Tag: Journalism
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Look, Teacher, No Prep…
Thanks to Jeff Jarvis, you can jumpstart your lecture on the impact of Internet on the news business. Good job, Jeff, and what a good idea to start sharing these kind of resources… Intj0808pdfhttp://static.slideshare.net/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=intj0808pdf-1219849884193191-8&stripped_title=intj0808pdf-presentation View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: cuny journalism)
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Programming is journalism, at least in Norway
Kelley Vendeland in Editors Weblog writes about efforts in the Norwegian press to bring in the programmers, to the newsroom. Epsen Anderson is modernizing Norway’s public broadcasting through data-driven applications that make sense of complex information so that reporters can write more analytically about issues. Andersen, who regularly designs new technology methods for “doing journalism“,…
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Twitter and Journalism in early 2008
Journalism consists of multiple activities, from the long form to spot news. These may require different tool sets, authoring styles, talents, etc. I want to address the journalism news function of reporting breaking news, from a fire to a press conference, to any live event. Key to reporting live events, is time. How immediate can…
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Persistant theme: Why are J students so close-minded? Who instill that in them?
Rob Curley, Mid-western wonderkind of effective journalism in our world of constantly changing technology posted this question for J-schools. As a J prof who came to the field via multimedia, I am stunned by the close-mindedness of students and faculty. Why is it so? Amy Gahran took this up yesterday in E-media Tidbits, calling it …
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Whose news is this anyway?
In a modest proposal called “Death to bylines” Craig Stoltz suggests that online news stories are really brought to light collectively. The reporter’s words take form with the help of an assignment editor, online producer, perhaps a photographer. Like modest proposals before it, it is contentious. Stoltz further provokes further by suggesting that journalists who…
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From ONA listserv: zoned edition failures and what’s a newspaper?
From the Online News Association (ONA) listserv, comes this exchange between Steve Yelvington, a media strategist and Robin Miller a perceptive maverick tech and media smart-guy. Steve wrote:Rob, I’m curious about your 1980s research into zoned editions, and whyyou concluded they were not a good idea for the newspaper you wereworking with. Was it simply…
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Inside Higher Ed :: Easy Targets
Journalists, writers, teachers, students who want to write will find this a good read. Academics discuss the MLA convention and the rocky relationship between journalists and academic writer/scholars. Inside Higher Ed :: Easy Targets This summarizes their gripes but gives you something to think and even write about Shumway argued that “reporters who cover academics…
Barbara K Iverson 