For our U.S. and Canadian readers, this is the week of Thanksgiving (Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving in October), when schools call a recess from the frantic pace of the semester to allow everyone to meet with their families and friends and overdose [...]
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I spent some time talking to winners of last month's Pacemaker online awards to get their take on what makes a effective Web news outlet. If there was any consensus among these' [...]
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I'll be traveling for a few days, so likely won't be updating much over the Thanksgiving holiday. In the meantime, here are some things I've been reading that you might find interesting. I usually do these with a social bookmarking' [...]
American Public Media and Minnesota Public Radio are sponsoring a meeting focused on the Future of News. You can watch a live stream here.
From the intro:
The decline of journalism in America is reaching the point of crisis. Newsrooms around the nation are shrinking [...]
Rachele Kanigel at San Francisco State U. passes along the following multimedia opportunity. See details below the fold.
Learn more about SFSU's summer multimedia study-abroad programs in Urbino, Italy (June 3-July 2, 2010) and Perpignan, France (June 24-July 23, 2010) at http://ieimedia.com.
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Via Will Sullivan, STLToday/St. Louis Post-Dispatch is looking for PAID spring and summer interns. The description is below the fold. NOTE: The Journerdist wants you to be sure to understand that all print resumes and clips will be recycled, so show your multimedia/online [...]
Carole Tarrant passes along news about a paid online internship at the Roanoke Times/Roanoke.com. Check it out if you're soon to be graduating. You can also e-mail her at carole.tarrant -at- roanoke.com.
Also, National Geographic is looking for two summer interns. Details are below the fold.
2010' [...]
The Journal Times in Racine County, Wisc. reports that financial hardships at one local college newspaper forced its staff to think Web-first in a very big way.
The Ranger News, the weekly student newspaper for the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, has folded its print operation and now [...]
Wave - e-mail for the 21st century, or something
As part of my duty as the self-appointed new software guinea pig for college media, I was able to finagle an invitation to Google Wave from Andrew Spittle, [...]
The collegiate Online Pacemakers were announced this weekend in Austin at the National College Media Convention. I am pleased to report that dennews.com, the Daily Eastern News' web site, was among the winners (as was OUDaily, pictured above). Lots' [...]
College media wire service U-Wire has been experiencing some glitches as of late.
Seattle University's Spectator reported about a week ago that the service, which is free for college newspapers, temporarily suspended its print operations. It's Web site, which is currently down, stopped updating [...]
This video was shown in Mark Briggs' "The Big Picture" session this morning at the National College Media Convention in Austin.
Did You Know 4.0
It's an interesting compilation of statistics and trends that are changing the way we consume information.
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"Convergence" is hardly a new buzzword.
And it's hardly a new development that news has moved increasingly online and most newspapers have delved -- or at least dabbled -- in the world of video and audio. But how has this transition' [...]
So here goes. My first post as the new CICM intern - and it looks like I've got some big shoes to fill.
I'm Jenna, a senior (print) journalism major at Kent State University and veteran of KSU's student media. I'm also an intern at the Huffington Post,' [...]
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This was a very hard competition to judge, but Jenna Staul is our new Intern. She should be posting a welcome message later today, and we look forward to her contributions to the [...]
Alright, as I promised, you the faithful readers of the ICM weblog get to have some input into the intern application process. Here is a list of the intern applicants with their application essays. You get a vote, but you don't get to see the vote (because I'm trying to [...]
We had five contestants for the cicm internship 2.0. Tomorrow I'll post their essays so you can help me make the decision on which applicant to choose. Watch this space.
' [...]This post is a round-up of links to the sites Amy Webb mentioned in her session at ONA. I'm updating it as the links come along. This is a session about "10 tech trends." The numbered items are the trends. She then mentions certain web sites or apps for the' [...]
Paul Conley is one of my favorite media bloggers because he's so honest. Unfortunately, he's so busy that he doesn't post as often as he used to. But when he does, the thinking is insightful. Like this post that he wrote a week ago: Is the Revolution Over?
Paul' [...]
First up, the contests:
uwemp and United Press International are sponsoring a National Student Journalism Contest with a $500 prize:
What matters to you most at this critical time in your life? Submit a 400- to 800-word article on one of the following topics:
A key racial, gender or sexual issue either [...]
