UWIRE is back. The predominant, temporarily dormant student press content sharing service will once again be live online- most likely later this week or early next week. According to Tom Orr, UWIRE overseer and general manager of partner site Palestra.net, it is a soft launch focused on steadily reestablishing UWIRE as the main pipeline for college [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Campus Media’
Exclusive: UWIRE Set to Relaunch After Six-Month Hiatus
Posted in College Media, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, tagged Campus Media, Journalism, New Media, Online Media, Student Journalism, Student Media, UWire on March 29, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Mashable: Onward State at PSU a “Sociological Petri Dish”
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, New Media, tagged Blog, Campus Media, Journalism, Media, New Media, Onward State, Student Media on March 24, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Onward State‘s legend grows. A new Mashable post about the Penn State University online outlet describes it as nothing less than a “rogue campus blog” and a “sociological Petri dish”- one that is at the center of an epic “old/new media rivalry.” The new write-up follows a recent Chronicle of Higher Education report that anointed [...]
Students Still Want to be Journalists: “It is Who We Are”
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, Journalism Education, Student Newspaper, tagged Campus Media, College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism Education, Student Newspaper on March 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last week, I came across an interesting piece in the Chicago Sun-Times from DePaul University journalism professor Laura Washington. Her main premise is the same-old this just in . . . students don’t read newsprint statement of generational disbelief but the sentiments she gathers from students are very telling. — She asked one of her [...]
College Media Story Ideas: Vampires, Zombies & Sex
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Journalism Education, New Media, Story Ideas, tagged Campus Journalism, Campus Media, College Journalism, College Media, Facebook, New Media, Student Journalism, Student Media, Student Newspaper, Student Press on December 12, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Forget Soundsliding, podcasting, vlogging, geotagging, and a-Twitterin’. New media tools are important, but without kick-ass content Journalism 2.0 is still deader than Cuba Gooding Jr.’s acting career (seriously, what happened to him?). Everything journalism was, is and will be rests on our ability to tell a story. And every story starts with idea. ————- Below [...]
Con•ver•gence: Defining a (Not So) New (Media) Buzzword
Posted in Broadcast Journalism, College Media, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, tagged Access USI, Campus Journalism, Campus Media, College Media, Convergence, David Black, Student Media, The Edge, The Shield, University of Southern Indiana, USI on October 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s official: The Shield, The Edge, and Access USI are coming together. All it took was a new media revolution. The student newspaper (Shield), the student-run radio station (Edge), and the student TV station (Access) at the University of Southern Indiana are converging on-the-go this semester, presenting a pair of new multiplatform projects while figuring out what works [...]
Student Media Censorship Disguised as Policy and Smart PR
Posted in College Media, Free Press Fights, Journalism, Student Newspaper, tagged Campus Journalism, Campus Media, First Amendment, Free Press, Media Policy, Mt. Hood Community College, Student Journalism, Student Media, Student Newspaper, The Advocate on October 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Advocate student newspaper at Mount Hood Community College is questioning the school’s new ”all-college media policy.” The basics of the policy, which boasts strong similarities to those in place (formally and informally) at schools worldwide: Student media must contact a single gateway college office or official (normally in PR or media relations) to set-up interviews with [...]
