On a cold day in Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University psychology professor Steven Pinker lifts a television above his head and then smashes it into the ground. With the TV’s innards exposed, he proceeds to stomp on it and whack it repeatedly with a metal pole. – The uber-aggression aimed at this old media outlet served [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Future of Media’
In the Spotlight: Derek Flanzraich, HUTV Founder, Harvard
Posted in Broadcast Journalism, College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalist Spotlight, New Media, tagged Broadcast Journalism, College Media, Digital Media, Future of Media, Harvard, HUTV, New Media on March 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »
What Pay Walls, Meter Schemes Mean for College Media
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, tagged College Journalism, College Media, College News Network, Future of Media, Journalism, New Media, New York Times, Student Journalism, Student Newspaper, UWire on January 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Amid the gravity-defying hype centered on all-things-iPad (it really won’t have a USB port??), a more important journalistic drumbeat continues to sound. As Rupert Murdoch, Steven Brill, and most recently the New York Times have confirmed: Pay walls or metered pricing systems for online news content will soon be coming to a high-profile Web site [...]
Why Saying Goodbye to Friday Edition Is A Good Thing
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, tagged College Journalism, College Media, Future of Journalism, Future of Media, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Minnesota Daily, New Media, Online Journalism, Student Journalism on January 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It was widely reported this past week that The Minnesota Daily at the University of Minnesota is dropping its regular Friday print edition to save money amid the economic and advertising downturns affecting student and professional newspapers. ———– I don’t believe this is simply another sign that the student journalism apocalypse is upon us. Saying [...]
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 [...]
