In late November, The Whalesong student newspaper at the University of Alaska Southeast renewed publication of its print edition after a two-year absence. ————— While the newspaper had continued to operate online-only, student editor Laura Lemire told Capital City Weekly that the print resurgence is a real step forward: “This is something I’ve wanted for [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Online Journalism’
Student Newspaper’s Return to Print Hailed as Step Forward
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, tagged Campus Newspaper, College Journalism, College Media, Future of Journalism, Laura Lemire, Online Journalism, Student Journalism, Student Newspaper, University of Alaska Southeast, Whalesong on January 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »
“Your generation & its ability to innovate will save the craft”
Posted in Broadcast Journalism, College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, tagged ACP, Associated Collegiate Press, College Journalism, College Magazine, Connect Mason, Journerdism, New Media, Online Journalism, Online Pacemakers, Pacemakers, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Student Journalism, Student Newspapers, The Daily Illini, Will Sullivan on November 16, 2008 | 3 Comments »
“Wow. Just wow. I’m so encouraged to see all the excellent work being done at college papers across the country. I’m even more encouraged that it’s not just at the traditional ‘big name’ journalism schools.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch Interactive Director and Journerdism blogger extraordinaire Will Sullivan wrote with impressed gusto about the recent slate [...]
“A 24 Hour Website About the School . . . We Call Home”
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, tagged Alana Taylor, College Media, College Newspaper, MediaShift, New Media, New York University, NYU Local, Online Journalism, Student Journalism on November 7, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I’m starting the latest post in purple, in honor of the newest entrant into NYU’s collegemediatopia: NYU Local, “a 24 hour website about the school and the city that we call home.” According to a MediaShift post by the one and only Alana Taylor, it came into being two months ago, as an [...]
A Discussion About College Newspapers’ Present and Future
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, tagged Bryan Murley, Center for Innovation in College Media, College Newspaper, Dan Reimold, Eastern Illinois University, New Media, Online Journalism, Print Newspaper, Student Journalism, Student Newspaper on November 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I recently gmail-chatted with Bryan Murley, the director of the Center for Innovation in College Media, about the good, bad, and ugly sides of the continued success of the college *print* newspaper specifically. The discussion came at his request, partially as a follow-up to my recent posts about college print papers’ (at least temporary) invulnerability to the [...]
Portrait of the Yearbook as an Old Man
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, New Media, tagged ABC News, College Media, College Yearbook, Facebook, Lori Brooks, Online Journalism, Student Journalism, Student Media, University of Oklahoma on November 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
According to its supporters, the college yearbook is about “making history” and having “your life encapsulated in pages that are always readable.” Circa 2008, these pages of life are dying. As CMM reported in September, the traditional print college yearbook is becoming a thing of the past. The University of Texas student media director recently [...]
