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 [...]
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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 »
‘Print-Hating Generation Still Reads the College Newspaper!’
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper on May 24, 2011 | 3 Comments »
As digital and online media conquer the world, college students are still most content to read their campus newspapers in print. – It is not breaking news, confirmed over the past few years by a number of news outlets and marketing surveys– including a fall 2010 Poynter Online piece (screenshot below) and a Washington Post Magazine [...]
Duke Chanticleer: ‘Portrait of a Yearbook’ as an Old Man
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism on May 22, 2011 | 2 Comments »
At nearly a century old, The Chanticleer, Duke University’s yearbook, is dying– at least in its current form. – A profile of the yearbook published in The Chronicle, the school’s student newspaper, during spring semester paints a grim picture. The staff is having trouble giving free copies away. Its top editor admits many students do [...]
College Radio to Observe Moment of Silence to Raise Awareness of Station Sales
Posted in Broadcast Journalism, College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism on April 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
College Broadcasters, Inc. (CBI) is calling for a moment of silence on college radio stations at exactly 11 a.m. EST this Thursday. According to CBI, the aim of the synchronized dead air scheme is to “bring awareness of the deep impact that the sale of student radio stations is having on campuses and their surrounding communities.” – [...]
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 [...]
Twitter Interview Requests: #Innovative or #Epicfail?
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, Journalism Ethics, New Media, Teachable Moment on February 13, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Over the past year, I’ve noticed an emerging student press trend on Twitter. It doesn’t yet have its own hashtag, but if it did it might read something like #helpoutajstudentyo. – An increasing number of student journalists appear to be employing Twitter as the prime spot to seek sources for their story (or class) assignments [...]
SPLC’s Adam Goldstein: ‘The Future is . . . Divergence’
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, New Media, Teachable Moment on February 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Divergence. Adam Goldstein is convinced this single term holds the key to the success of college media in the 21st century. – The impassioned attorney advocate for the Student Press Law Center is sick of convergence. He believes it is a false prophet, a cheap-and-easy cross-media catch-all that audiences do not actually want or benefit from. [...]
Student Journalist Portfolios: How to Build, Sell Your Brand
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, New Media, Teachable Moment on January 26, 2011 | 9 Comments »
It has become the rarest of rarities: a student journalist portfolio site potential employers actually enjoy looking at and clicking through. – Every student who wants to work in media should put together an online portfolio of some sort. But simply having one is not enough. And most of the ones I’m sent or come [...]
Oklahoma State Student Paper to Begin Charging Non-Local Web Readers
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper on January 3, 2011 | 9 Comments »
Starting soon, certain visitors to the online home of The Daily O’Collegian must pay to enter. The student newspaper at Oklahoma State University recently entered into an arrangement with Press+, an ”e-commerce platform . . . that enables digital news publishers to collect revenue from readers.” – – Only a fraction of the O’Collegian online readership [...]
College Media New Year’s Resolution: Embrace the Big Online IOU
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, New Media on January 1, 2011 | 3 Comments »
It is another new year within collegemediatopia. The New Year’s resolution that should top every student journalist’s 2011 list: Go Web First, ASAP. – – For all the talk about the innate Internet abilities of the young, the mobile, and the wireless, the truth is that a large majority of current students still have no [...]
University of Colorado Student Newspaper: “We Don’t Quit”
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, Student Newspaper on December 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
As the “structure and future of journalism” collapsed this semester at the University of Colorado, one foundation held steady: The CU Independent. – The student newspaper reported with grace and gusto about a bevy of big stories in fall 2010- including the controversial “discontinuance” (read: quick, painful death) of the university’s journalism school. – In [...]
Harry Potter Exclusive: Ball State Student Designer Explains How Daily Prophet Came to Life
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, Teachable Moment on December 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“It was like I was in Harry Potter’s wizarding world,” said Jen Minutillo, “even if it was just for a day.” – The Ball State Daily News chief designer recently spearheaded the creation of a special issue for the student paper: The Daily Prophet, the newspaper of record in the land that Rowling built. ”I [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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