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Future of Journalism panel audio

As promised, I’m embedding the audio from the “Future of Journalism” panel discussion held last Wednesday at EIU.

Panelists were: Will Sullivan of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch/STLToday, John Foreman, publisher of the News-Gazette of Champaign-Urbana, Ill. and Nancy Foreman, executive producer at WCIA-TV3 in Champaign. Jeff Lynch, interim dean of the EIU College of Arts and Humanities . . . → Read More: Future of Journalism panel audio

Community input: What do you think the future holds for journalism?

As I mentioned in the previous post, this Wednesday I’ll be participating in a panel discussion on “The Future of Journalism.”

Panelists include: Will Sullivan of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch/STLToday, John Foreman, publisher of the News-Gazette of Champaign-Urbana, Ill. and Nancy Foreman, executive producer at WCIA-TV3 in Champaign. Jeff Lynch, interim dean of the EIU College of . . . → Read More: Community input: What do you think the future holds for journalism?

Break is over: The future of journalism, and some curated links

linksWe’re back from Spring Break here, and I’m hitting the ground running. This Wednesday, I’ll be participating in a panel discussion on “The Future of Journalism” here at EIU, joined by the Journerdist himself, Will Sullivan, along with John Foreman, publisher of the News-Gazette of Champaign-Urbana, Ill. and Nancy Foreman, executive producer at WCIA-TV3 in Champaign. Jeff Lynch, interim dean of the EIU College of Arts and Humanities will moderate. Should be an interesting event, and I’ll post audio or video once it’s over.

Then, this weekend, I’ll be assisting with the APME/MPI NewsTrain workshop in Arlington Heights, Ill. (details here) The faculty is pretty impressive. Mark Briggs will be there, as will Derek Willis, whom I’ve interviewed, but never met in person. I hope to have some short videos available from that workshop as well.

Meanwhile, here are some random links to start the day off right.

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Curley’s advice: Write well

Rob Curley (file photo)

Rob Curley spoke this weekend at the Associated Collegiate Press gathering in Phoenix. It was the first time he’s spoken in public in 18 months, he said. His keynote speech was interesting, but the better session was a Q&A that followed. During that time, he talked about some of the plans the . . . → Read More: Curley’s advice: Write well

Opening up Pandora’s box

Recently, I was on a plane flying back to St. Louis from a two-day workshop at The Daily Toreador at Texas Tech. (I say 2-day – thanks to the airlines and the weather, it was a little less, but that’s a story for another time).

Thinking back on it, I just realized the feeling I usually get . . . → Read More: Opening up Pandora’s box

ICM classics: Last words of a journalist: not my job

photo by Flickr user dlewis5 / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Editor’s note: This is a re-post of something I wrote in 2007. I was following some referral logs yesterday, and came across a post by Len Witt about students who want to be great writers. We’ve had a lot of readers come and go in the past . . . → Read More: ICM classics: Last words of a journalist: not my job

Newspaper industry woes deconstructed 2.0

Editor’s Note: I originally posted this on my personal weblog in August, 2008, but it remains relevant today, and so, with the beginning of a new year and – according to some – a new decade, I’m reposting it here with a few updates. Enjoy.

Hey, all. Here it is, your one-stop-shop for news . . . → Read More: Newspaper industry woes deconstructed 2.0

Future of News grapples with journalism’s future

American Public Media and Minnesota Public Radio are sponsoring a meeting focused on the Future of News. You can watch a live stream here.

From the intro:

The decline of journalism in America is reaching the point of crisis. Newsrooms around the nation are shrinking while the need for high-quality, objective news, information, analysis and insight has never . . . → Read More: Future of News grapples with journalism’s future

Thornburg – fertile failure

Ryan Thornburg makes the case that universities can be the “fertile failure” ground for news organizations. I’m not so sure on some levels. Here’s the college media-specific quote:

Campus news organizations should also be a natural place for professional news organizations to test crazy ideas that run the risk of damaging their brand. Not that campus news . . . → Read More: Thornburg – fertile failure

UWire 100 ‘09 – nominations now

Last year, we here at ICM were proud to showcase seven of the UWire 100, seven who had been participating in the Innovation in College Media web site, and whose nominations we supported.

The UWire 100 is back again this year, and they’re looking for top college journalists. Here’s the nomination form. Deadline is March 10, so . . . → Read More: UWire 100 ‘09 – nominations now