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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Presidential Election’
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 »
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 [...]
“College Papers Back Obama, 63 to 1″
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Student Newspaper, tagged College Media, College Newspaper, John McCain, Presidential Election, Presidential Endorsement, Student Journalism, Student Newspaper, The Daily Mississippian on November 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
According to U-Wire’s Presidential Endorsement Scorecard, college newspapers’ pick for prez is nearly unanimous: Barack Obama. Editor & Publisher lays out the list of papers’ presidential endorsements, which favors Obama 63 to 1. The lone college rag in the McCain camp: The Daily Mississippian at the University of Mississippi. The paper’s lone wolf status [...]
Live from Hofstra’s NewsHub, it’s Election Day!
Posted in Broadcast Journalism, College Media, Journalism, New Media, tagged College Journalism, College Media, Election Day, Hofstra University, Kelly Glista, Live Blogging, Mogulus, NewsHub, Presidential Election, Student Journalism, Student Media on November 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One college news media site I’ll be checking out on election day and I suggest you take a look at too: Nassau News. It is run by Hofstra University j-students working within the School of Communication’s convergence-happy, new-media-tastic “NewsHub.” As “NewsHub” team member and j-student extraordinaire Kelly Glista told CMM: Having had the [...]
Student Journalists’ “Campaign Coverage ’08″
Posted in College Media, International Student Media, Journalism, New Media, tagged Campaign Coverage '08, International Journalism, Presidential Election, Student Journalism, University of Utah on October 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As election day nears, a college journalism initiative worth knowing: A team of students from the University of Utah and China’s Cheung Kong School of Journalism at Shantou University have been covering all-things presidential and political during the U.S. election season for an online endeavor they have dubbed Campaign Coverage ’08. As the [...]
