CMM 10 is a spotlighting of the 10 individuals who have mattered most to college media over the past academic year. This inaugural edition honors a mix of standout student journalists, innovative student media entrepreneurs, and impassioned outside advocates of campus press 2.0. With a hat tip to the annual Time 100, the posts announcing each honoree include [...]
Archive for July, 2010
CMM 10: Jennifer Waits, College Radio Blogger & Advocate
Posted in Broadcast Journalism, College Media, Journalism, Journalist Spotlight, New Media on July 31, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Idaho Student Paper “Hate” Piece Angers Boise State Prez
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Journalism Ethics, Student Newspaper on July 29, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Bob Kustra, the president of Boise State University, has publicly apologized for a recent rant against the school’s athletic rival, the University of Idaho, in which he called the UI campus culture “nasty” and “inebriated.” – The primary trigger for the un-presidential outburst, according to Kustra: a recent opinion column run in The Argonaut, UI’s [...]
Student Journalists’ New Media Potential *Still* Unplugged
Posted in College Media, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper on July 27, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Back in November 2008, during an online chat, I told Center for Innovation in College Media director Bryan Murley: “College journalists don’t seem to really know quite yet how to handle new media as a news reporting and presentation platform. . . . I think we may be overestimating just how many students are truly [...]
CMM 10: Dave Hendricks & Ryan Dunn, College News Network Founders
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Journalist Spotlight, Student Newspaper on July 25, 2010 | 6 Comments »
CMM 10 is a spotlighting of the 10 individuals who have mattered most to college media over the past academic year. This inaugural edition honors a mix of standout student journalists, innovative student media entrepreneurs, and impassioned outside advocates of campus press 2.0. With a hat tip to the annual Time 100, the posts announcing each honoree include [...]
Story Ideas: Senior Thesis Spotlights (Wesleyan Argus)
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Story Ideas, Student Newspaper on July 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This CMM series features a sampling of crazy cool, highly relevant or offbeat stories by student journalists that can be localized for different campus audiences- along with suggestions on ways to create and present that content. Next up… – Senior Thesis Spotlights – Dance in colonial America. Radicalism in Wesleyan University’s past. A photographic “cardboard [...]
CMM 10: Karla Bowsher, Editor in Chief, University Press
Posted in College Media, Free Press Fights, Journalism, Journalist Spotlight, Student Newspaper on July 21, 2010 | 6 Comments »
CMM 10 is a spotlighting of the 10 individuals who have mattered most to college media over the past academic year. This inaugural edition honors a mix of standout student journalists, innovative student media entrepreneurs, and impassioned outside advocates of campus press 2.0. With a hat tip to the annual Time 100, the posts announcing each honoree [...]
CMM 10: Davis Shaver, Founder & Publisher, Onward State
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Journalist Spotlight, New Media on July 19, 2010 | 5 Comments »
CMM 10 is a spotlighting of the 10 individuals who have mattered most to college media over the past academic year. This inaugural edition honors a mix of standout student journalists, innovative student media entrepreneurs, and impassioned outside advocates of campus press 2.0. With a hat tip to the annual Time 100, the posts announcing each honoree include [...]
Story Ideas: “Musical Snapshots of My College Career”
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Story Ideas, Student Newspaper on July 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This occasional CMM series features a sampling of crazy cool, highly relevant or offbeat stories by student journalists that can be localized for different campus audiences- along with suggestions on ways to create and present that content. Next up… – A Student’s Soundtrack – Come commencement time, glimpses back at the highlights and lowlights of the previous [...]
College Media Censorship: Year In Review
Posted in College Media, Free Press Fights, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, Student Newspaper Theft on July 16, 2010 | 2 Comments »
College media censorship has a lot in common with Mystique. The mutant supervillain associated with the X-Men is best known for her duplicitous shape-shifting aimed at doing harm. Over the past academic year, a Censor supervillain similarly known for adopting many identities and tactics has attempted to stomp out student press expression nationwide. – The [...]
CMM 10: Adam Goldstein, Attorney Advocate, Student Press Law Center
Posted in College Media, Free Press Fights, Journalism, Journalist Spotlight, New Media on July 14, 2010 | 9 Comments »
CMM 10 is a spotlighting of the 10 individuals who have mattered most to college media over the past academic year. This inaugural edition honors a mix of standout student journalists, innovative student media entrepreneurs, and impassioned outside advocates of campus press 2.0. With a hat tip to the annual Time 100, the posts announcing each honoree include [...]
CMM 10: Windsor Hanger, Stephanie Kaplan & Annie Wang, Her Campus Founders
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Journalist Spotlight, New Media on July 12, 2010 | 7 Comments »
CMM 10 is a spotlighting of the 10 individuals who have mattered most to college media over the past academic year. This inaugural edition honors a mix of standout student journalists, innovative student media entrepreneurs, and impassioned outside advocates of campus press 2.0. With a hat tip to the annual Time 100, the posts announcing each honoree include [...]
In the Spotlight: Suzanne Yada, San Jose State University
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, Journalist Spotlight, New Media, Student Newspaper on July 9, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Suzanne Yada’s motto while toiling as a copy editor at a daily paper in Visalia, Calif.: “Errors. Must. Die.” Her new three-word motto, the one that has put her on the new media radar, is a call-to-arms to student journalists of generation now. As she puts it simply, “Grow some cojones.” – The mantra was [...]
UPIU: “Building the J-Future” Atop Students Worldwide
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, International Student Media, Journalism, Journalism Education, New Media on July 7, 2010 | 1 Comment »
A street preacher with a flair for the dramatic and controversial recently drew crowds of followers and protesters at Virginia Commonwealth University. As a Quill piece noted, upon witnessing the growing fervor, VCU junior Kate Lewanowicz “knew she had a compelling story,” one worth sharing with outside media and the world . . . wide web. [...]
Koretzky: “Why Your College Newspaper Matters”
Posted in Uncategorized on July 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It is a college media manifesto of sorts. It is an open letter to journalism students worldwide. It is an important reminder. It is a wake-up call. It is a call to arms . . . all via Michael Koretzky. – Koretzky, the current volunteer adviser for The University Press at Florida Atlantic University (read [...]
Story Ideas Week: “Never Have I Ever…” (CSU’s Rocky Mountain Collegian)
Posted in College Media, Journalism, New Media, Story Ideas, Student Newspaper on July 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This CMM series features a sampling of crazy cool, highly relevant or offbeat stories by student journalists that can be localized for different campus audiences- along with suggestions on ways to create and present that content. Next up… – Never Have I Ever . . . – The trio described it as a venture into [...]
