An excellent recent post by CICM intern Lauren Rabaino reveals in pie chart form what those of us following student media’s attempts at Twitter have long known: Is quality tweeting taking place? Not so much. — Two-thirds of the 50 college media Twitter accounts Rabaino looked at are either solely serving as tiny-url advertisers for [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Center for Innovation in College Media’
25 Random Things About Modern College Media: Part 2
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, tagged Blogging, Center for Innovation in College Media, College Journalism, College Media, College Rag, Journalism, Paper Trail, Sex Column, Sex Magazine, Student Press, U.S. News & World Report, Yearbook on February 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Last week, I kicked off my list of “25 Random Things About Modern College Media,” putting a professional twist on the Facebook-centric personal list phenomenon that continues to give us insights into parts of people’s lives I had no idea I ever wanted to know about. My dip into collegemediatopia randomness continues below, with Part [...]
An Innovative Internship: One Week Left to Apply!
Posted in College Media, Journalism, New Media, tagged Bryan Murley, Center for Innovation in College Media, College Media, Internship, New Media on January 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bryan Murley, director of the Center for Innovation in College Media, recently announced an internship opportunity with CICM. Part of the call is below. Interested students should apply quickly. The deadline is January 18th! ——- ——- The pitch: How would you like to learn new media skills while having a positive impact on the college [...]
New York Times Article on College Radio Makes Me Mad
Posted in Broadcast Journalism, College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, New Media, tagged Bryan Murley, Center for Innovation in College Media, College Media, College Radio, Future of Media, New Media, New York Times, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Student Media, WRPI on December 10, 2008 | 3 Comments »
A recent New York Times article on how college radio has “maintain[ed] its mojo” in a new media universe makes me mad. I have no problem with the focus of the piece. College student radio stations definitely deserve a shout-out. I just think the NYT piece suffers from numerous cliches of vision and arguments that [...]
Obama Mania in College Media: A 2008 Election Recap
Posted in Broadcast Journalism, College Media, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, tagged Abilene Optimist, Associated Collegiate Press, Center for Innovation in College Media, College Media, Columbia College Chicago, Daily Emerald, Daily Wildcat, Grant Park, Hofstra, Journalism, Lehigh University, Media, Michigan Review, New Media, NewsHub, Obama, Politics, President-Elect, Presidential Election, Sex, Student Journalism, Student Newspaper, University of Arizona, University of Oregon on November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Since its launch, the most-viewed posts on this little blog of mine have been those with the words ‘sex’ or ‘Obama’ in the headline. Am I attempting to exploit the blogosphere’s fascination with the latter here? Absolutely. (Happy Thanksgiving!) A brief rundown of college media’s Obama-mania on and around Election Day 2008: An Associated [...]
The Cracks in College Media 2.0
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, tagged Boise State, Bryan Murley, Center for Innovation in College Media, College Journalism, College Media, Fiesta Bowl, Journalism Future, MediaShift, Student Journalism, Student Media, The Arbiter, The Collegiate Times, Virginia Tech on November 20, 2008 | 4 Comments »
In a new MediaShift post, Center for Innovation in College Media Director Bryan Murley writes that student newspaper Web sites have made leaps and bounds from their “little more than shovelware” days that were even as recent as three years ago. It’s a thoughtful piece, reflecting on the proactive journalistic push and general happenstances [...]
A Discussion About College Newspapers’ Present and Future
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, tagged Bryan Murley, Center for Innovation in College Media, College Newspaper, Dan Reimold, Eastern Illinois University, New Media, Online Journalism, Print Newspaper, Student Journalism, Student Newspaper on November 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I recently gmail-chatted with Bryan Murley, the director of the Center for Innovation in College Media, about the good, bad, and ugly sides of the continued success of the college *print* newspaper specifically. The discussion came at his request, partially as a follow-up to my recent posts about college print papers’ (at least temporary) invulnerability to the [...]