College Media Network is hosting a conference call with GlobalPost's David Case to focus on journalism jobs and a new partnership between GlobalPost and CBS to provide foreign reporting.
The conference call is open to all college journalists (not just CMN affiliates). Click the link above to find out [...]
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Previously announced results are viewable here. There are still two categories to be announced, hopefully this week.
Judges were allowed to choose as many winning entries as they wished, and they could provide [...]
College students are liveblogging from the APME Newstrain sessions in Norman, Okla. There are two "tracks" - one hands-on, one more theory-based. This liveblog is for the theory-based sessions. Click here to go to the hands-on sessions.
Click on the coveritlive box below to follow along with the proceedings. You [...]
College students are liveblogging from the APME Newstrain sessions in Norman, Okla. There are two "tracks" - one hands-on, one more theory-based. This liveblog is for the theory-based sessions. Click here to go to the hands-on sessions.
Click on the coveritlive box below to follow along with the proceedings. You [...]
College students are liveblogging from the APME Newstrain sessions in Norman, Okla. There are two "tracks" - one hands-on, one more theory-based. This liveblog is for the hands-on sessions. Click here to go to the theoretical sessions.
Click on the coveritlive box below to follow along with the proceedings. You [...]
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While I'm usually more content to stay on the editorial side of the new media world, I would encourage everyone to read this special report from Editor & Publisher:
This weekend, I'll be in Norman, Okla. with Mid-America Press Institute and the APME NewsTrain for a seminar. I'll be working with a number of students who will be covering the seminar [edit] for later reports and shooting some video. If you're there, stop and say "hi."' [...]
Dan Riemold, formerly of College Media Matters, is now blogging at College Media Beat, a UWire project. Dan's focus isn't changing, just his URL. From his first blog post at the new joint:
Yes, you read that right. The generation supposedly' [...]
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Below are the results from most of the categories in the 2nd CICM contest. We had 30 schools enter, and some impressive entries to boot. There are still a couple of categories that are outstanding, and I [...]
With the success of our first intern, Lauren Rabaino, it's time for another round of the CICM internship program. Details:
UPDATE: Just so we're clear, this internship is open to international students too.
The pitch: How would you like to [...]
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I could post these to my delicious feed, but I'm actually trying to be less "automated" in things I blog about these days, so here goes:
Angela Grant provides some valuable insight for future journalists with a recent entry' [...]
The CollegeJourn web site (purveyors of the #CollegeJourn chats) have decided to tackle a story through international networking. The story: health care.
Suzanne Yada writes:
This is a global collaborative reporting project on health. Choose one of two assignments: For news, the question is "How does" [...]
More on the redesign front:
The Indiana Daily Student has been updating their look this year. Adviser Melinda Aston says:
The IDS web site launched a preliminary redesign in February. We added more new stuff over the summer and launched them for the start of the fall [...]
Some blog posts, time-wasters and resources I've come across during the past week that I just haven't had the time to post about. I'll be back on Tuesday with some more new college media web site redesigns and other stuff. Have a safe and happy Labor Day weekend.
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For any college journalists out there who are unconvinced that H1N1 flu virus is not a topic you should be covering extensively (especially online), I'll just say that my site referral statistics might make you think otherwise.
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Madison McCord, web editor of The Communicator at Spokane Falls Community College, makes the case for college media organizations developing their own content management systems in a comment on a previous post:
Where are the sites that [...]
The Pitt News at the University of Pittsburgh didn't just move off of College Publisher and redesign their site. They built a CMS from the ground up the site using Drupal as a base. (as Daniel Bachhuber noted in the' [...]
I come across new software that might be of use to college media outlets all the time. Most of them end up in the reinventing delicious account. Here are a few recent finds that might pique your interest:
Someone asked in the comments on a post about the winners of the CICM contest. We will be announcing the winners on or around Sept. 15. Stay tuned.
Continuing to point out student media sites that have undergone major renovations over the summer. If your site has undergone a redesign you'd want to share with the world, drop an e-mail to scmurley-at-gmail.com. Include comments about how this redesign/new CMS will help your news organization accomplish its goals.
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Well, that didn't take long. Only a couple of weeks into the new school year, and already U.S. college campuses are getting hit with cases of the H1N1 flu virus.
College media are covering the story, and if your newspaper' [...]
