January 14, 2009 in industry news
January 14, 2009 in College Media News
Image by Getty Images via DaylifeNext Monday, I’ll be rolling out another list post of college news outlets who are sending reporters/photogs to cover the inauguration of Barack Obama as the first African-American president of the United States.
I already have a list of about 10 school newspapers. If your school is doing something for the inauguration, even if it’s covering from a local angle, drop me an e-mail at scmurley -at- gmail.com or add a link in the comments to this post.
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January 13, 2009 in industry news
January 13, 2009 in blogging
You can view a live chat about the inauguration at the Poynter Institute today from 1-1:30 p.m. Eastern time.
January 12, 2009 in College Media, Multimedia views
Image via WikipediaA Twitter conversation with Tim Magaw of the Daily Kent Stater:
timmagaw: Training week for the Daily Kent Stater starts tomorrow. What’s one thing every college journalist should know?
CICM: How to move beyond their print-based paradigm. 
timmagaw: We tell them that all the time. It’s easy to talk the talk. It’s more difficult to get them to actually do it.
CICM: stop running their print stories if they don’t turn in web-friendly stuff – that’ll get them to do it.
timmagaw: Now there’s an idea.
One of the questions I usually get when I do a multimedia workshop is this one: how do we get reporters to go along with this stuff? It’s along the lines of what Tim is asking.
My response is always the same: Who says you have to “get them to go along.” You don’t. You demand it.
A couple of years ago, it might have been okay to let a good print writer slide with just turning in those print stories, or (heaven forbid) a photog just turn in those photos with no audio, no video, no slideshow.
Those days are gone.
My response now: Editors must demand at least links, if not source documents and audio clips. If a reporter doesn’t turn in their story with “web-only” content like hyperlinks (at the minimum!), send it back. Tell that reporter the story is not finished. Period. End of story.
What’s the danger? Perhaps that reporter leaves in a huff and doesn’t come back. If that happens, that reporter is missing in action anyway. If you’re in on the future of journalism, you’d better be getting with the Web.
More importantly, that type of expectation from editors will flow down to the staff because they follow their editors – in good habits and bad. If you start expecting reporters to do the right thing, they will do the right thing, or they won’t appear in print.
If their print byline is still that important to them, they’ll get the web content.
Tradition is a powerful thing – and it can stand in the way of innovation. But tradition gets reinvented every four years at a college newspaper. When I was in college, we used wax, layout pages and photochemical processing to output our copy. After I left, they started using Quark on Macs. The layout pages, wax and photochemical processing were gone.
Nobody batted an eye. Why should they be allowed to do so now?
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January 12, 2009 in Legal Issues
Via a thread on the CMA listserv, Frank LoMonte at the Student Press Law Center points out an SPLC podcast (I didn’t even know they were doing podcasts!) “in which legal experts Steve Zansberg and Robert Becker discuss how to minimize your risk of unpleasant confrontations with police when attending high-security events like the inaugural.  Steve was the attorney for several journalists jailed during last summer’s Democratic National Convention, and Bob is a former Reporters’ Committee for Freedom of the Press staff attorney who has represented journalists jailed covering demonstrations in Washington, D.C.”
Becker is also going to be available for students in an emergency should they have a run in with the police. If that should happen, contact the SPLC at 703-807-1904, or e-mailing splc@splc.org.
January 12, 2009 in industry news
Teh stupid is strong in this one, Yoda says.
Joe the Plumber “reporting” from Israel.
January 12, 2009 in Academics, Multimedia Course
Andrew Dunn notes that the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is getting with the program and requiring a multimedia course for all journalism students as part of their new curriculum. Glad to know they’ve joined us in the future!
In the meantime, I’ve been updating my syllabus for the multimedia course here at EIU based on a semester’s worth of experience in the field. Below the fold is the new version of the syllabus/schedule with a few explanatory notes.
January 12, 2009 in industry news
January 12, 2009 in CICM shop talk, internships
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There’s a countdown clock at the top of the center column of this weblog right now. That’s because there is now ONE WEEK for you to get your application in for the CICM Spring 2009 Internship. Emily Kostic is the first applicant (way to go, Emily!). And I promise you will never do what the intern in the picture above is doing!
Check out the details:
The pitch: How would you like to learn new media skills while having a positive impact on the college media environment? Join us for a semester of new media opportunity as the first intern for the Center for Innovation in College Media for Spring 2009.
What you’ll do: Help maintain the Innovation in College Media weblog by producing relevant content that highlights what college media are doing in a changing media environment. The possibilities for editorial production are limited only by your imagination and energy. Some of the possibilities:
Skills: Social media savvy (Twitter, friendfeed, etc.), video and audio (soundslides, mogulus or ustream), blogging (WordPress), college journalism (worked as a college journalist, familiar with college media environment).
Location: Wherever you are. I operate from Charleston, IL, Chris Carroll operates from Nashville, TN, but you can operate from anywhere you have a computer and Internet access.
Start/End Dates: Start date is toward the end of january. end date is end of April.
Hours: As far as hours, it’s really open-ended. You can do some awesome work with minimal hours, or a lot of hours and a minimum of ROI (return on investment). Seriously, it’s all up to you. My goal is for you to succeed.
Pay: We don’t have a lot of money, but we can offer a $500 stipend and a heckuva recommendation letter from yours truly when you’ve finished the race. We’ll make a badge available as well that you can post on your blog or web site.
About the site: ICM is part of the non-profit Center for Innovation in College Media, and is read by numerous college journalists, advisers, and industry folks.
How to apply: Send a copy of your resume and a 250-word essay (or post on your weblog, even better) explaining what ideas you have for the site to me at scmurley@gmail.com. Be forewarned – I will be posting a poll for readers to vote on who is the best potential intern (results will be viewable only by me) with the winner posted here in the future.
Deadline for applications: Jan. 18, 2009
