Posts Tagged ‘International Journalism’

Journalism Student Secretly Released After 2 Years in Prison

Posted in International Student Media, Journalism, Journalism Education, Journalism Ethics, tagged , , on September 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Warning: Do NOT study journalism in Afghanistan.  Or at least for now, if you do, keep your mouth shut.  Case in point: An Afghan journalism student was secretly freed earlier this month after spending nearly two YEARS in prison.  His crime: Speaking up in class “about women’s rights under Islam.” – Specifically, according to an [...]

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International Journalism Students: Is U.S. Uni the Answer?

Posted in College Media, International Student Media, Journalism, Journalism Education, tagged , , , , , , on February 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Journalism recruiter extraordinaire Joe Grimm recently tackled a question on his Poynter advice column from an international j-student curious about the proper path to take to break into American journalism.  Grimm’s prognosis: Employers are more interested in an aspiring journo’s professional experience than the reputation of the j-school from which they earn their degree. — [...]

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A Headline About Media Scholar’s Death That Really Irks Me

Posted in Journalism, Journalism Ethics, tagged , , , , , , , on November 24, 2008 | 7 Comments »

Brent Hurd, an American documentary filmmaker and visiting professor at the Indian Institute of Journalism and New Media, died this past weekend after being hit by a bus while bicycling in Bangalore, India.  I am blogging about this to ensure some small measure of rememberance for a life cut short and also because the headline [...]

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76-Year-Old Nigerian Man Signs Up For Journalism Studies

Posted in College Media, International Student Media, Journalism, Journalism Education, tagged , , , , , , , , , on November 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

We’re never too old to be students of journalism.  Case in point: Clement Alubiagba, a 76-year-old Nigerian grandfather with a lack of formal education but a love of reading, has joined the Times Journalism Institute in the city of Lagos to pursue his long-held dream of being a journalist.   According to the Nigerian newspaper The Vanguard: [...]

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Student Journalists’ “Campaign Coverage ’08″

Posted in College Media, International Student Media, Journalism, New Media, tagged , , , , on October 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

As election day nears, a college journalism initiative worth knowing: A team of students from the University of Utah and China’s Cheung Kong School of Journalism at Shantou University have been covering all-things presidential and political during the U.S. election season for an online endeavor they have dubbed Campaign Coverage ’08.     As the [...]

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