The Poynter Institute‘s uber-amazing Al Tompkins (he’s basically the Obama of journalism story ideas via his Al’s Morning Meeting blog) is hosting a live Web chat THIS AFTERNOON (Thursday July 23rd) at 1 p.m. It is centered on the question: What do you need to be teaching your students this fall? – It is designed [...]
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Live Chat Alert: What Should Journalism Students Be Taught This Fall?
Posted in Future of Journalism, Journalism, Journalism Education, New Media, tagged Journalism, Journalism Education, New Media on July 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
UF’s John Wright Officially Becomes “Coolest Dean Ever” :)
Posted in Journalism, Journalism Education, New Media, tagged Journalism Education, New Media, Twitter on July 21, 2009 | 4 Comments »
John Wright, dean of the College of Journalism and Communications at the University of Florida, is now officially the coolest dean ever. – In a recent post detailing a UF student’s unfortunate spate of plagiarism, I mentioned being suitably impressed that Wright communicated his initial reaction, in part, through a status update on his Facebook [...]
Happy News: PSU Daily Collegian News Adviser Reinstated
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Student Newspaper, tagged College Media, Journalism, Journalism Education, Penn State on July 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The weeks-long drama swirling in State College centered on the sudden dismissal of Daily Collegian news adviser John Harvey ended happily earlier this month. As the newspaper reported, the publication’s board reversed the decision of its general manager, granting Harvey his old job and office, which he moved back into right away. – Harvey’s words: [...]
Interim Director Named to Lead MSU Journalism School
Posted in Journalism, Journalism Education, tagged Journalism Education, Michigan State on July 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
An interim director has been named to lead Michigan State University’s School of Journalism. (Read background on situation here.) A trusted source forwarded me the following message: – Dear [Name Removed by Me]: – I’m pleased to share some advance news with you about the School of Journalism. – I have named an interim director, [...]
Michigan State J-Student Reacts to J-School Drama
Posted in Future of Journalism, Journalism, Journalism Education, tagged College Journalism, Future of Journalism, Journalism, Journalism Education, Michigan State on July 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The latest chapter in the ongoing Michigan State journalism school saga: Pamela Whitten, dean of the College of Communication Arts & Sciences, has staged a behind-closed-doors “pep talk” with j-faculty and requested suggestions on possible replacements for current j-school chair Jane Briggs-Bunting, who Whitten recently asked to resign. Whitten has also promised to meet with [...]
Michigan State Journalism School Drama Continues…
Posted in Journalism, Journalism Education, tagged College Media, Journalism, Journalism Education, Student Media on July 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The j-drama is heating up at Michigan State. More news is seeping out about the sudden resignation request thrown at the j-school director. And a student activist site has even sprung up in the vein of The Daily Emerald‘s strike blog from this past spring. Of course in this case, the site is promoting and [...]
Michigan State Journalism School Director Asked to Resign
Posted in Journalism, Journalism Education, tagged Journalism Education on July 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
J-Drama Alert! In a decision that reeks of either randomness or behind-the-scenes fighting, Jane Briggs-Bunting, the director of the journalism school at Michigan State University, was asked to step down from her position ASAP by a new dean- during her first day on the job. Hmmmm. – No administrative explanations so far. Briggs-Bunting: “I’m very [...]
Iran, Journalism Schools, and Social Media: Links for 22-06-2009
Posted in International Student Media, Journalism, Journalism Education, New Media, tagged Journalism Education, New Media on June 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Example of Student Press Coverage of the Iranian Revolution: “UI Student Sees History Unfold in Iran” (Daily Iowan, via UWire) – “10 Ways Journalism Schools Are Teaching Social Media” (Mashable) – “Social Media: How Twitter, Facebook, and Others are- Surprise!- Strengthening Friendships” (Boston Globe) – “Everything I Need to Know About Twitter [...]
Report: Journalism Grad Students Getting Jobs . . . in Journalism
Posted in Future of Journalism, Journalism, Journalism Education, tagged Future of Journalism, Journalism, Journalism Education on June 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A new Daily Finance report confirms that a very healthy number of journalism students earning degrees from graduate programs at Columbia University and City University of New York are finding jobs in the j-field. “As bad as things are in the media industry, j-school grads are, far more often than not, finding jobs,” the report states. [...]
Community College Students Fight to Save Print Paper
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Journalism Education, Student Newspaper, tagged College Media, Journalism, Journalism Education, Print Newspaper, Student Newspaper on May 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Students at a California community college are fighting to save the print edition of the school’s student newspaper (and the class that produces it). Their comments provide added ammo in the ongoing print-online fight. – Again, j-students and educators cite student readers’ preference for print news; the online edition’s status as a content provider [...]
College Media Teachable Moment: Maureen Dowd’s “Plagiarism”
Posted in Journalism, Teachable Moment, tagged Journalism Education, Teachable Moment on May 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Liberals are cringing and conservatives gallivanting with glee at the plagiarism charge being levied against New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd. She has admitted that a paragraph-long sentence in her most recent column matches a sentence penned by a prominent Huffington Post blogger almost exactly. – She claims the mix-up came from a friend [...]
Student Media’s Next Stop Should Be the Statehouse
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, Journalism Education, tagged College Journalism, College Media, Journalism, Journalism Education, Student Journalism on May 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Attention, attention please. Paging student media. You are needed in the state house immediately. – Amid all the talk and snippets of action as to how college journalism can save the Fourth Estate or at least help ease its decline (such as thefirst university-based investigative journalism center, attempts at international news coverage by j-students at Suffolk, Swarthmore, [...]
iPod, iPhone To Be RequIred (Sort of) at MIzzou J-School
Posted in Future of Journalism, Journalism, Journalism Education, New Media, tagged Journalism, Journalism Education, New Media on May 8, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Forget notebooks, textbooks, pens, pencils, cell phones, laptops, Kindles, and possibly even in-class attendance. The future of j-education, according to the School of Journalism at the University of Missouri, begins with the letter i. – The school is encouraging j-students to purchase either or both an iPod touch and an iPhone to complement or [...]
J-Schools Will Play Catchup Forever in New Media Age
Posted in Future of Journalism, Journalism, Journalism Education, Journalism Ethics, New Media, tagged College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, Journalism Education, Journalism School, New Media on April 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
While it has been reported with increasing regularity by evermore news media and with ever-greater blogysteria over the past 18 months, the trend apparently did not become real until a few days ago when The New York Times said so: Journalism schools are struggling to stay ahead of the new media curve in planning their [...]
The What: Journalism School Enrollment Is Up. Now Let’s Get to the Why
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, Journalism Education, tagged College Media, Journalism, Journalism Education, Journalism School, Student Journalism on April 4, 2009 | 8 Comments »
OK, so a series of recent news items have proved that the reports of j-school enrollment increases amid the profession’s economic doom-and-gloom have NOT been greatly exaggerated. While some pieces have provided glimpses into possible reasons, the lingering larger-picture question remains: WHY? – Here are general answers I have come across or personally consider applicable: [...]
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