In an interesting new post for MediaShift, Bryan Murley summarizes the bitter truthiness of the economic downturn for college newspapers. At least for the biggies, the dailies, the pubs that actually have an advertising team and non-student staff with fancy titles like general manager, times are tougher than ever. ——– The portion of the post [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Students Read Print, Non-Students Go Online: Go Figure!
Posted in College Media, Journalism, New Media, tagged Alloy Marketing & Media, College Journalism, College Newspapers, Daily Orange, Journalism, MediaShift, Online Media, Student Journalism, Student Press, The West Wing on January 30, 2009 | 10 Comments »
“Moving the Classroom Into the Newsroom”
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, Journalism Education, tagged Anniston Star, Community Journalism, Journalism Education, University of Alabama on January 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In its latest issue, American Journalism Review documents the first few years of an interesting arrangement between the University of Alabama and the Anniston Star, a newspaper covering a community about two hours from UA’s main campus. ——– The basics: A small group of students enrolled in UA’s journalism master’s program spend a year in the Star [...]
Same Old Stories, Semester after Semester
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Magazine Journalism, Story Ideas, Student Newspaper, tagged College Media, College Newspaper, Journalism, Nanyang Tech, NTU, Singapore, SOS SASS on January 28, 2009 | 4 Comments »
As part of my research into the Singaporean student press, I have been conducting long-form interviews with every current and former Singaporean college journalist who matters. The sitdowns so far have taught me some interesting truths about journalism in Singapore certainly, but even more than that they have revealed that certain tenets of college journalism [...]
“College Rag Wrap-Up”
Posted in College Media, Journalism, New Media, Story Ideas, Student Newspaper, tagged College Journalism, College Media, College Rag Wrap-Up, New Media, Paper Trail, Student Journalism, U.S. News & World Report on January 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I am back from a trip to Bali (where The Bali Times reports that Obama’s childhood friends in Indonesia always knew their young expat chum “Barry” had a “go global attitude“). —- My return to Singapore comes only one day after the launch of an interesting new feature from The Washington City Paper involving collegemediatopia: [...]
Duke Chronicle Editors Push for Less Coursework for Top Eds.
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Student Newspaper, tagged College Media, Duke Chronicle, Duke University, Student Journalism, Student Newspaper on January 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Running a student newspaper, big or small, daily or weekly, is a full-time job. It is a practical, hands-on educational experience that teaches a student just as much as (and usually more than) even the best of classes. In an editorial published today, top editors at The Chronicle, the student daily at Duke University, are [...]
College Sports, Student Journalism, and School Spirit
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Student Newspaper, tagged College Media, College Sports, Editorial, Journalism, Signpost, Student Journalism, Student Newspaper, Weber State on January 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The campus press and the campus athletics program have long co-existed at the epicenter of student life at schools worldwide. Think about it: What other two entities on a typical campus bring students together as passionately and as regularly, entertains them or informs them quite as well, and creates a collective college experience that goes [...]
Real Story of Inauguration: Live Streaming Video
Posted in Future of Journalism, Journalism, Journalism Education, New Media, tagged CNN, Inauguration, Live Streaming Video, Mindy McAdams, Obama, Online Journalism, Teaching Online Journalism on January 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
An open letter to Mindy McAdams, purveyor of online journalism teaching tips and tools and creator of that wonderful timeline noting significant moments in online news reporting: —— Inauguration Day 2008 was considered historic even before it happened (literally, with CNN.com imploring Web surfers before the big day to be sure to “Watch History Unfold”). In the end, however, from [...]
Journalism Students Take Civil Rights Route to Obama Inauguration
Posted in Broadcast Journalism, College Media, Journalism, Journalism Education, New Media, Story Ideas, tagged Civil Rights, CNN iReport, College Journalism, Inauguration, Journalism Education, Journalism Students, Obama, San Jose State University on January 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ten j-students at San Jose State University are currently “on a roundabout journey from Memphis to Washington, D.C.,” stopping at a number of iconic sites in America’s civil rights journey. ——– As The San Jose Mercury News reports, the trip came together in the immediate aftermath of the November presidential election. SJSU journalism professor Michael [...]
First University-Based Investigative Journalism Center
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, Journalism Education, tagged Boston Globe, Boston University, College Journalism, Investigative Journalism, Journalism Education, New England Center for Investigative Reporting, Student Journalism, WBUR-FM on January 16, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I consider this the first momentous day in collegemediatopia in 2009: Boston University just announced the launch of the New England Center for Investigative Reporting (NECIR). The press release bills it as the “[n]ation’s first university-based, non-profit center to probe local/regional issues.” It partners a who’s who of Boston-area media organizations with BU journalism faculty [...]
University President’s Son Arrested on Pot Charge: How to Cover It?
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Journalism Ethics, Student Newspaper, tagged College Journalism, College Media, Indiana Daily Student, Indiana University President, Journalism Ethics, Marijuana, Michael McRobbie, Student Newspaper on January 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The son of Indiana University President Michael McRobbie was arrested over the weekend for allegedly smoking up- marijuana and drug paraphernalia charges are pending. ——- The Indiana Daily Student rightfully ran a short piece yesterday on the arrest and the incidents leading to it. The article is brief and well-written, noting the connection to the [...]
J-Students + Charter Bus = Obama Inauguration Trip
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Student Newspaper, tagged College Journalism, College Media, College Newspaper, Obama, Presidential Inauguration, SIUC, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Daily Egyptian on January 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
One hundred journalism students from Southern Illinois University Carbondale will soon be hopping a charter to spend a “crazy three days” covering all-things-Obama in Inauguration-happy D.C., according to an AP report. ——– They’ll be filing content for The Daily Egyptian, the SIUC student newspaper, and The Southern Illinoisan and The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. One hundred [...]
Web Presence Not Just About Showing Up
Posted in College Media, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, tagged College Journalism, College Media, Flyer News, Link Journalism, New Media, Online Journalism, Scribd, Student Journalism, Student Newspaper, University of Dayton on January 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
On January 12th, the editor in chief of The Flyer News at the University of Dayton posted a response to a letter criticizing the paper’s editorial cartoonist for misrepresenting various individuals and aspects of the school. ——— The EIC’s argument is well-written and well-reasoned and I applaud him for not shying away from a dialogue with [...]
Dude, You Stole My Blog Post
Posted in Future of Journalism, Journalism, Journalism Education, Journalism Ethics, New Media, tagged Blogging, Bryan Murley, Hat Tip, Journalism Ethics, New Media, Online Ethics, Online Journalism on January 13, 2009 | 4 Comments »
In early January, I posted a blog item about a change at a little-known student news outlet, as reported by a little-known professional news outlet. I’d come across the original news item a month before my posting, saving it for the winter break dead zone when not much is happening in collegemediatopia. ——— Almost immediately [...]
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