A college student. Winter break. A Time cover. Adobe Photoshop. An online tutorial. Four hours of playing around. Upload to Flickr. Cue nationwide phenomenon. As a new Los Angeles Times report confirms, a University of Illinois senior decided to alter a Barack Obama Time cover shot while bored prior to the start of last spring [...]
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Student “Jokerized” Obama, But Didn’t Make Him Socialist
Posted in New Media, tagged New Media, Obama on August 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Obama Cartoon Leads to Student Press Oversight Battle
Posted in College Media, Free Press Fights, Journalism, Student Newspaper, tagged College Media, Editorial Cartoon, Free Press, Obama, Student Journalism, Student Newspaper on March 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Chronicle student newspaper at Scottsdale Community College in Arizona published a syndicated editorial cartoon last month displaying an image of Obama that some outside readers felt was “too monkey-like.” The result: A controversy over control of the publication that continues to brew more than a month after the cartoon ran. — The cartoon first [...]
Should Student Press Have Covered Obama Inauguration?
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Journalism Education, Journalism Ethics, Student Newspaper, tagged College Journalism, Inauguration, Journalism, Journalism Ethics, Obama, Student Journalism, Student Newspaper, The Villanovan on February 4, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The Villanovan, the daily student newspaper at Villanova University, in my beloved hometown of Philadelphia, Pa., USA, did not provide a lot of coverage of the Obama Inauguration. Some readers complained. Editors responded, in an intriguing editorial headlined “The Role of a College Newspaper“: —- The Villanovan is and always has been the student paper of [...]
Real Story of Inauguration: Live Streaming Video
Posted in Future of Journalism, Journalism, Journalism Education, New Media, tagged CNN, Inauguration, Live Streaming Video, Mindy McAdams, Obama, Online Journalism, Teaching Online Journalism on January 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
An open letter to Mindy McAdams, purveyor of online journalism teaching tips and tools and creator of that wonderful timeline noting significant moments in online news reporting: —— Inauguration Day 2008 was considered historic even before it happened (literally, with CNN.com imploring Web surfers before the big day to be sure to “Watch History Unfold”). In the end, however, from [...]
Journalism Students Take Civil Rights Route to Obama Inauguration
Posted in Broadcast Journalism, College Media, Journalism, Journalism Education, New Media, Story Ideas, tagged Civil Rights, CNN iReport, College Journalism, Inauguration, Journalism Education, Journalism Students, Obama, San Jose State University on January 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ten j-students at San Jose State University are currently “on a roundabout journey from Memphis to Washington, D.C.,” stopping at a number of iconic sites in America’s civil rights journey. ——– As The San Jose Mercury News reports, the trip came together in the immediate aftermath of the November presidential election. SJSU journalism professor Michael [...]
J-Students + Charter Bus = Obama Inauguration Trip
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Student Newspaper, tagged College Journalism, College Media, College Newspaper, Obama, Presidential Inauguration, SIUC, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Daily Egyptian on January 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
One hundred journalism students from Southern Illinois University Carbondale will soon be hopping a charter to spend a “crazy three days” covering all-things-Obama in Inauguration-happy D.C., according to an AP report. ——– They’ll be filing content for The Daily Egyptian, the SIUC student newspaper, and The Southern Illinoisan and The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. One hundred [...]
CoPress Founder is the Future of Journalism
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, Journalism Education, New Media, tagged Blair Witch, College Journalism, College Media, Daniel Bachhuber, Future of Journalism, New Media, Obama, Publish2, Qik, Student Journalism on December 15, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The Zapruder film. The Paris Hilton sex tape. The Charlie Bit Me YouTube phenomenon. In contemporary world history, a few video recordings have risen above the rest, etching a permanent place in the public consciousness. In my humble, college media-centric, only-slightly-sarcastic opinion, the Daniel Bachhuber Future of Journalism Livestream has now joined them. ————– ————– [...]
Obama Mania in College Media: A 2008 Election Recap
Posted in Broadcast Journalism, College Media, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, tagged Abilene Optimist, Associated Collegiate Press, Center for Innovation in College Media, College Media, Columbia College Chicago, Daily Emerald, Daily Wildcat, Grant Park, Hofstra, Journalism, Lehigh University, Media, Michigan Review, New Media, NewsHub, Obama, Politics, President-Elect, Presidential Election, Sex, Student Journalism, Student Newspaper, University of Arizona, University of Oregon on November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Since its launch, the most-viewed posts on this little blog of mine have been those with the words ‘sex’ or ‘Obama’ in the headline. Am I attempting to exploit the blogosphere’s fascination with the latter here? Absolutely. (Happy Thanksgiving!) A brief rundown of college media’s Obama-mania on and around Election Day 2008: An Associated [...]
College Papers Light on Endorsements in Battleground State
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Journalism Ethics, Student Newspaper, tagged Battleground State, Charlottesville Daily Progress, College Journalism, College Media, James Madison, Liberty University, McCain, Obama, Old Dominion, Presidential Election, Presidential Endorsement, Student Media, The Cavalier Daily, The Flat Hat, The Mace & Crown, University of Virginia, Virginia, Virginia Tech on November 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Virginia is gearing up to be an Election Day battleground between McCain and Obama, but endorsements from college newspapers in the state are basically nonexistent. As The Charlottesville Daily Progress reported, papers at the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, James Madison, and Liberty University will not be publicly supporting either presidential candidate with an official editorial [...]
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