A sexually suggestive headline sitting atop a recent article on the front page of The Daily O’Collegian has prompted an uproar on Oklahoma State University’s campus. As I previously posted, the OK State 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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Student Newspaper Strip Club Headline Causes Controversy at Oklahoma State (#OKState)
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Journalism Ethics, Student Newspaper, Teachable Moment, tagged College, Journalism, Newspaper, Strip Club, Technology on February 2, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Suffolk Journal’s ‘Dumb F*ckers’ Slip Prompts Apology
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Student Newspaper, Teachable Moment on February 2, 2012 | 10 Comments »
An unfortunate slip in yesterday’s issue of The Suffolk Journal at Boston’s Suffolk University triggered an immediate apology from the student paper’s staff. In a story about a Winter Involvement Fair, the main headline simply dubs the event a success (with an exclamation point). The sub-hed, however, states: “Even we had some dumb fuckers sign up!“
North Carolina State Technician Publishes Accidental ‘Gay’ Tweet
Posted in College Media, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, Teachable Moment, tagged Journalism, New Media, North Carolina State, Technology, Twitter on January 30, 2012 | 1 Comment »
It is a tweet staffers no doubt wish they could take back: “i think i might be gay??” The odd questioning message popped up yesterday on the twitter feed of The Technician, the student newspaper at North Carolina State University. It was quickly deleted, but not before at least one reader spotted and retweeted it. The paper soon after apologized.
Yale University Patrick Witt Scandal: 10 Questions About the Yale Daily News & New York Times Decisions
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Journalism Ethics, Student Newspaper, Teachable Moment, tagged Education, Ethics, Football, Journalism, Patrick Witt, Yale on January 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Yale University-Patrick Witt scandal debate is an absolute inferno at the moment in the lands of college and media. It has the public in an online commenting tizzy. It has pitted current and former members of the Yale Daily News against one another in a very public, cringe-worthy way. And it has sharply divided journalists at the country’s top two professional newspapers.
Fallout at Yale Daily News Over Star Quarterback Sexual Assault Story
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Journalism Ethics, Student Newspaper, Teachable Moment on January 27, 2012 | 1 Comment »
A Yale Daily News editor has gone public with distressingly significant complaints about an alleged decision by top YDN staff to hold a bombshell story about sexual assault accusations made against the university’s star quarterback. The former quarterback Patrick Witt had been hailed as a hero this past fall for an all-around awesome pedigree that earned him a Rhodes Scholarship finalist interview– which he turned down to lead Yale in a rivalry game against Harvard.
Debate at Missouri’s School of Journalism: Should Students Be Allowed to Work for Multiple Media Outlets?
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Journalism Ethics, New Media, Student Newspaper, Teachable Moment, tagged College, Ethics, Missouri, New Media, Technology on January 26, 2012 | 4 Comments »
A public debate is currently playing out among some profs, alums, and students within the University of Missouri’s School of Journalism centered on a student press conflict of interest. The basic question at the debate’s core: Should students be allowed to work for multiple, possibly competing campus media at the same time?
The Onward State Joe Paterno Death Error Saga: The Complete Storify
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Journalism Ethics, New Media, Teachable Moment, tagged College, Football, Joe Paterno, Media, Penn State on January 25, 2012 | 1 Comment »
In the wake of the Onward State Joe Paterno death error saga, I have put together a Storify providing a full listing of relevant links that collectively lay out the gist of what happened and the larger lessons we can hopefully all take away. The hope is that it might be a helpful resource for j-students, student media staffers, and their advisers and profs.
Weber State Professor Explores Role of Homesickness in American History
Posted in Story Ideas, Teachable Moment, tagged History, Homesickness, Media, Skype, Weber State on January 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
As students recently returned to campuses for the start of spring semester, there is one especially nagging feeling many brought with them: homesickness. Whether it’s missing family, pets, friends or the comfort of the familiar, the notion of homesickness is undoubtedly as embedded within higher education as Spring Break and Saturday football. In her new book, Homesickness: An American History, Weber State University distinguished history professor Susan Matt traces the evolution of this longing sentiment from America’s earliest days.
Onward State Editor at Penn State Resigns After Mistaken Scoop About Paterno’s Death
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Journalism Ethics, New Media, Teachable Moment, tagged College, Football, Journalism, Media, Paterno, Penn State on January 22, 2012 | 8 Comments »
Devon Edwards, the managing editor of Onward State at Penn State University, has suddenly resigned. The resignation comes hours after the online student news outlet mistakenly reported that former PSU head football coach Joe Paterno had died from lung cancer.
Should Student Journalists Carry Press Passes?
Posted in College Media, Free Press Fights, Journalism, Teachable Moment, tagged Law, Media, News, Occupy Protest on January 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Should student journalists receive and carry press passes when on assignment? In a recent message posted on a popular college media advisers’ list-serv, the faculty adviser for a Maryland university student newspaper asked this question– one that is especially pertinent in a year sure to be filled with more Occupy protests, campus unrest, and presidential election madness.
UW-Milwaukee Campus Newspaper Plans to Sue Former Student Government President for Halloween Theft
Posted in College Media, Free Press Fights, Journalism, Journalism Ethics, Student Newspaper, Teachable Moment, tagged Lawsuit, Student Newspaper Theft, Student Press Law Center, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on December 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
During an organized caper earlier this semester dubbed “Operation Boston Tea Party,” a small group of student government members at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee allegedly stole and trashed 800 copies of The UWM Post. – As the Post and the Student Press Law Center report, the group carried out the campus newspaper theft on Halloween– [...]
Elon University Investigates Student Who Told Pendulum Campus Newspaper She Drinks with Fake ID
Posted in College Media, Free Press Fights, Journalism, Journalism Ethics, Student Newspaper, Teachable Moment, tagged Elon University, Free Speech, honor code, Student Newspaper, underage drinking on December 7, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Elon University officials are investigating a student for honor code violations after she told the school’s campus newspaper The Pendulum that she drinks underage at a local bar thanks to a fake ID.
Iowa State Student Newspaper Publishes Special Digital Edition Hours After School’s Historic Football Victory
Posted in College Media, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, Teachable Moment on November 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
On Friday night, the eyes and hearts of college football fans nationwide opened to an underdog hero of instantly-mythical proportions: Iowa State University. Of course, as any living, breathing human who has ever played Madden knows by now, the ISU Cyclones staged a double-overtime, come-from-behind win this past Friday against the then-undefeated, second-ranked Oklahoma State [...]
Crimson White Staffer Documents ‘Social Media Blackout’ at Alabama
Posted in College Media, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, Teachable Moment on October 16, 2011 | 2 Comments »
“On Sunday, September 25th, at 11:59 p.m., I signed off of Facebook. I would not sign on to any kind of social media again until the following Tuesday. This is my story.” – So begins a video report capturing snippets of Matt Mecoli’s journey away from online interaction. The roughly weeklong “social media blackout” carried [...]
Student Column on Chaz Bono, Transgender People Causes Controversy at Oklahoma State
Posted in College Media, Free Press Fights, Journalism, Journalism Ethics, Student Newspaper, Teachable Moment on October 5, 2011 | 2 Comments »
A recent column in The Daily O’Collegian chastising Chaz Bono and other transgender people for showing “a complete lack of acceptance for their own genetics” has provoked a mini-uproar at Oklahoma State University. More impassioned critics have labeled the piece as pure hate speech and the vitriol spouted at the writer has apparently led her [...]
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