Early last year, I began writing about The AUIS Voice, the first independent student newspaper in post-Saddam Iraq.
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Dan’s Journey to Iraq: A Student Press Adventure, Part 7, “Kurdistan’s Story” (Conclusion)
Posted in College Media, International Student Media, Journalism, Student Newspaper, tagged American University of Iraq Sulaimani, College Newspaper, Iraq, Journalism, Kurdistan, Peshmerga, Saddam Hussein, Student Journalism on July 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Founding of Iraq’s Independent Student Press, Part One
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Student Newspaper, tagged AUI-S Voice, College Journalism, College Media, College Newspaper, Journalism, Student Journalism, Student Newspaper on April 26, 2010 | 13 Comments »
“One Team, One Newspaper” – The Founding of Iraq’s Independent Student Press – Part One: “THIS is a Newspaper” – Zimnaku Mohammed Saleh lost his family, fled his homeland, and adopted a new identity– all before he could walk and talk. As a four-month-old living in Halabja, Iraq, Saleh was one of the residents fortunate [...]
Headline Has Double Meaning in Health Care Plan Article
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Student Newspaper, Teachable Moment, tagged College Media, College Newspaper, Journalism, Student Newspaper on April 18, 2010 | 1 Comment »
This is not a singling out of the student newspaper whose front page is pictured below. It is simply a reminder that even the best of editorial intentions at times go awry. Spot the (hopefully) unintended double entendre in the main header? –
April Fools’ File: Slideshow of Student Newspaper Satire
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Story Ideas, Student Newspaper, tagged College Media, College Newspaper, Journalism, Media, Satire, Student Newspaper on April 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Collegemediatopia recently observed April Fools’ Day with its normal celebration of satirical gusto. Below is a montage and links to a smattering of the funnier pieces popping up in student newspapers nationwide and one full-blown satirical publication (hat tips to WashPost Campus Overload and Chronicle of Higher Education). – – Links to individual pieces or [...]
Student Editor: When Did Our Op-Eds Become So Boring?
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Story Ideas, Student Newspaper, Teachable Moment, tagged College Media, College Newspaper, Journalism, Opinion Writing, Student Media, Student Newspaper, Villanovan on April 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Sara Gatling, editor in chief of The College Voice at Mercer County Community College, has a message for her j-student peers: Spice it up! As she writes, “As I gathered and read hundreds of different college newspapers that were on display at the College Media Advisors Convention (CMA) in New York over spring break, I [...]
Student Newspaper Column on Rape Spurs Apology, Debate
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Student Newspaper, Student Newspaper Theft, tagged American University, College Media, College Newspaper, Journalism, Student Newspaper on April 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »
One of the most high-profile controversies in collegemediatopia so far this semester is currently playing out at American University. The 30-second recap of the past six days: Controversial column touching on rape published in campus newspaper. Outraged students and online readers. Strong words of protest and even some newspaper trashing. Media coverage. Statements issued by the [...]
Student Newspaper at Alberta Apologizes for “Racist Jokes”
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Journalism Ethics, Student Newspaper, tagged College Media, College Newspaper, Journalism, Satire, Student Newspaper on March 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The editor in chief of The Gateway, the student newspaper at the University of Alberta, is apologizing for a satirical feature in the newspaper that included comments some readers found racially insensitive toward a pair of Indian students. – According to a Vancouver Sun report, the paper publishes an annual satire piece aimed at mocking [...]
Update: KU Student Senate Finance Committee Votes to Cut Daily Kansan Funding
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Journalism Ethics, Student Newspaper, tagged College Media, College Newspaper, Daily Kansan, Journalism, Journalism Ethics, Student Journalism, Student Newspaper on March 15, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The Student Senate Finance Committee at Kansas University has fired the first real shot amid the increasingly heated war of words regarding funding for The Daily Kansan student newspaper. – As I first blogged about late last week, the Daily Kansan is facing a potential cut of $83,000 to its budget. Why? Because some members [...]
NC State Technician: “The Paper Needs Your Help”
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, Student Newspaper, tagged College Media, College Newspaper, Journalism, Student Media, Student Newspaper on March 14, 2010 | 3 Comments »
In a rather shocking new editorial, the few remaining staff of The Technician, the student newspaper at North Carolina State University, have issued an extraordinarily blunt public assessment of the newspaper’s weaknesses. The basic premise: Help us, or very soon we will not exist. – As the editorial began, “Technician is looking down the business [...]
Kansas Student Body President: Cut Daily Kansan’s Funding
Posted in College Media, Free Press Fights, Journalism, Student Newspaper, tagged College Media, College Newspaper, Ethics, Free Press Fights, Journalism, Student Newspaper on March 11, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Mason Heilman, the student body president at the University of Kansas, is publicly calling for a cut to the campus media portion of the school’s student fees, a move that would shed $83,000 from the budget of the The Daily Kansan. As the Kansan itself reports with admirable objectivity and restraint, his proposal is not [...]
Daily Californian Staffer Arrested at Protest, But Gets Story
Posted in College Media, Free Press Fights, Journalism, Journalism Ethics, Student Newspaper, Teachable Moment, tagged College Journalism, College Newspaper, Daily Californian, Free Press Fights, Journalism, Student Journalism, Student Newspaper on March 7, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Student journalist Cameron Burns was recently manhandled by police, handcuffed, tossed to the ground, and bussed off to jail. But he got the story. Late last week, the eighteen-year-old multimedia producer for The Daily Californian at the University of California, Berkeley, joined a large group of anarchists marching roughly eight miles from Berkeley to Oakland to [...]
Exclusive: Optimist Editor at Abilene Christian University Explains the Paper’s iPad Plan
Posted in College Media, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, tagged College Media, College Newspaper, iPad, Journalism, New Media, Online Journalism, Student Media, Student Newspaper on February 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The Optimist student newspaper at Abilene Christian University can be consumed in print, online, via iPhone, iPod touch, and soon enough . . . on the iPad. Student staffers and an ACU faculty and staff support team are optimistic that the paper will be the first iPad-friendly student publication. – As MacNewsWorld reports, “Designing a [...]
Showdown at the Blacksburg Corral: Virginia Tech, The Collegiate Times, and Anonymous Online Comments, Part 3
Posted in College Media, Free Press Fights, Journalism, Journalism Ethics, New Media, tagged College Media, College Newspaper, Collegiate Times, Free Press Fights, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, Virginia Tech on February 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The battle at Virginia Tech over the student newspaper’s allowance of anonymous online comments is far from over. (Read past posts on this story here and here.) The tactics now in play- an increasingly dubious blame game, pulled advertising, and, ironically, “professional mediation.” – The latest Roanoke Times report (please read, it will make your [...]
Student Newspaper Wins Open Records Victory, a Year After Request
Posted in College Media, Free Press Fights, Journalism, Student Newspaper, tagged College Journalism, College Media, College Newspaper, Journalism, Student Newspaper on February 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »
A settlement has been reached: At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, what was once redacted will now be set free. – A yearlong legal fight between the UWM Post and the school over the release of a specific set of university records has ended with a big student press victory, the SPLC and others have confirmed. [...]
Optimist Student Newspaper First to be iPad-Friendly: Huge Step or So What?
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, tagged College Journalism, College Media, College Newspaper, iPad, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper on February 5, 2010 | 3 Comments »
The Optimist student newspaper at Abilene Christian University is promoting itself as the first campus publication worldwide that will be iPad-friendly. – As the U.S. News & World Report‘s fantastic Paper Trail blog noted in the post that broke this story: “The gadget will be available in 60 days, and a team of faculty and [...]
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