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Meet your new (Apple) mojo kit

Update: Damon Kiesow responds at Poynter (see below).

Apple held their fall product announcement event yesterday. The iPod lineup got a complete makeover. The biggest announcement from a journalistic perspective – hands down – was the addition of video/still cameras to the iPod Touch.

While the Droid X and other Android phones duke it out with the iPhone . . . → Read More: Meet your new (Apple) mojo kit

Redesigns 2010: Student Press Law Center

Okay, so it’s not technically a student media site, but the SPLC does a lot of good for high school and college media outlets. On Aug. 25, they unveiled a new version of their website:

Frank LoMonte, in an e-mail to CMA’s listserv, listed some new features:

Just some of the many new features on the site include:

“Learning . . . → Read More: Redesigns 2010: Student Press Law Center

Redesigns 2010: UCLA Daily Bruin

The Daily Bruin just launched a new version of their site now using the Gryphon CMS from DetroitSoftworks.

Here’s the new design:

Here’s a screencap from Aug. 31, right before the switch:

And here’s an ancient screen cap from 2007 (file . . . → Read More: Redesigns 2010: UCLA Daily Bruin

Media Law in the Digital Age workshop Sept. 25

Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society and the Center for Sustainable Journalism are hosting a one-day Media Law in the Digital Age workshop at Kennesaw State on Saturday, September 25

Len Witt, who heads the CSJ, mentions that there are a few student scholarships available to reduce costs to $14.99 instead of the full $69.

The . . . → Read More: Media Law in the Digital Age workshop Sept. 25

Redesigns 2010: NIU’s Northern Star

Jim Killam sends along word about the redesign of the Northern Star at Northern Illinois.

Here’s the new look:

And here’s what the site looked like a couple of years ago (most recent version I have):

In addition to the redesign, the Northern Star is now using TownNews as a CMS. Previously, they had a homegrown CMS . . . → Read More: Redesigns 2010: NIU’s Northern Star

Registration now available for ACP/CMA Convention

Students and advisers can now register online for the fall National College Media Convention Oct. 27-31 in Louisville. Which means you can also register for the Main Street Stories multimedia workshop we’re putting on during the course of the weekend. Details on the workshop are available here. For more details about the convention, download the registration . . . → Read More: Registration now available for ACP/CMA Convention

Redesigns 2010: Onward State

Onward State is an online-only publication for Penn State. Publisher Davis Shaver sends along news of their redesign for the new school year. “Major new features include community posting capabilities, community member profiles, and topic pages,” Shaver wrote in an e-mail.

Here’s the old design:

And here’s the new design:

More news above the fold, more graphics, and a . . . → Read More: Redesigns 2010: Onward State

Redesigns 2010: Lee Clarion

The Lee Clarion of Lee University redesigned over the summer. Kevin Trowbridge said it was redesigned for the first time since the site went online in 2008.

Here’s the old design:

Here’s the new design:

Lighter flag, larger dominant art, more white space . . . → Read More: Redesigns 2010: Lee Clarion

Redesigns! We’re looking for redesigns!

New school year, new site designs. Over the next couple of weeks, I’ll be sharing screenshots of some of the online college news sites that have put on a new coat of digital pixie dust. If your media outlet has redesigned the web presence over the summer, drop me an e-mail at scmurley -at- gmail.com to . . . → Read More: Redesigns! We’re looking for redesigns!

Curated Links for 8-19-10

Do you have *your* parking pass yet? Start of a new semester. Here are some links from around the Web to stuff I’ve been reading. In no particular order, and with some non-journospecific goodness.

Choose Your Multimedia Tools Strategically: Story is Still King, Marc Cooper: “New multimedia tools, now reproducing themselves exponentially, provide reporters and editors with . . . → Read More: Curated Links for 8-19-10