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.
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The uber-aggression aimed at this old media outlet served as the [...]
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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 | Leave a Comment »
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 | Leave a 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 hsi excellent write-up on the situation:
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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.”
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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 WZBC, whose [...]
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 | Leave a 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.
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As MacNewsWorld reports, “Designing a publication for [...]
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 | 2 Comments »
On Monday morning, The Huffington Post’s College section launched amid great hype and an introduction by the blog’s namesake.
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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 [...]
Showdown at the Blacksburg Corral: Virginia Tech, The Collegiate Times, and Anonymous Online Comments, Part 3
Posted in College Media, Free Press Fights, Journalism, Journalism Ethics, New Media, tagged College Media, College Newspaper, Collegiate Times, Free Press Fights, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, Virginia Tech on February 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The battle at Virginia Tech over the student newspaper’s allowance of anonymous online comments is far from over. (Read past posts on this story here and here.) The tactics now in play- an increasingly dubious blame game, pulled advertising, and, ironically, “professional mediation.”
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The latest Roanoke Times report (please read, it will make your eyebrows raise [...]
CoPress, We Hardly Knew Ye: Web Service Shutting Down
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, New Media, tagged College Media, CoPress, Journalism, Media, New Media on February 18, 2010 | 1 Comment »
College media’s backbone has cracked. CoPress, the student-run Web hosting service and all-purpose journalism think-tank, has folded a bit more than a year after its much-heralded arrival within collegemediatopia.
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In the closure announcement posted on its site earlier this week, founder Daniel Bachhuber writes with elegance and appreciable candor about the realities of running an organization [...]
Updated: Duke, North Carolina Rivalry: On the Court, Online, in Print
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Student Newspaper, tagged Campus Newspaper, College Journalism, Journalism, New Media, Satire, Student Newspaper on February 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Update: Huge thanks to Sara Gregory at the Daily Tar Heel for providing the following clarification on this post:
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“I don’t think ESPN should have linked to dailytarhole.com when talking about what the Chronicle does rivalry-wise. The Daily Tar Hole Web site is different from the Daily Tar Hole spoof the Duke Chronicle does each year. [...]
HackCollege Interviews Onward State Editors at Penn State (Nickelback Not Amused)
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, New Media, tagged College Journalism, HackCollege, Journalism, New Media, Online Journalism, Onward State, Student Journalism on February 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I recently came across an interesting audio interview featuring Davis Shaver and Evan Kalikow, two of the undergrad gurus behind Penn State University’s “unruly news blog” Onward State. For those who might forget, the pair and their PSU new(s) media machine earned a prominent shout-out in a mid-January Chronicle of Higher Ed. piece. The lead: [...]
In the Spotlight: Cameron Henderson, Publisher, Northwestern Art Review
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Journalist Spotlight, Magazine Journalism, New Media, tagged College Media, Journalism, New Media, Northwestern Art Review, Online Journalism, Student Journalism, Student Journalist Spotlight on February 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Eight Northwestern University students. A “cheap pizza joint.” Spirited conversation about a shared love of art and architecture. An idea for a publication whose aim would be nothing less than to “provide a forum for greater exchange among an expanding community of students who devote their time to studying, thinking and writing about art.” [...]
College Publisher Suffers from Malicious Hack Attack
Posted in College Media, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, tagged College Media, Journalism, New Media, Online Journalism on February 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As undoubtedly many student newspaper staffers now already know, the main servers for the uber-influential and widely-used College Publisher online hosting service suffered a major security breach in the middle of last week.
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As a trusted source confirmed to me, “The site was hacked Wednesday night and people started deleting database and archive files for lots [...]
Optimist Student Newspaper First to be iPad-Friendly: Huge Step or So What?
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, tagged College Journalism, College Media, College Newspaper, iPad, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper on February 5, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The Optimist student newspaper at Abilene Christian University is promoting itself as the first campus publication worldwide that will be iPad-friendly.
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As the U.S. News & World Report’s fantastic Paper Trail blog noted in the post that broke this story: “The gadget will be available in 60 days, and a team of faculty and student researchers [...]
Huffington Post College News Section, Behind the Scenes, Part 2: A Chat with Jose Antonio Vargas
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, New Media, tagged College Media, Huffington Post, New Media, Student Newspaper on February 2, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Jose Antonio Vargas can claim one slice of a team reporting Pulitzer Prize. His j-work is credited with inspiring a documentary film on HIV/AIDS in DC. He has taught a university j-class called Storytelling 2.0. And as The Huffington Post’s technology and innovations editor he writes a blog on Technology as Anthropology. Simply put, this [...]
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