Comments on: Student Journalists’ New Media Potential Still Unplugged

By: Unleasing the watchdog « judystringer

Unleasing the watchdog « judystringer — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:40:22 +0000

[...] for such endeavors. Others might not be interested in making the investment. Consider Daniel Reimold blog in College Media Matters, which suggests ambivalence can be linked to the lack of web savvy among [...]

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:23:47 +0000

Harumi- I agree completely. I would not be surprised if a disconnect exists between their perception of their ‘new mediabilities’ and the reality. I may have a student or two work on this for a UPIU report. :)

By: Harumi Gondo

Harumi Gondo — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:15:47 +0000

Thanks so much for this badly-needed post, Dan. While there are superstar student journalists out there that are clearing the path, I’ve also found that the majority of college journalists, while being Web- and social media-savvy, are still way behind in using new media tools for anything other than play. There’s no doubt that they are digital natives and can quickly master the language of the Web and new media but there is still a big gap. I’m not sure, though, if the students themselves recognize this. It would be interesting to poll the millennials directly.

By: Tauhid Chappell

Tauhid Chappell — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:24:09 +0000

I agree with Jackie. I wish I had knew that knowing how to code/ being familiar with CSS and HTML would come in handy in journalism.

By: Jackie

Jackie — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:28:24 +0000