Blog — College and university journalism schools offer their students a built-in community to cover: the institution that houses their program. A campus offers practice in covering politics, budgets, race, education, crime, social trends – in short, many aspects of life in the wider world. [Read more...]
NPR: ‘Impact of Government’ journalism initiative
October 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
From Poynter.org – National Public Radio announced the kick-off of Impact of Government, an ambitious local-national journalism initiative that will add editorial resources and reporters to NPR member stations in all 50 states, to better inform the public about the impact that the actions of state governments has on citizens and communities. [Read more...]
How Agencies Monitor Social Media Sites
October 18, 2010 By 1 Comment
The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital civil liberties group based in San Francisco, has received information through a federal Freedom of Information Act request documenting how U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services uses social networking sites to investigate petitions for citizenship. Read more.
Judge says Google Must Reveal Cyberbully’s Identity
October 18, 2010 By 1 Comment
From Switched .com — A few months ago, former actress, model and Columbia graduate Carla Franklin took legal action against a mysterious cyberbully who posted defamatory comments about her on YouTube. [Read more...]
Outsourcing Plus
October 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment
From Inside Higher Ed — With budgets tight and the commercial market flush with companies willing to take on various tasks that come with running a university, it has become relatively common for institutions to outsource parts of their operations to outside companies. [Read more...]
Journalism students don’t read newspapers
October 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment
From Guardian.co.uk — Greenslade Blog. Two eye-opening moments at my lecture to about 250 City University MA journalism students yesterday afternoon.
I asked for a show of hands on a simple question: what is your primary news source? Read more.
Mobile TV’s Uphill Climb
October 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment
A group of broadcasters has been making the case that local content is the way to go when it comes to television on mobile devices, and it is wielding results from a recent consumer trial to prove it. [Read more...]
Social Media and Banner Ads
October 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
From Poynter.org: “The death of display advertising has been greatly exaggerated,” Randall Rothenberg, CEO of the Interactive Advertising Bureau, said last week at the trade organization’s MIXX conference. Read more. [Read more...]
Smartphones bring mixed blessings for newspapers
October 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
From guardian.co.uk: The growing popularity of smartphones is proving a double-edged sword for newspaper publishers, [Read more...]
Best Practices for Bloggers
October 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Loyola University Chicago, Center for Digital Ethics and Policy, new post features Best Practices for Bloggers. Read more.