In the photo, the two college students from Indiana are leaning toward each other, eyes locked amorously, lips puckered in anticipation– and hands blocking their mouths. The odd last detail is a playful symbol of the couple’s vow to save their first kiss until after marriage. The image ran alongside a recent report in Ball Bearings Magazine at Ball State University focused on the small segment of students who have pledged to refrain from kissing until their wedding day, even as hook-ups and half-night stands take place in bars and dorm rooms all around them.
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Ball Bearings Magazine Story: ‘A Kiss Isn’t Just a Kiss’; An Interview with Ball State J-Student Lindsey Gelwicks
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Magazine Journalism, Story Ideas, tagged Ball State, Journalism, Kiss, religion on February 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
College Media Mad Money #3: Where Do Students’ Recreation Sports Fees Go? (@TheLantern #sports)
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Story Ideas, Student Newspaper, tagged College, Journalism, Ohio State, Recreation, Sports on February 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Students at Ohio State University pay a combined $14 million in student fees each year that go toward funding OSU recreational sports, a recent report in The Lantern confirmed. How is that money spent exactly? Umm, well, OSU officials are not exactly sure. In an investigation that is almost stunning for the confusion it caused among admins., Lantern staff writers Thomas Bradley and Sarah Stemen were given numerous runarounds that boiled down to one basic sentiment: There is no current organized, itemized list outlining how the rec fees are spent.
Daily Illini Facing a Serious ‘Cash Crunch’: Roger Ebert Pitches In with Facebook Letter (@TheDailyIllini #UIUC)
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Student Newspaper, tagged Daily Illini, Journalism, Roger Ebert, UIUC, University of Illinois on February 16, 2012 | 3 Comments »
The Daily Illini, the student newspaper at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is apparently facing a “cash crunch” so serious it may threaten its very survival. As Crain’s Chicago Business reports, “The newspaper’s nonprofit umbrella organization, Illini Media Co., is delinquent on its mortgage payments and owes $250,000 in back payments to its printer.”
College Media Mad Money #2: How Much is the Stuff in Students’ Backpacks Worth? (@CityCollegeNews)
Posted in College Media, Journalism, New Media, Story Ideas, Student Newspaper, tagged Backpack, College, Journalism, Money on February 16, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Apparently, the adage is simple: It’s not the backpack, but what’s in it, that counts. A recent survey by staffers at City College News, the student newspaper at Minneapolis Community and Technical College, determined that students on average pack items into their backpacks daily that total more than $500. As CCN staff writer Nancy Humphys notes, “Losing a backpack with textbooks, a cellphone, laptop computer and wallet with cash, ID’s, bus card and credit cards can add up to a large financial loss to a student.”
Student Photographer Tweets About Almost Getting Arrested in Iowa Covering Protests of Chinese VP Visit
Posted in College Media, Free Press Fights, Journalism, Student Newspaper, tagged China, Iowa, Journalism, UW-Madison, Xi Jinping on February 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Roughly a half hour ago, Mark Kauzlarich, the photo editor for The Daily Cardinal at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, tweeted that he had almost been arrested while covering the ongoing protests in Des Moines, Iowa, centered on a visit there by China’s Vice President Xi Jinping (hat tip to Carl Lavin). He is apparently working on a story appearing in tomorrow’s Cardinal, after traveling to Iowa by bus with members of a Tibetan community living in Madison.
Prediction: Fashion Journalism Will Soon Go Viral Within College Media (@CollegeFashion @DailyTarHeel #style)
Posted in College Media, Journalism, New Media, Story Ideas, Student Newspaper, tagged College Fashion, Fashion, Journalism, SMU, Style on February 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
My bold prediction: Fashion journalism will be the next niche to explode within collegemediatopia and j-programs nationwide. The immense popularity of the related industry, general student interest in the topic area, and the visual awesomeness of fashion that is uber-appealing in the multimedia journalism age will all spur a rise in related classes, minors, majors, grad programs, student newspaper features, full sections, and independent sites. One campus-specific style site that debuted this week: smufashionmedia.com.
