Comments on: Late to the carnival … trying to find the time http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/2008/05/26/late-to-the-carnival-trying-to-find-the-time/ a group discussion about the future of student media Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:59:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Jessica DaSilva http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/2008/05/26/late-to-the-carnival-trying-to-find-the-time/#comment-280055 Jessica DaSilva Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:54:41 +0000 http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/2008/05/26/late-to-the-carnival-trying-to-find-the-time/#comment-280055 I think people need to open their minds - especially those who are print-oriented. From my experience, the print staff has a hard time letting the online staff experiment. I think the online staff is almost getting used to having their ideas shot down. In the spring, there was a bit of controversy when the managing editor online said she wanted to post stories to Twitter right after the budget meeting. The editor said he didn't want the local paper to scoop us from our Twitter account. What he was overlooking is that the local paper can't scoop you if it's on your Web site - or your tweets - first! This lack of experiment or adventure will ultimately stunt a paper's Web-based growth and lower the online staff's morale, which would obviously be detrimental. I think people need to open their minds - especially those who are print-oriented.

From my experience, the print staff has a hard time letting the online staff experiment. I think the online staff is almost getting used to having their ideas shot down.

In the spring, there was a bit of controversy when the managing editor online said she wanted to post stories to Twitter right after the budget meeting. The editor said he didn’t want the local paper to scoop us from our Twitter account.

What he was overlooking is that the local paper can’t scoop you if it’s on your Web site - or your tweets - first!

This lack of experiment or adventure will ultimately stunt a paper’s Web-based growth and lower the online staff’s morale, which would obviously be detrimental.

]]> By: Adam http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/2008/05/26/late-to-the-carnival-trying-to-find-the-time/#comment-264404 Adam Mon, 26 May 2008 14:01:45 +0000 http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/2008/05/26/late-to-the-carnival-trying-to-find-the-time/#comment-264404 I think the single most important discussions that should be happening at the college media level is: "what media are best suited to covering this story?" Photos? Video? Live video? A straight story? Blogging? Live blogging? College media give young journalists an incredible opportunity to experiment with covering different stories with different media, and thus develop a feel for what works best and in what circumstances. If they miss this opportunity, and just emulate what they see traditional media doing, then journalism as a whole will be poorer. I think the single most important discussions that should be happening at the college media level is: “what media are best suited to covering this story?”

Photos? Video? Live video? A straight story? Blogging? Live blogging? College media give young journalists an incredible opportunity to experiment with covering different stories with different media, and thus develop a feel for what works best and in what circumstances.

If they miss this opportunity, and just emulate what they see traditional media doing, then journalism as a whole will be poorer.

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