Journalism’s place at the University of Colorado feels far from assured and the plan in place to shepherd it to its new incarnation is coming across as muddled, an editorial late last month in Boulder’s Daily Camera alleges. – This past spring, as many in the journalism community are aware, the Board of Regents at CU [...]
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Boulder Daily Camera: University of Colorado ‘Vague with Direction of Journalism Education’
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Journalism Education, Student Newspaper on July 8, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Online Video Collection: ‘Important Lectures for Journalism Students’
Posted in Future of Journalism, Journalism, Journalism Education, New Media, Teachable Moment on May 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Principles of Good Journalism. Why Newspapers Matter. Media in Transition. The Future of Publishing. How Did the News Get So Dumb? – These are the names of just a few of the lectures, seminars, and workshops included in an interesting list compiled and posted by OnlineClasses.org. – The title of the list, which provides a [...]
Modesto Junior College Drops Student Newspaper, Entire Mass Comm. Program
Posted in College Media, Free Press Fights, Journalism, Journalism Education, Student Newspaper on April 25, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Citing concerns about the school’s budget and legacy media’s relevance in the modern world, the president of California’s Modesto Junior College recently ordered the closing of the MJC mass communications program, including courses in “journalism, radio, television, film, and the instructors who teach these courses.” – Also among the casualties: The Pirates’ Log, MJC’s roughly [...]
University of Colorado Journalism School to Close After Regents’ Vote
Posted in Future of Journalism, Journalism, Journalism Education on April 15, 2011 | 2 Comments »
In a 5-4 decision, the Board of Regents at the University of Colorado-Boulder voted yesterday to close CU’s School of Journalism & Mass Communication. The vote officially ends a long discontinuance process that has been viewed by some as an isolated issue affecting a single school and by others as a harbinger of dark days ahead [...]
UPIU a ‘Mini-Internship’ of International Proportions
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, International Student Media, Journalism, Journalism Education, New Media on February 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Suleiman Abdullahi was recently an eyewitness to the birth of the world’s newest nation. – In early January, the 20-year-old Kenyan journalism student flew to Juba, Sudan, to cover the massive referendum responsible for the creation and upcoming independence of South Sudan. As Abdullahi wrote, he arrived in the prospective nation’s capital city with a travel [...]
Live from Louisville: A News Design Revival of Sorts
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Journalism Education, Magazine Journalism, Student Newspaper, Teachable Moment on October 28, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The 89th annual ACP/CMA National College Media Convention is well under way in crisp, sunny Louisville. A highlight of the morning sessions for me: a news design revival of sorts led by journalistic guru Michael Koretzky. – I’d heard stories from many others about his entertaining and unconventional convention presentations. I can now say [...]
My Take: The Point of Journalism School, Anyway
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, Journalism Education on October 26, 2010 | 2 Comments »
A National Public Radio report recently reopened one of the most spirited debates within collegemediatopia. The question at its core: “What’s the point of journalism school, anyway?” – The report presents the classic arguments: the skyrocketing cost of higher education vis-à-vis the decline in mainstream news media careers versus the still-powerful impact of quality journalism and the [...]
Stony Brook Journalism Students Face Source Stonewalling
Posted in College Media, Free Press Fights, Journalism, Journalism Education on October 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Student journalists at Stony Brook University are facing a stonewalling from campus sources that is undermining their ability to practice and learn the craft, a professor in the SBU School of Journalism wrote earlier this month. – According to j-prof Barbara Selvin, a heavy-handed university media relations team has increasingly “created an atmosphere in which nearly [...]
Are Students Receiving Too Much Tech Training in Journalism School?
Posted in Future of Journalism, Journalism, Journalism Education, New Media on October 13, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Are j-schools and j-programs “jumping on the flashy new media bandwagon” at the expense of the basic skills of the craft? – According to a new About.com piece by Tony Rogers, a veteran journalist and head of the j-program at Bucks County Community College near my old stomping grounds in Pa., there is a growing [...]
Harrisburg University Starts “Social Media Blackout”
Posted in Future of Journalism, Journalism Education, New Media, Story Ideas, Teachable Moment on September 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
On Monday, beginning at midnight, the IT team at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology will temporarily restrict students, faculty, and staff from accessing Facebook, “its social media kin” such as Twitter, and various wikis via computers connected to the campus network. According to an Inside Higher Ed report, the intriguing weeklong “social media blackout” [...]
College Students Become Mini-Moguls While Still in School
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, Journalism Education, New Media on September 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »
In April 2007, Zephyr Basine arrived at school for her noontime biology seminar- and immediately zoned out. Instead of learning science, the sophomore at the University of Massachusetts Amherst carried out a “fashion-scoping session.” While the professor spoke about organisms and evolution, Basine focused on her fellow students’ outfits and accessories, scouting for something new, [...]
Student Blames Sleeplessness on Journalism, Campus Paper
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, Journalism Education, New Media, Student Newspaper on September 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Kay Nguyen is overworked, undervalued, and entering the throes of uber-sleep-deprivation. The Oakland University commuter student always enjoyed a routine family life and a rigid early-to-bed-early-to-rise schedule . . . until she received a laptop and a news media itch. Cue headlines, ledes, and late, late nights. – As she asks in an amusing new [...]
Journalism Education 2.0: New Media, New Mindsets
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, Journalism Education, New Media on August 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
What are the positive characteristics of American journalism education 2.0? According to a recent Diverse Issues in Higher Education report, they include: – – More students than ever. As the DIHE piece relates: “To be sure, unlike daily newspapers, magazines and commercial TV newscasts, journalism schools are not struggling with their numbers. Enrollment has inched [...]
“First Worldwide College Website” Set to Launch in Sept.
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, International Student Media, Journalism, Journalism Education, New Media on August 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Its name: College NewsNet International. Its niche and significance, according to its founders: “the first worldwide college website.” – Plans for CNI were solidified and presented during the recent World Journalism Education Congress in South Africa. The basic structure seems like a mix of UPIU, Huffington Post College, and Her Campus. It will be “a [...]
In the Spotlight: Michael Holtz, Kansas University
Posted in College Media, International Student Media, Journalism, Journalism Education, Journalist Spotlight, New Media on August 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In his own words, Michael Holtz is a “roving student journalist and wannabe foreign correspondent.” The Kansas University student begins a separate bio of himself online with only one word: wanderlust. – This summer, that word defined him. Holtz recently concluded a 45-day journalistic tour of sorts across continental Europe that focused on the “rapidly evolving field [...]
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