This is the third installment of a multi-post glimpse back at the highlights and lowlights of fall 2009 in collegemediatopia. – Biggest College Media Villain: Bobby Hauck, University of Montana Last semester, University of Montana football coach Bobby Hauck (who recently accepted a job at UNLV) threw a prolonged temper tantrum aimed directly at the student press. [...]
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Biggest College Media Villain, Fall 2009
Posted in Journalism, Student Newspaper, Student Newspaper Theft, tagged Bobby Hauck, College Media, Daily Helmsman, Journalism, Montana Kaimin, Sex Column, Student Journalism, Student Media, Towerlight, Towson University, University of Memphis, University of Montana on January 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Student Editor: “Eight Things Your College Newsroom Needs to Change”
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, Teachable Moment, tagged College Journalism, Journalism, Student Media, Student Newspaper on December 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The editor in chief of a top student newspaper is calling for change in a number of major and minor ways related to college news media outlets’ staffing, production, and presentation in the Web age. In a new post on his personal blog, Brian Manzullo- the current Michigan Press Association College Journalist of the Year [...]
Georgetown Heckler Under Fire for Satirical Article on Cross Burnings and the KKK
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Journalism Ethics, tagged College Media, Journalism, Satire, Student Journalism, Student Media on December 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
2009 has become the year of satirical and racial controversy within Georgetown University’s student media. More than eight months ago, Georgetown students staged a sit-in protest criticizing perceived racial insensitivities within the April Fool’s edition of the Hoya campus newspaper. Now, a student humor magazine that attempted to poke fun at the Hoya incident is facing similar [...]
Northern Kentucky Student Newspaper Drops Resistance Ad
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Journalism Ethics, Student Newspaper, tagged College Journalism, College Media, Free Press, Media, Student Journalism, Student Media, Student Newspaper on November 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Northerner has apologized for running the Resistance. The Northern Kentucky University student newspaper issued a mea culpa for featuring an advertisement in two recent issues for Resistance Records, which sells “white supremacist music” (I’m putting that in quotes because I do not know and do not even want to know what that might entail). [...]
“University-Based Reporting Could Keep Journalism Alive”
Posted in College Media, Future of Journalism, Journalism, Journalism Education, New Media, tagged Journalism, Journalism Education, Media, New Media, Student Media on November 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
As the professional press compresses and its original content wanes, student journalism will rise to a place of uber-importance, a new Chronicle of Higher Education report confirms. As the piece quotes a professor recently telling his journalism students, “We are surrounded by people who say that the world is coming to an end, but it is [...]
Northern Star Student Newspaper Calls for Removal of Campus Police Chief
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Journalism Ethics, Student Newspaper, tagged College Media, Journalism, Media, Student Media, Student Newspaper on November 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Sometimes, the headline says it all: “NIU Police Chief Donald Grady needs to be removed from his position.” – The Northern Star, the student newspaper at Northern Illinois University, is publicly calling for the ouster of the campus police chief previously praised for his bravery during the shooting at the school last year. According to [...]
Arizona Wildcat Editorials Demand Justice for Stolen News
Posted in College Media, Free Press Fights, Journalism, Student Newspaper Theft, tagged College Media, Daily Wildcat, Journalism, Newspaper Theft, Student Media, Student Newspaper on November 6, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The Arizona Daily Wildcat is rightfully demanding justice for the recent theft of 10,000 copies of the paper. In a pair of spirited editorials aimed at the alleged culprits (a campus fraternity) and those who did not do much to investigate it (campus police), Wildcat anger leaps off the Web page. – A portion of [...]
Student Newspaper Has Scoop on Chicago Racism Incident
Posted in College Media, Journalism, New Media, Student Newspaper, tagged Blog, College Media, Journalism, New Media, Student Media, Student Newspaper on October 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Student Life at Washington University in St. Louis is using its student connections and new media savviness to cover the Chicago bar racism incident in-depth and from numerous angles. They have posted the insta-famous Rejected, Admitted photos and had their opening story on the alleged blow to Civil Rights picked up by HuffPo and [...]
Bulletin Bounced Due to California State Budget Cuts
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Student Newspaper, tagged College Media, College Newspaper, Economic, Journalism, Student Media, Student Newspaper on September 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The California budget mess has now sadly claimed a college media victim: The Bulletin, the student newspaper at California State University, Dominguez Hills. It has been axed, a victim not for its journalistic value but its costs. – Specifically, budget cuts throughout the CSU system have precipitated the Bulletin‘s disappearing act, leaving CSU Dominguez Hills [...]
CBI Names Top Student Radio & TV Shows, Specials, Sites
Posted in Broadcast Journalism, College Media, Journalism, New Media, tagged Broadcast Media, College Journalism, College Media, Journalism, Media, New Media, Student Media on August 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
College Broadcasters, Inc., has announced its finalists for the 2009 National Student Production Awards. It is basically the Oscars, ESPYs, Pulitzers, and Webbies for the student broadcast journalist set- honoring everything from best TV comedy, PSA, and live sportscast to best radio DJ, documentary, and station promotion. – Atop the category listing: Best Student Media [...]
Vanderbilt University Launches Student Media Hall of Fame!
Posted in College Media, Journalism, tagged College Journalism, Journalism, Media, Student Media on August 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
In roughly two months, Vanderbilt University in the great state of Tennessee will induct its first class into, wait for it, the Student Media Hall of Fame. – This is the first hall of fame of its kind that has come across my collegemediatopia radar (any others? Let me know!). The inaugural class at VU [...]
Media Trainer: Journalism Education in India Ailing
Posted in College Media, International Student Media, Journalism, Journalism Education, New Media, tagged College Media, India, International Journalism Education, Journalism Education, Student Media on August 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In a new exchange4media piece, Pradyuman Maheshwari, a media trainer and blogger in India, argues that the country’s journalism education system has been overrun with “fly-by-night” institutes that do NOT prepare students for the craft. – According to Maheshwari, the ills of the j-education system include: a severe shortage of teachers with actual journalism and [...]
Australia’s “Radio Revolution” Streaming Live Online Since May
Posted in Broadcast Journalism, College Media, International Student Media, Journalism, New Media, tagged Australia, College Media, College Radio, Journalism, New Media, Online Radio, Student Media on August 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Billed as “distinctively non-commercial,” the student-run JACradio at the University of Queensland has been pumping out the music and talk online 24/7 since its debut in May. It is the latest entrant into Australia’s radio Webosphere- and according to one report the UQ School of Journalism and Communication (JAC) has been ”overwhelmed by the number of [...]
Three Alaska Journalism Students Will Soon See Iraq From Their House
Posted in College Media, Journalism, Journalism Education, New Media, tagged College Media, Facebook, Iraq, Journalism, Journalism Education, New Media, Student Media on August 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A trio of students at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks- joined by UAF’s journalism department chair- will very soon be embedded in Iraq for a true reporting experience of a lifetime (for once, not an understatement). – The quartet will report for The Sun Star student newspaper and professional media outlets, along with getting [...]
Media Adviser’s Removal at Morgan State Criticized as Censorship
Posted in College Media, Free Press Fights, Journalism, Student Newspaper, tagged Censorship, College Media, Free Press Fights, Journalism, Student Media, Student Newspaper on August 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
According to a College Media Advisers investigation, the firing of the student media adviser at Morgan State University appears to be linked to editorials and stories published in the campus newspaper this past spring that criticized the Morgan State administration. – In an excellent investigation into the incident on behalf of CMA, Chris Evans, media [...]
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