courant: QU’s president is now allowing school staffers to speak with reporters from The Quad News, the indy online outlet started this fall by QU j-students after their campus newspaper was stifled by administrators. Previously, all university employees were [...]
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