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 [...]
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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 »
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 | 1 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.” The Northwestern [...]
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. – As a trusted source confirmed to me, “The site was hacked Wednesday night and people started deleting database and archive files [...]
NYU Local Reporter Reflects on “Biggest Story of the Year”
Posted in College Media, Journalism, New Media, tagged College Media, Journalism, New Media, NYU Local, Online Journalism on July 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This past February at New York University, NYU Local reporter Charlie Eisenhood embedded himself inside a cafeteria at New York University to document a highly publicized sit-in staged by a fringe student group, Take Back New York University (TBNYU). – For more than forty-eight hours, without much food and even less sleep, Eisenhood reported basically [...]
Richmond Paper’s Web Site an Online News Revolution
Posted in College Media, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, tagged College Media, Journalism, New Media, Online Journalism, Student Journalism, Student Media, Student Newspaper on June 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The online news revolution at The Collegian is built atop “Revolution News.” Beginning in summer 2008, staffers at the University of Richmond student newspaper tweaked, twiddled, and reconfigured the “Revolution News” WordPress template into an innovative, multimediated mix that recently won the Student Society for News Design’s best overall college newspaper Web site – Along [...]
New Student Site: One-Stop Shop or Pretend Journalism?
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, Journalism Education, New Media, tagged New Media, Online Journalism, Pretend Journalism, Student Journalism on March 13, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I’m ambivalent. Here’s the deal: The Philadelphia Inquirer has announced it is launching a new Web site aimed at providing a platform for the journalistic and creative work of college students throughout the Philly area, according to a new report in The Hawk at Saint Joseph’s University. News reports, op-eds, blogs, photos, even fiction pieces [...]
25 Random Things About Modern College Media: Part 3
Posted in College Media, Free Press Fights, Future of Journalism, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, tagged Blog, College Journalism, Facebook Random List, Free Press, Journalism, Online Journalism, Shovelware, SOS SASS, Student Media, Twitter on February 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
My contribution to the now way-too-popular “Random” list phenomenon continues below with Part 3 of “25 Random Things About Modern College Media.” (Also see Part 1 and Part 2.) As promised, today’s segment is all about the tough love, presenting some of the harsher truths about 21st-century collegemediatopia. First up… — 11) Student media online [...]
Budget Cut May Sideline Print Edition of MTSU Paper
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, tagged College Journalism, Future of Journalism, Journalism, Middle Tennessee State University, Online Journalism, Print Journalism, Student Media, Student Newspaper on February 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
What does it say about the online journalism revolution that a majority of its younger members are not yet in any hurry to join it and often even fight against it? — An example: Middle Tennessee State University is proposing a $100,000 budget cut for The Sidelines student newspaper that would effectively kill the paper’s [...]
First Amherst, Then The World!
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, New Media, tagged Amherst Wire, College Journalism, New Media, Online Journalism, Student Journalism on February 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s independent. It’s Web-only. It’s student-run. It’s The Amherst Wire, an online news magazine started roughly one year ago by three multimedia journalism students at UMASS with a passion for “good storytelling, rich multimedia content, interactivity, and fostering community dialogue on the issues that affect our lives.” ——– ——– The current tagline: “Local. New. Media.” [...]
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 [...]
Web Presence Not Just About Showing Up
Posted in College Media, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, tagged College Journalism, College Media, Flyer News, Link Journalism, New Media, Online Journalism, Scribd, Student Journalism, Student Newspaper, University of Dayton on January 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
On January 12th, the editor in chief of The Flyer News at the University of Dayton posted a response to a letter criticizing the paper’s editorial cartoonist for misrepresenting various individuals and aspects of the school. ——— The EIC’s argument is well-written and well-reasoned and I applaud him for not shying away from a dialogue with [...]
Dude, You Stole My Blog Post
Posted in Future of Journalism, Journalism, Journalism Education, Journalism Ethics, New Media, tagged Blogging, Bryan Murley, Hat Tip, Journalism Ethics, New Media, Online Ethics, Online Journalism on January 13, 2009 | 4 Comments »
In early January, I posted a blog item about a change at a little-known student news outlet, as reported by a little-known professional news outlet. I’d come across the original news item a month before my posting, saving it for the winter break dead zone when not much is happening in collegemediatopia. ——— Almost immediately [...]
Why Saying Goodbye to Friday Edition Is A Good Thing
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, tagged College Journalism, College Media, Future of Journalism, Future of Media, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Minnesota Daily, New Media, Online Journalism, Student Journalism on January 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It was widely reported this past week that The Minnesota Daily at the University of Minnesota is dropping its regular Friday print edition to save money amid the economic and advertising downturns affecting student and professional newspapers. ———– I don’t believe this is simply another sign that the student journalism apocalypse is upon us. Saying [...]
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