In a recent front-page story, The Orion at California State University, Chico, focused on the odd, increasingly addictive practice of “edit[ing] everyday images to look old-fashioned.” The app that has made such immediate aging possible: Instagram. Its ease of use and convenient sharing capabilities have made it a huge hit since its launch, raising related questions about its relative artistic merits and the ethics of altering what has been snapped.
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Chico State Student Newspaper Feature Focuses on Instagram (@TheOrion_com @Instagram)
Posted in College Media, Journalism, New Media, Story Ideas, tagged App, Instagram, New Media, Student Newspaper on February 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
University of Hawaii Student Newspaper Sex Edition Stirs Buzz, Bit of Controversy (@KaLeoOHawaii #sex)
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Student Newspaper on February 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
A pre-Valentine’s Day sex edition of The Ka Leo at the University of Hawaii is currently in the campus and local media spotlight. According to a broadcast news report in Honolulu, the chief culprit of what is still (at the moment, at least) a mini-controversy: a how-to guide on a variety of sex positions. The piece offers advice on techniques, equipment, and expectations aiming to help students make the most of positions nicknamed hips to hips, hips and lips, rear entry, and “so much more than missionary.” It also sports graphics showing the positions in action.
Campus Restroom at Harvard Law Named After UC Berkeley Professor Who Donated Money
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Story Ideas, Student Newspaper on February 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
In return for a recent $100,000 donation, Harvard University’s School of Law has named a restroom after a professor at the University of California, Berkeley. The Falik Men’s Room honors the prof. William Falik, whose last name Time Magazine confirms “is apparently pronounced exactly how it looks.” In a Daily Californian story on the unusual arrangement, Falik, a law school alum, confirmed the whole shebang was his idea: “I have a name that doesn’t go many places. I think it’s somewhat humorous to have my name outside of a men’s room.”
Daily Iowan Dance Marathon Coverage a Reporting Tour de Force (@TheDailyIowan #OneGoalOneFight)
Posted in College Media, Journalism, New Media, Story Ideas, Student Newspaper on February 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Daily Iowan’s recent Herculean coverage of the University of Iowa’s Dance Marathon was a real-time multimedia reporting tour-de-force. By the numbers: 300 man hours of planning and reporting by DI staff. 50 published stories, along with scores of photos, a slew of blog updates and tweets, and a slate of videos. Roughly 17,000 hits to the DI website during the 24-hour charitable event, apparently a record amount. And, of course, the most heartening number: $1.3 million raised by the marathon’s participants to help child patients treated at the university’s medical facilities.
University of Minnesota Social Media Case ‘Could Give Colleges Virtually Limitless Authority to Silence Speech’
Posted in College Media, Free Press Fights, Journalism, tagged Free Press, Free Speech, Journalism, Law, media law on February 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Student Press Law Center has been valiantly raising awareness of a court battle that its executive director Frank LoMonte calls “a gigantic case that hasn’t gotten nearly the attention it deserves.” The case: Tatro v. University of Minnesota.
Daily Tar Heel vs. Duke Chronicle: UNC-Duke Basketball Buzzer Beater (@DailyTarHeel @DukeChronicle)
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Student Newspaper, tagged Coach K, College Basketball, Duke, UNC on February 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
As of dawn this morning, here are the main stories on The Daily Tar Heel and The Duke Chronicle websites recounting last night’s down-to-the-wire wowzer between Duke University and the University of North Carolina.
University of Buffalo Student Newspaper Anti-Tattoo Column Goes Viral, Prompts Hateful Feedback (#tattoos)
Posted in College Media, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper on February 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Over the past week, a column in The Spectrum student newspaper at the University of Buffalo criticizing women who get tattoos has gone massively viral. The piece has prompted a rash of well-reasoned retorts coupled with hate-filled rants. The column by UB student and Spectrum assistant news editor Lisa Khoury compares a tattoo on a woman to a “bumper stick on a Ferrari.”
