Innovation in College Media

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a post encouraging students to localize the story of our economic situation. With the stock market still free-falling this week after a $700 BILLION rescue package was announced by the federal government, now might be a good time to reissue that call.

Searching Uwire, I'm still seeing a lot of opinion stories, but few localized stories.

Here are a few that I found to get the brain going:

• Boston U. president issues hiring freeze
•  Economy, banks continue to fall
• U California funds suffer as market tumbles
• Feds compelled to up Pell Grants
• Iowa State professors say economy needs immediate help
• U Maine officials detail economy's effect on students

For some background, I still recommend "The Giant Pool of Money" from NPR and This American Life, and also the latest TAL program on the economy: "Another Frightening Show About the Economy."