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January 24, 2009 in industry news

Breaking news: a lesson

January 23, 2009 in breaking news

This is the e-mail received from President Bill Perry at Eastern Illinois University on Friday afternoon. I think this is news. Others disagree. You can see the full text of the e-mail below the fold.

Let me say this very clearly: if you don’t think this is breaking news on your campus and doesn’t need to be posted on the web site immediately, you don’t know what you’re doing, and you have no idea about the future of news.

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January 23, 2009 in industry news

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January 22, 2009 in industry news

Another death at Virginia Tech

January 21, 2009 in Va. Tech Shooting

This sucks. Apparently, there has been another murder on the VT campus. (UPDATE: Collegiatetimes.com is back up with minute-by-minute updates) The Collegiate Times web site isn’t loading, so no campus news. Will update as details become available.

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Interns!

January 21, 2009 in CICM shop talk, internships

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 links to their application essays. You get a vote, but you don’t get to see the vote (because I’m trying to be cognizant of the applicants’ feelings) and the final decision still rests with the CICM leadership. So here goes – in no particular order:

Oh, that I could give an internship to them all! So help me out, people! I’ll announce the intern on Monday.

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January 21, 2009 in industry news

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January 20, 2009 in industry news

Change comes to Whitehouse.gov

January 20, 2009 in blogging, Politics, Websites

whitehouse.gov

Today, the official presidential web site underwent a makeover. Check it out, and read about the changes. Slight Update: The NYT’s Bits Blog has more detail from an outsider’s perspective.

Student media covering the inauguration

January 19, 2009 in Inauguration, Websites

inaugural poster(e-mail me at scmurley -at- gmail.com or reply to @CICM on twitter to be added to the list)

Editorial comment: It’s interesting how many of the sites listed below are using wordpress.com or blogspot.com for their inaugural coverage. don’t know what it says about their CMS’s, but there it is. – bryan

Along with the “professional media” and the millions of people who are in town for the inaugural in Washington, DC this week, the city will be crawling with student journalists. Below are links to some of the college news media who are participating in covering  the events:

The Pitt News, University of Pittsburgh: Three editors are in DC and blogging at TPN Live. The inaugural URL is here.

The Daily Tar Heel, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill: Reporters and photographers are in DC. Reporters have Flip cameras, and photogs are also contributing to a Washington Post project. Check their blog here.

The Georgetown Voice, Georgetown University: Lots of coverage. See it at their home page.

George Mason University: close to DC, they are providing coverage here.

Doane College student media: Coverage here.  More here.

GW Hatchet, George Washington University – situated within the security zone, the GW Hatchet is providing coverage as well here.

The Iowa State Daily, Iowa State University: They have several students at the inaugural who will be posting stories that you can follow here.

San Jose State University – Students are blogging from their trip to the inaugural at 44 Years to the 44th President.

The Daily Gamecock, University of South Carolina – blogging from the inauguration at the Daily Gamecock @ Inauguration 2009.

The Lariat, Baylor University – Baylor’s newspaper has four students at the inaugural (“The editor and one staff writer received media credentials for the swearing-in ceremony. Another writer received a ticket from our local congressman. The photographer is on roaming status” – Julie Freeman), blogging at Lariat on the Hill, and also posting stories at the home site.

Student Life, Washington University – St. Louis, MO: Journalists are blogging from Washington DC, and also updating at their home site.

The State News, Michigan State University – The State News – which covered both conventions, “has two reporters and two photographers in Washington for Obama’s inauguration,” says Omar Sofradzija, editorial adviser. Check out the inauguration coverage at their special section.

The Daily Mustang,, Southern Methodist U: SMU has six journalism students on the ground in D.C. Most are filing blog items for the SMU Daily Mustang, a new online-only news site produced by Division of Journalism classes. The SMU Daily Campus also has a reporter in D.C. The two newsrooms are collaborating on coverage, which includes stories, blog items, photos and video. Check it out here.

The Daily Pennsylvanian, University of Pennsylvania: Four students covering the inauguration festivities.

More to come.