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Obama Cartoon in Daily Wildcat Called “Racist, Offensive”

Posted in College Media, Journalism, Journalism Ethics, Student Newspaper, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Charges of racism have been levied against The Daily Wildcat at the University of Arizona after the paper ran a political cartoon in its Wednesday issue that included the N-word.  The syndicated cartoon, headlined in part “Stories from the Campaign Trail,” recounted an actual recent event in which a Pennsylvania couple told a canvasser they [...]

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Obama-mania Hits College Press!

Posted in College Media, Journalism, Student Newspaper, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on November 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »

One consequence of America’s historic election: The public has been gobbling up newspapers like collectors’ items.  CNN reported that post-election print newspaper editions nationwide sold out uber-fast, prompting some papers to even restart their presses(!).
 
College print newspapers also witnessed emptier-than-usual newsstands and stacks.  For example, the EIC of The Maneater at the University of Missouri blogged [...]

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“Little Campus, Big Election”

Posted in College Media, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, tagged , , , , , , , on November 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Election Day.  How much of an impact has the college press actually had on (potential) student voters?
 

The Michigan Review collected thoughts from a few student journalists and individuals who love them.  Three highlights:

 
Ben French, general manager of U-Wire: “College newspapers serve as a major news source for students . . . across the county, [...]

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Live from Hofstra’s NewsHub, it’s Election Day!

Posted in Broadcast Journalism, College Media, Journalism, New Media, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on November 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

One college news media site I’ll be checking out on election day and I suggest you take a look at too: Nassau News.  It is run by Hofstra University j-students working within the School of Communication’s convergence-happy, new-media-tastic “NewsHub.”
 
As “NewsHub” team member and j-student extraordinaire Kelly Glista told CMM:
 
Having had the third presidential debate on [...]

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