Comments on: “Global Student Journalists”: Facebook for the College Press http://collegemediamatters.com/2009/09/05/global-student-journalists-facebook-for-the-college-press/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:04:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: aramzs http://collegemediamatters.com/2009/09/05/global-student-journalists-facebook-for-the-college-press/#comment-1785 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:46:51 +0000 http://collegemediamatters.com/?p=3028#comment-1785 Do j-students really need their own social network? This function can’t be achieved using pre-existing tools in order to avoid constant content and profile duplication? Why not integrate with CollegeJourn, Wired Journalists, existing Facebook groups, Twitter hashtags, UWIRE’s profiles, UPIU, LinkedIn, or any number of other services? Could it be that none of these sites have gained prominence due to the fact that the majority (and I mean a HUGE majority) of j-students still haven’t gotten online in any meaningful way? Isn’t that something we should work on first?

As cool an idea as this is, I don’t hold out high hopes. Facebook-competing niche sites have been done before, most noticeably with fraternities, and I haven’t seen a huge success there.

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