Neon Tommy is an online news outlet built atop public service more than staff pay, “stories that nobody has heard before” more than parroting headlines of the day, and possessing “a certain blue-collar sensibility” wedded blissfully with new media’s rough-and-tumble gung-ho. – The USC news site is the new flagship enterprise of the larger Annenberg [...]
Posts Tagged ‘New Media’
USC’s Neon Tommy Shows Journalism 2.0′s True Colors
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, New Media, tagged New Media, Future of Journalism, College Media, Journalism, Neon Tommy on April 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
College Media Podcast: A Chat About the iPad, CICM News
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, New Media, tagged New Media, College Media, Journalism, iPad, Podcast on April 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In a recent recorded chat, Bryan Murley, director of the Center for Innovation in College Media (CICM), and I discussed a pair of topics impacting collegemediatopia: the iPad’s student press implications and one college newspaper’s early iPad app; and an announcement about some big news for CICM and Murley. Please click below to listen in on [...]
Student Editor: “Journalism Industry, Pay Attention to Us”
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, New Media, tagged New Media, Future of Journalism, College Media, Journalism, Huffington Post, North by Northwestern on April 19, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Last week, Amanda Litman laid the smack down. In a piece for Huffington Post College, the North by Northwestern editor sounded the call I have been making since starting this blog- although definitely in a more confrontational tone than I normally take. – “Hey, journalism industry: pay attention to us,” she begins her admirably idealistic [...]
UWIRE 2.0: Simple Design, Stressing Content Sharing First
Posted in College Media, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, tagged College Media, Journalism, New Media, UWire on April 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
UWIRE 2.0 is dressed down. It seems to be stressing function over form, content to enable sharing of content among its student press affiliates without extra features or grander plans (for now). As College News Network co-founder Dave Hendricks wrote in a recent preview piece, the logo is different and the site now operates [...]
College Media About the Mayhem, Not the Millions
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, tagged New Media, Student Newspaper, College Media, Journalism on April 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This just in: College media, on the whole, are not rich, overstaffed, well-oiled machines. In fact, most student journalism outlets are one bad semester, staff shortage or poor leadership transition away from near-extinction every academic term. – And yet, this reality is often overlooked on campuses and within news reports. A few years back, Newsweek [...]
Optimist Unveils First Student Newspaper iPad Application
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, tagged New Media, Student Newspaper, College Media, Journalism, iPad on April 10, 2010 | 3 Comments »
The Optimist‘s iAwesomeness continues to be unparalleled in collegemediatopia. As promised months earlier, the campus newspaper at Abilene Christian University became the first iPad-friendly student publication. Earlier this week, the paper launched its iPad edition as an application available for free download via the iTunes store. – The iPad push is part of a larger [...]
Exclusive: UWIRE Set to Relaunch After Six-Month Hiatus
Posted in College Media, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, tagged Campus Media, Journalism, New Media, Online Media, Student Journalism, Student Media, UWire on March 29, 2010 | 7 Comments »
UWIRE is back. The predominant, temporarily dormant student press content sharing service will once again be live online- most likely later this week or early next week. According to Tom Orr, UWIRE overseer and general manager of partner site Palestra.net, it is a soft launch focused on steadily reestablishing UWIRE as the main pipeline for college [...]
Mashable: Onward State at PSU a “Sociological Petri Dish”
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, New Media, tagged New Media, Student Media, Journalism, Blog, Campus Media, Media, Onward State on March 24, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Onward State‘s legend grows. A new Mashable post about the Penn State University online outlet describes it as nothing less than a “rogue campus blog” and a “sociological Petri dish”- one that is at the center of an epic “old/new media rivalry.” The new write-up follows a recent Chronicle of Higher Education report that anointed [...]
In the Spotlight: Derek Flanzraich, HUTV Founder, Harvard
Posted in Broadcast Journalism, College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalist Spotlight, New Media, tagged New Media, Broadcast Journalism, College Media, Future of Media, Harvard, HUTV, Digital Media on March 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Eternal Ethical Question: A Student (Journalist’s) Identity
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Journalism Ethics, New Media, Student Newspaper, Teachable Moment, tagged Campus Journalism, College Media, Ethics, Journalism, Journalism Ethics, New Media, Student Newspaper on March 9, 2010 | 1 Comment »
One of the oldest student journalism ethical tightropes unfurled with a bit of a new media twist recently at Cornell University. As Cornell Daily Sun public editor Rob Tricchinelli explained in his excellent write-up on the situation: – Mike Wacker ’10 is a Sun columnist whose ‘Wack Attack’ column appears alternate Wednesdays. Wacker recently arranged [...]
Boston College Radio Station Proud to Have “No Commercial Potential”
Posted in Broadcast Journalism, College Media, New Media, tagged College Media, College Radio, New Media, Radio, Student Media on March 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“Ryan McDaid is very particular about the music he chooses for his radio show. One of the first requirements is that few can have ever heard it before.” – So begins a wonderful profile of student-run radio at Boston College, published by The Heights. It documents the tale of two campus stations, including the FM-regulated [...]
Exclusive: Optimist Editor at Abilene Christian University Explains the Paper’s iPad Plan
Posted in College Media, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, tagged College Media, College Newspaper, iPad, Journalism, New Media, Online Journalism, Student Media, Student Newspaper on February 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The Optimist student newspaper at Abilene Christian University can be consumed in print, online, via iPhone, iPod touch, and soon enough . . . on the iPad. Student staffers and an ACU faculty and staff support team are optimistic that the paper will be the first iPad-friendly student publication. – As MacNewsWorld reports, “Designing a [...]
Huffington Post College News Section Launches, In Debt
Posted in College Media, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, tagged Campus Newspaper, Journalism, New Media, Student Media, Student Newspaper on February 23, 2010 | 3 Comments »
On Monday morning, The Huffington Post’s College section launched amid great hype and an introduction by the blog’s namesake. – In the words of Arianna Huffington, the section “features blog posts from students, professors, and academics on all things collegiate- from the high-minded to the just-for-fun- as well as the great issues of the day. [...]
Student Journalist Spotlight: Josh Shannon, The Review, University of Delaware
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Journalist Spotlight, Student Newspaper, tagged Campus Newspaper, College Media, Delaware Review, Journalism, New Media, Student Journalist Spotlight, Student Newspaper on February 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In Josh Shannon’s words: “I wanted to be a journalist long before I ever knew I wanted to be a journalist.” He has long saved newspapers from historic moments in contemporary history (including presidential elections and the start of the Iraq War) and his own journalism history (including reporting clips), leaving one of his bedroom [...]