Student Press Headline of the Day: ‘Sh*t I Do While My Cats Are Sleeping’ (@SwatGazette #cats)
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Student Newspaper, tagged Cats, Hair Dye, Journalism, Swarthmore College on February 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The winner of today’s edition of this recurring giggly headline feature is a candid topper to a story in The Daily Gazette about a Swarthmore College student’s hair dye regimen. As the header intones with snark-filled delight: “Shit I Do While My Cats Are Sleeping: Cray-Pas Hair Dye.”
Daily Nebraskan’s Biggest Story This Semester: A Bed Bug Outbreak! (@DailyNeb #bedbugs)
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Story Ideas, Student Newspaper, tagged Bedbugs, Daily Nebraskan, Journalism, Nebraska on February 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
A bed bug outbreak at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has prompted a subsequent swarm of criticism from students aimed at campus housing officials. A rash of stories and editorials in The Daily Nebraskan charges UNL staffers with failing to inform students in a timely manner about the growing infestation and instead spreading misinformation and even telling student RAs to lie to their residents.
‘Dumb F*ckers’ vs. ‘Director of Butt Licking’: Battle of the Student Newspaper Slips
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Student Newspaper, tagged Student Newspaper, Virginia Tech on February 7, 2012 | 3 Comments »
In the immediate aftermath of the recent “dumb f*ckers” student newspaper snafu, a number of individuals within collegemediatopia mentioned that it reminded them of another high-profile, vulgar slip more than 15 years before. In the late 1990s, The Collegiate Times at Virginia Tech University published a story that included a pull-quote using the words of a VT administrator. Yet, instead of her actual title, she was identified in the pull-quote as a “Director of Butt Licking.”
Student Press Story Headlines That Make Me Giggle #11 (@DailyCollegian #taxi)
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Student Newspaper, tagged Alcohol, Crime, Drinking, Education, Penn State, Taxi on February 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The grand prize winner of today’s edition of this giggly headline feature is a headline topping what has to be called the attempted crime of the year, so far. As the header to a well-written straight news story in The Daily Collegian reveals: “Student Faces Theft Charges After Attempting to Steal Taxi.”
Student Confessional Site TerpSecret: ‘Pour Your Heart Out. Or Just Talk Sh*t.’ (@TerpSecret #UMD)
Posted in College Media, New Media, Story Ideas, tagged Maryland, New Media, PostSecret on February 6, 2012 | 1 Comment »
The latest student-specific anonymous sharing site is TerpSecret. Geared toward University of Maryland students, the tagline states simply: “Pour Your Heart Out. Or Just Talk Sh*t. Whatever Works.”
Washington State’s Daily Evergreen Police #Tweetalong is Funny, Frightening (@DailyEvergreen #GoCougs)
Posted in College Media, Journalism, New Media, Story Ideas, Student Newspaper, tagged Higher Education, Journalism, Police, Ridealong, Washington State on February 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
This past weekend, Stephanie Schendel, the cops and courts reporter for The Daily Evergreen at Washington State University, tweeted live observations from a late-night ridealong with local police. Schendel has carried out several “tweetalongs” during the academic year, providing a glimpse of quirkier after-hours community goings-on with candor and quick wit.
After Giants Super Bowl Win, Columbia University Student Suggests ‘Let’s All Take the Day Off’
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Student Newspaper, tagged Columbia, Football, Giants, New York, NFL, Super Bowl on February 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
In the wake of the New York Giants come-from-behind Super Bowl win, Columbia Daily Spectator staffer Jim Pagels has a bold suggestion for Columbia University administrators: Declare Monday a school holiday.
Oklahoma State’s Muff-Gate: Why the Media Professors Are Wrong (#OKState @OColly)
Posted in College Media, Free Press Fights, Journalism, Journalism Ethics, tagged Education, Ethics, Journalism, OK State on February 5, 2012 | 3 Comments »
As all of Oklahoma and much of the web is now aware, The Daily O’Collegian at Oklahoma State University recently ran a prominent headline that was beneath its typical professionalism. As I previously posted, the student newspaper topped a front page centerpiece about a new strip club opening near campus with the header: “Diamond in the Muff.”
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