The Art of the #Tweetalong: Daily Evergreen Reporter Explains Real-Time Reporting Experiment
Posted in College Media, Journalism, New Media, Story Ideas, Student Newspaper, tagged Journalism, Police, Pullman, Tweealong, Washington State on February 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
This past academic year, Stephanie Schendel, the cops and courts reporter for The Daily Evergreen at Washington State University, has participated in occasional “tweetalongs.” During late-night ridealongs with local police, she has tweeted live observations, providing a candid, witty glimpse of quirkier after-hours community goings-on.
University of Minnesota Social Media Case ‘Could Give Colleges Virtually Limitless Authority to Silence Speech’
Posted in College Media, Free Press Fights, Journalism, tagged Free Press, Free Speech, Journalism, Law, media law on February 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Student Press Law Center has been valiantly raising awareness of a court battle that its executive director Frank LoMonte calls “a gigantic case that hasn’t gotten nearly the attention it deserves.” The case: Tatro v. University of Minnesota.
Student Press Headline of the Day: ‘Sh*t I Do While My Cats Are Sleeping’ (@SwatGazette #cats)
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Student Newspaper, tagged Cats, Hair Dye, Journalism, Swarthmore College on February 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The winner of today’s edition of this recurring giggly headline feature is a candid topper to a story in The Daily Gazette about a Swarthmore College student’s hair dye regimen. As the header intones with snark-filled delight: “Shit I Do While My Cats Are Sleeping: Cray-Pas Hair Dye.”
Daily Nebraskan’s Biggest Story This Semester: A Bed Bug Outbreak! (@DailyNeb #bedbugs)
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Story Ideas, Student Newspaper, tagged Bedbugs, Daily Nebraskan, Journalism, Nebraska on February 8, 2012 | 1 Comment »
A bed bug outbreak at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has prompted a subsequent swarm of criticism from students aimed at campus housing officials. A rash of stories and editorials in The Daily Nebraskan charges UNL staffers with failing to inform students in a timely manner about the growing infestation and instead spreading misinformation and even telling student RAs to lie to their residents.
Washington State’s Daily Evergreen Police #Tweetalong is Funny, Frightening (@DailyEvergreen #GoCougs)
Posted in College Media, Journalism, New Media, Story Ideas, Student Newspaper, tagged Higher Education, Journalism, Police, Ridealong, Washington State on February 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
This past weekend, Stephanie Schendel, the cops and courts reporter for The Daily Evergreen at Washington State University, tweeted live observations from a late-night ridealong with local police. Schendel has carried out several “tweetalongs” during the academic year, providing a glimpse of quirkier after-hours community goings-on with candor and quick wit.
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.”
Claremont McKenna Student Magazine Breaks Stories About College’s SAT Manipulation Scandal
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Magazine Journalism, Story Ideas, tagged Claremont McKenna, College Rankings, Journalism, SATs on February 4, 2012 | 3 Comments »
The Claremont Port Side, a student newsmagazine at California’s Claremont McKenna College, has earned national attention and New York Times shout-outs this past week for its spirited coverage of an SAT score-fixing scandal. On Monday, Claremont McKenna’s president informed students that an administrator had been regularly inflating student SAT scores presumably to help the school’s placement in numerous national higher ed. rankings.
Student Newspaper Strip Club Headline Causes Controversy at Oklahoma State (#OKState)
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Journalism Ethics, Student Newspaper, Teachable Moment, tagged College, Journalism, Newspaper, Strip Club, Technology on February 2, 2012 | 2 Comments »
A sexually suggestive headline sitting atop a recent article on the front page of The Daily O’Collegian has prompted an uproar on Oklahoma State University’s campus. As I previously posted, the OK State student newspaper topped a front page centerpiece about a new strip club opening near campus with the header: “Diamond in the Muff.”
Jim Romenesko’s ‘Retirement Blog’ is Journalism’s Newest Destination Site
Posted in Journalism, New Media, tagged Blog, Journalism, Media, Romenesko, Technology on February 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Jim Romenesko is having a good time. Lately, the “journalism evangelist,” “KING of the blogosphere,” and “go-to source for news about the news” has been waking up earlier, posting more often, and featuring content he had not felt free to publish for more than a decade. In the wake of his abrupt departure from The Poynter Institute late last year, he established an eponymous independent site that has quickly been embraced by media professionals, educators, students, and even a few Facebook spammers worldwide.
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