Quite a few college publications made upgrades to their web sites over the summer. As I am able, I’ll post a link to sites with new designs or new backend systems. If your site has undergone a makeover, drop a line in the comments or via e-mail to scmurley-at-gmail.com, and [...]
Lots of stuff to catch up on this week as school starts.
First off, CoPress launched a new version of their website last week. You can check it out here. They’ve updated their hosting plans and support services as well. For schools who are working with WordPress installations, [...]
Dan Reimold at College Media Matters picks up on the Minnesota Daily’s decision to remove the last name of an international student based on fears of negative implications for his statements to the Daily.
The Editor’s Note above the article reads:
Editor’s note: The last name of the main subject [...]
Global Student Journalists is an ambitious, aptly-named new project by Anna Rodrigues, a journalism professor at Durham College in Canada.
Professor Rodrigues was kind enough to answer some questions about the site via e-mail.
The backstory:
About 18 months ago I began hearing from [...]
Buzz Manager Blog has an interview with the SEC Vice Commissioner of Media Relations about their social media policy as they crawfish on the social media policy. Charles Bloom admits that the policy was originally pretty broad, but meant to protect the “television and media partners” video rights.
I’ll have [...]
This week, student journalists at the Daily Eastern News at Eastern Illinois University will begin an experiment to reconfigure the newsroom to better deal with the online future of news.
It’s something I’ve talked about a lot here: getting the copy desk and editors to put stories online, freeing up [...]
Jack Lail points out that the SEC is “rethinking” their lame policy mentioned in this earlier post. Jack points to a bunch of the blowback the SEC has received from fans and Internet-savvy folks.
The SEC posted the following on their Twitter feed (ironic, isn’t it?):
To our [...]
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I continue to think that there is only so much stupid that can be brought to bear in the world of big-time college athletics. Sadly, the SEC is the latest to disprove my theory. (props to Jay Rosen @jayrosen_nyu on [...]
This is just a note to let people know that I don’t “do” Facebook apps. No matter how cute or interesting the application, I will not use it. Every time someone invites me to play along with the application (zombies, superpokes, classmates, rate movies, etc.), I get this pop-up message:
Allowing [...]
Just for the record, summer is almost over, and I’m getting back into the blogging groove. I took a little break from the “death of media” circus. Expect more bloggy goodness in the coming days.
Ideally, online reporting and editing skills (and associated ethics) would be integrated into every reporting and editing class. If that’s not happening, then [...]
The Associated Press got even stupider.
Tom Curley, The A.P.’s president and chief executive, said the company’s position was that even minimal use of a news article online required a licensing agreement with the news organization that produced it. In an interview, he specifically cited references that include a headline [...]
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The Associated Press got even stupider.
Tom Curley, The A.P.’s president and chief executive, said the company’s position was that even minimal use of a news article online required a licensing agreement with the news organization that produced [...]
Ryan Thornburg makes the case that universities can be the “fertile failure” ground for news organizations. I’m not so sure on some levels. Here’s the college media-specific quote:
Campus news organizations should also be a natural place for professional news organizations to test crazy ideas that run the risk of [...]As I mentioned earlier this summer, I was in Iowa this week speaking (along with Steve Buttry) to a group of 8 newspaper journalists (editors and publishers) at the Iowa Newspaper Foundation’s Leadership Seminar series.
The topic was “Leadership in a Changing Media Environment.” My part was to talk about [...]
via Doug Fisher, this:
[...]College and high school radio stations urge Congress to oppose record-label supported legislation
In a letter to members of Congress delivered earlier today under the banner of the Free Radio Alliance and the College Broadcasters Inc. (CBI), faculty, staff, and students from more than 80 stations including Duke University, Harvard [...]
I’m on the road again today, but planning to finally update the WordPress installation to 2.7 in the next few days, so if things look wonky for a while, bear with us.
[...]Via Will Sullivan, this multimedia internship in Wisconsin for the summer.
The Oshkosh Northwestern is currently accepting applications for a part-time multimedia intern for the summer. The position will be for college credit.
Summer events in the Oshkosh area provide a prime use for those with multimedia talents. EAA AirVenture; the [...]
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This weekend, I saw the latest “Star Trek” movie. (slow-loading flash site - you have been warned)
It’s a good sci-fi movie, and a worthwhile “prequel” to the “Star Trek” franchise (I’m not a “Trekkie,” so keep that in mind). [...]
