Below is the first installment of “Collegemediatopia: A Comic Adventure,” the only known cartoon focused on the student press (probably for good reason). :-) It stars: J-Student, an undergrad journalism major and student newspaper editor; Meredith, a fellow journalism student and editor at the paper; and Dr. J-Prof, a passionate older journalism educator trying to [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Collegemediatopia: A Comic Adventure
Posted in College Media, Collegemediatopia, Journalism, tagged College Journalism, College Media, Collegemediatopia on March 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
New Student Site: One-Stop Shop or Pretend Journalism?
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, Journalism Education, New Media, tagged New Media, Online Journalism, Pretend Journalism, Student Journalism on March 13, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I’m ambivalent. Here’s the deal: The Philadelphia Inquirer has announced it is launching a new Web site aimed at providing a platform for the journalistic and creative work of college students throughout the Philly area, according to a new report in The Hawk at Saint Joseph’s University. News reports, op-eds, blogs, photos, even fiction pieces [...]
Sex Column Controversy at Montana: Law Professor Wants it Stopped!
Posted in College Media, Free Press Fights, Journalism, Student Newspaper, tagged College Media, Free Press, Sex Column, Student Journalism, Student Newspaper, Student Press Law Center on March 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Kristen Juras, a law professor at the University of Montana, is currently on a sexual witch hunt so ludicrous it pains me to think she might have tenure. Specifically, Juras is out to stop The Kaimin student newspaper from publishing a sex column begun this semester, the paper’s first since the column trend started in [...]
Internet Famous Class About “Art, Science of Getting Hits”
Posted in Journalism Education, New Media, tagged Journalism Education, New Media on March 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Internet Famous Class is a social media wunderkind of a course at Parsons New School for Design in New York City that is gaining national attention for its focus on helping students create highly contagious media projects. — More specifically, as one of the instructors tells his students, “This class is all about the art [...]
Minnesota Daily Report: A “Feat of Investigative Journalism”
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Journalist Spotlight, Student Newspaper, tagged College Media, Investigative Journalism, Journalism, Student Journalism, Student Journalist Spotlight, Student Newspaper on March 10, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The academic transcript: forged. The English accent: faked. A majority of stories from his past: fabricated, or at least greatly exaggerated. The candidate’s campaign for city council: over. — As recently as a few weeks ago, Charles Carlson, a graduate student at the University of Minnesota, faced few hurdles in his race for a Minneapolis [...]
Students Still Want to be Journalists: “It is Who We Are”
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, Journalism Education, Student Newspaper, tagged Campus Media, College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism Education, Student Newspaper on March 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last week, I came across an interesting piece in the Chicago Sun-Times from DePaul University journalism professor Laura Washington. Her main premise is the same-old this just in . . . students don’t read newsprint statement of generational disbelief but the sentiments she gathers from students are very telling. — She asked one of her [...]
Student Paper, Professor at Odds Over Catholic Indulgences
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Student Newspaper, tagged College Media, Journalism, Student Newspaper, Student Press on March 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Lariat, the student newspaper at Baylor University, editorialized recently against the reemergence of indulgences within Catholicism. (Being a non-Catholic, I went to a friend for guidance. The gist, as I understand it from her: Indulgences are actions large and small that eliminate or lessen punishments for past sins- apparently anything from praying and going [...]
Emerald Strike Watch: “Harmony . . . on Horizon”
Posted in College Media, Free Press Fights, Journalism, Journalism Education, tagged College Media, Emerald, Journalism, Student Journalism, Student Newspaper, Student Press on March 6, 2009 | 3 Comments »
This just in: — 1) The strike is over, at least for now. — 2) “Harmony, connectedness, [and] friendship” are being sought between the Emerald student staff and the paper’s board of directors, via talks starting next week to be overseen by an approved outside professional mediator. — 3) A “more or less real” Emerald [...]
Emerald Strike Watch: Bigger Picture Thoughts
Posted in College Media, Free Press Fights, Future of Journalism, Journalism, Student Newspaper, tagged College Media, Daniel Bachhuber, Emerald, Free Press, Journalism, Oregon, Student Journalism on March 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
College journalist extraordinaire Daniel Bachhuber, a University of Oregon student and ex-Emerald staffer, shares some important bigger-picture thoughts (and those of a colleague) about collegemediatopia’s first major strike in the social networking era. — His premise: The fight is not really about possible editorial control. It’s about the Emerald‘s future. The paper is apparently hurting [...]
Oregon Student Newspaper Goes on Strike, Protesting Publisher Position
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Student Newspaper on March 4, 2009 | 5 Comments »
The editorial staff of The Emerald, the student newspaper at the University of Oregon, is officially on strike. As announced on the paper’s homepage: — The strike is in response to recent actions of the Emerald’s Board of Directors, which oversees the entire Emerald organization. This is the last edition of the Emerald we will [...]
Journalism Still the Popular Kid in School
Posted in Future of Journalism, Journalism, Journalism Education, tagged Future of Journalism, Journalism Education, Journalism School, Journalism Student on March 4, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Even amid an industry-wide shrink-fest and an upside-down-inside-out topsy-turvydom to all-things-journalism, students still want to study the craft- more than ever. It’s not a fluke. It’s seemingly fact. A sampling of recent reports: — As the Press Gazette report notes, in England, applications from students aspiring to obtain journalism degrees from the country’s universities are [...]
College Newspaper Movie Review a Haiku!
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Student Newspaper, tagged College Journalism, College Media, Crimson White, Journalism, Student Journalism, Student Newspaper on March 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This came my way a few weeks late but it’s no less worthy of a mention: Ryan Mazer, the lifestyles editor for The Crimson White, the student newspaper at the University of Alabama, wrote a movie review of the recent horror film “Friday the 13th” in haiku. :-) — It’s wonderful work- one of those [...]
Conservative, Progressive Student Columnists Sought
Posted in College Media, Journalism, New Media, tagged College Journalism, Journalism, Media, Opinion-Editorial, Student Journalism, UWire on March 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Four college j-students with either progressive or conservative political leanings are being sought by UWire to become nothing less than “the voices for their generation.” — UWire’s statement: “We’re looking for thinkers. Only students who can clearly articulate and defend their strongly held beliefs need apply.” The basics: Two columns or more per month, and [...]
Top Editor Candidates Provide Platforms for Student Paper of Future
Posted in Uncategorized on March 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The three finalists for the top editor position at The Daily Texan, the student newspaper at the University of Texas at Austin, have made public “platform statements” outlining their ideas about what makes a quality 21st-century student media outlet. —- The statements are intriguing for what the candidates agree and disagree about. Agree: College Media [...]
Twitter Used by J-Students to Track Handicapped Spots
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Journalism Education, New Media, tagged College Media, Journalism, Journalism Education, New Media, Twitter on March 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A class of j-students at the University of Minnesota Duluth recently tweeted from parking lots across the UMD campus. Their aim, The Duluth News Tribune reports: Verifying how many handicapped spots were available in mid-morning on a typical weekday. — The Twitter report fleshed out a recent story in the student newspaper regarding complaints about [...]
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