An excellent recent post by CICM intern Lauren Rabaino reveals in pie chart form what those of us following student media’s attempts at Twitter have long known: Is quality tweeting taking place? Not so much. — Two-thirds of the 50 college media Twitter accounts Rabaino looked at are either solely serving as tiny-url advertisers for [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Singapore’
Same Old Stories, Semester after Semester
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Magazine Journalism, Story Ideas, Student Newspaper, tagged College Media, College Newspaper, Journalism, Nanyang Tech, NTU, Singapore, SOS SASS on January 28, 2009 | 4 Comments »
As part of my research into the Singaporean student press, I have been conducting long-form interviews with every current and former Singaporean college journalist who matters. The sitdowns so far have taught me some interesting truths about journalism in Singapore certainly, but even more than that they have revealed that certain tenets of college journalism [...]
Students’ Questions About the Future of Journalism
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, New Media, tagged College Journalism, Future of Journalism, Journalism Reinvent, Nanyang Technological University, News Editing, Questions about Journalism, Singapore, Student Journalism on November 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I recently asked my news editing students here in Singapore: What is one question we should all be asking much more often about the current state or future of journalism? In the age of j-reinvention, coming up with the right questions to ask seems as important as finding the right answers. What question would you like to [...]
National ‘Enquirer’ News
Posted in College Media, Free Press Fights, International Student Media, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, tagged Chong Zi Liang, Enquirer, International Student Media, Nanyang Chronicle, Nanyang Technological University, NTU, Singapore, Straits Times, Student Journalism on October 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I swear I’m not playing hometown favorites! Yes, I am currently in Singapore, and yes this is now my second post on The Enquirer, an independent online news outlet launched earlier this month by impassioned j-students at Nanyang Technological University. But the paper has more than earned this follow-up post, in part by its appearance in [...]
