The grand prize winner of today’s edition of this giggly headline feature is a headline topping what has to be called the attempted crime of the year, so far. As the header to a well-written straight news story in The Daily Collegian reveals: “Student Faces Theft Charges After Attempting to Steal Taxi.”
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Student Press Story Headlines That Make Me Giggle #11 (@DailyCollegian #taxi)
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Student Newspaper, tagged Alcohol, Crime, Drinking, Education, Penn State, Taxi on February 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Oklahoma State’s Muff-Gate: Why the Media Professors Are Wrong (#OKState @OColly)
Posted in College Media, Free Press Fights, Journalism, Journalism Ethics, tagged Education, Ethics, Journalism, OK State on February 5, 2012 | 3 Comments »
As all of Oklahoma and much of the web is now aware, The Daily O’Collegian at Oklahoma State University recently ran a prominent headline that was beneath its typical professionalism. As I previously posted, the student newspaper topped a front page centerpiece about a new strip club opening near campus with the header: “Diamond in the Muff.”
Want to Write for the National Online Student Outlet NextGen Journal? ‘Make a Pitch’ (@NextGenJournal)
Posted in College Media, Journalism, New Media, tagged Education, New Media, NextGen Journal, Politics on February 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Sixteen months after its launch, national online student news-and-views outlet NextGen Journal is growing and continuing to innovate.
Online Alcohol Course on MyStudentBody.com ‘Called a Joke’ By Some Undergrads (#drinking @RedandBlack)
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Story Ideas, Student Newspaper, tagged Alcohol, College, Drinking, Education, My Student Body, University of Georgia on February 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
An online alcohol education course that incoming college students nationwide are required to complete is “ineffective and may actually encourage irresponsible drinking,” a new report in The Red & Black at the University of Georgia confirms. (FYI The Red & Black is my favorite student newspaper in the solar system, if you cannot tell by [...]
College Media Hall of Fame: David Teeghman, Founder, J-School Buzz, University of Missouri (@JSchoolBuzz)
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Journalism Education, Journalist Spotlight, New Media, tagged Blog, Education, Missouri, New Media, Student Journalist on February 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
J-School Buzz, an independent student blog focused with unblinking intensity on the University of Missouri School of Journalism, awes me. At the moment, it is the only hyperlocal student blog within collegemediatopia of any significance. It continues to break interesting stories and trigger debates of consequence in Columbia, Mo., and beyond. And it is staffed by students within the Mizzou J-School who are unafraid to doggedly and at times critically report on their own program, possibly angering those who give them grades, might recommend them for internships, and consider them from scholarships.
Dartmouth Fraternity Hazing Scandal: Time for a Fresh Look at Greek Pledge Process
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Story Ideas, Student Newspaper, tagged Dartmouth, Education, Fraternity, Greek Life, Hazing on January 31, 2012 | 1 Comment »
A column by a Dartmouth University student outlining the many degrading acts he endured while pledging a fraternity in 2010 has earned national attention for its extremely candid glimpse at hazing. As senior Andrew Lohse wrote at one point in the piece, headlined “Telling the Truth: “I was a member of a fraternity that asked pledges, in order to become a brother, to: swim in a kiddie pool full of vomit, urine, fecal matter, semen and rotten food products; eat omelets made of vomit; chug cups of vinegar, which in one case caused a pledge to vomit blood; drink beers poured down fellow pledges’ ass cracks; and vomit on other pledges, among other abuses. Certainly, pledges could have refused these orders. However, under extreme peer pressure and the desire to ‘be a brother,’ most acquiesced.”
Best Journalism Schools at U.S. Colleges and Universities
Posted in Journalism, Journalism Education, tagged College, Education, Journalism, Journalism School, New Media, Student Media, University on January 30, 2012 | 14 Comments »
Here is a list of what I consider the best journalism schools at U.S. colleges and universities. It was created after a faculty colleague in another field recently asked me what journalism schools I would most recommend for her college-bound son, who is apparently an aspiring newshound.
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.
Bed Bugs Attack at University of Alaska Anchorage (@TNL_Updates #bedbugs)
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Story Ideas, Student Newspaper, tagged Bed Bugs, College, Education, Multimedia on January 27, 2012 | 1 Comment »
An “expanding bedbug population” is infesting student dorm rooms at the University of Alaska Anchorage, a new report in The Northern Light campus newspaper confirms. What’s the bed bug situation in your campus dorms and students’ off-campus residences? What is the school’s MO for staving off potential infestations?
Daily Princetonian Honors Harry Potter in Recent Joke Issue (#harrypotter)
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Story Ideas, Student Newspaper, tagged Education, Harry Potter, Journalism, Princeton, Satire on January 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
In its annual joke issue published earlier this month, The Daily Princetonian became The Daily Prophet. The Princeton University student newspaper embraced Harry Potter in a spoof-tastic edition full of stories about muggles, magic, elves, and He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.
Student Press Story Headlines That Make Me Giggle #9 (@CornellSun #hooking up)
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Student Newspaper, tagged Cornell, Education, Hooking Up, Love, Sex on January 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Today’s sole winner of this recurring giggly headline feature is a doozy published recently atop a column in The Cornell Daily Sun. The interesting piece by Cornell senior Cristina Stiller discusses what she feels are the downsides of the classic one-night stand. As the column’s headline teases, “Bananas, Nose-Squashing and Heartbreak: The Hazards of Hooking Up.”
Student Newspaper Publishes University of Alaska Salary Database
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Story Ideas, Student Newspaper, tagged Alaska, College, Education, Journalism, Media on January 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Sun Star student newspaper at the University of Alaska Fairbanks has published a faculty and staff salary database for the entire UA system. Its launch is part of a larger look at UA’s finances, nicely summed up by the headline of a related feature: “How much money does it take to run the University of Alaska?”
Alabama’s Crimson White Offers Interesting Take on Paterno Legacy re: Bear Bryant (@TheCrimsonWhite)
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Story Ideas, Student Newspaper, tagged Alabama, Education, Football, Joe Paterno, Penn State on January 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
In a piece published earlier today, The Crimson White at the University of Alabama offers an interesting take on the death and legacy of longtime Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno. CW staffer Rich Robinson reports from the perspective of UA and Tuscaloosa, where similarly beloved coach Bear Bryant died close to 30 years ago.
Dorm Furniture Fun: What are Students Allowed to Trade, Move Out or Alter? (@princetonian #college)
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Story Ideas, Student Newspaper, tagged Dorm, Education, Media, Podcast, Princeton, Technology on January 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
In a recent opinion piece I just came across in The Daily Princetonian at Princeton University, a pair of student writers tackle the issue of dorm room furniture. In particular, they focus on school policy governing the relative freedom students have to lend, borrow, move out, and alter school-issued furniture in on-campus rooms. The piece prompted an audio brainstorming session that you can you tune in by clicking on the play button below. Its aim is helping student media staffers, their advisers, and j-profs possibly plan a related report of their own.
Penn State’s Daily Collegian Publishes Special Edition on Joe Paterno (@DailyCollegian #PSU)
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Story Ideas, Student Newspaper, tagged College, Education, Football, Joe Paterno, Penn State on January 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Daily Collegian has published a special commemorative edition honoring longtime Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno. Related pieces touch on Paterno’s upbringing and early coaching career, his devotion to family and charities, the reactions of his former players, and the scandal that overwhelmed his final days.
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