Posts under ‘hope for the future’

Mark Glaser posted a question a few days ago: “Is the glass half full, or half empty?” relating to the future of journalism. Today, he posts the reactions. I added my two cents, and was quoted in the article pursuing the Dickensian approach (”the best of times, the worst of times”). Read what others have […]

A few reasons why I love the Internets: making connections, seeing people succeed, and providing hope for the future.
It’s good to see Jim Killam get response to his post about spending time in a newsroom that takes the “web-first” mentality seriously - that’s success as a blogger.
It’s better seeing connections that can help college journalists. […]

Attention all students!
If for no other reason, learn new media skills for increased employment opportunties. There is a sweet spot in the journalism job market right now for good journalists with multimedia skills. Demand, at least for now, outstrips the supply of good digital storytellers.
Angela Grant taught our video sessions at last weekend’s CICM […]

The first-ever CICM hands-on workshop is over. It was a big event for a small crew of folks to put together on a shoe-string budget. Most of the comments were positive. I’m especially pleased to hear from participants who have blogged about it. Read their comments:
Chris Hokanson, Texas A&M multimedia editor;
Chris Drain, adviser at Pensacola […]

Two of the participants at the CICM workshop this weekend have already posted blog items about John Seigenthaler’s appearance after our keynote speaker Jennifer Carroll yesterday afternoon.
You can read some of what Seigenthaler said via Jack Lail and Joe Gisondi.
We got to sit down and shoot video with both Seigenthaler and Carroll yesterday afternoon, […]

John W. Allman, a reporter for the Tampa Tribune, is an alumnus of Emory & Henry. This past weekend, he spoke at a Mass Communications Weekend banquet. His remarks are a great reminder of why journalism remains important, and I asked if I could share them with our audience.
Allman has twice been nominated for […]

Podcast Episode: Right Here until I figure out why podpress isn’t working right.
One of the first people I interviewed when I went to Roanoke.com a couple of weeks ago happened to be a recent college graduate: Hunter Wilson, video/online producer for the Roanoke Times and recent graduate of Western Kentucky University. Listen to this 3:43 […]

The Business Beat
Online ads don’t generate the money that print ads do, but ever so slowly, newspapers with a strong Web brand are starting to produce countable cash. Some newspapers are even getting close to offsetting print ad losses with increases in online ads.
Here’s some good news from the NAA.

Len Witt is channeling a certain mid-19th century philosopher:
Finally, begin to take an innovative posture now or get out of the way. The only other choice is not to innovate and then be moved out of the way. If you do nothing, you are doomed and so might be journalism. . So Journalists of the […]

I’ve sat back over the past week and watched with some excitement as Eastern Illinois adviser, Joe Gisondi, has started a really fine sports blog.
Cyberjournalist, the Online News Association’s newsletter came out today and the top story was “why journalists should blog.” Good reasons why college journalism advisers should blog, too.