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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 . . . → Read More: Editors: Stop letting reporters go without online content! Image via WikipediaEditor’s Note: Last week, I chatted with Dan Reimold, college media scholar currently servin as a Fulbright Scholar in Singapore (read more of his bio here), about the current strength of the college newspaper print product. Our discussion was prompted by an earlier post Dan wrote on his weblog College Media Matters. What follows . . . → Read More: ICM Discussion: print and college newspapers Mindy McAdams writes about something I’ve been thinking recently: No one learns how to do anything by sitting in a classroom and listening to a teacher. That might be a great way to get started — but the real learning is going to happen somewhere else. That’s the summary of her post, in which she makes the case . . . → Read More: Wash, rinse, repeat Image via WikipediaAn interesting discussion popped up on the CMA listserv this week about pay for multimedia work. Some college newspapers, for instance, pay reporters a certain amount per story. They pay photographers per assignment or per photo. So how does that structure translate to multimedia. Jim Killam, adviser for the Northern Star at NIU shared their . . . → Read More: Multimedia pay scales for college media Alfred Hermida was one of the people who got into a session I wish I’d been able to go to: Top 10 tech trends you’ve never heard of. By the time I got to the session, there were people standing five deep in the doorway and sitting in the aisles, so I backed out and headed . . . → Read More: Trends you haven’t heard of Image via Wikipedia UPDATE: Adam Hemphill weighs in. John Robinson points to the latest heavy-handed application of the NCAA’s Blogging Policy. The Wiz of Odds blog notes:  Reporters at Kirk Ferentz’s news conference Tuesday were handed a surprise by Iowa officials: A notice detailing conditions and limitations of the NCAA Blogging Policy. That policy, which also gives the host institution . . . → Read More: NCAA’s blogging policy in the news again – rant Today (Monday, Aug. 25) marks the first day of school at Eastern Illinois, and therefore the first real issue of the Daily Eastern News. The beginning of a new school year means new opportunities to try stuff and experiment with innovative storytelling methods. So I’m curious to see what comes out this year around the nation. I’m sure . . . → Read More: Where will the innovation come from this year? Image via Wikipedia Mindy McAdams ponders how far j-schools are moving with integrating new media skills into their curricula. What is your j-school doing? Not not doing, but doing. My department had a meeting yesterday and resolved to form three results-focused subcommittees and move ahead rapidly, this semester, on curriculum reform. Overdue, yes. But for the first . . . → Read More: What J-Schools are doing UPDATE: Erin in the comments points to another campus crime mashup that pulls info from police department databases: Crimereports.com I received an e-mail last week from Colin Drane, who has created a campus crime mapping site called Ucrime.com. From the press release: The service is free to members of the public. It allows students, parents, administrators, public safety officials . . . → Read More: Ucrime.com takes a bite out of campus crime mapping Jack Lail argues that newspapers should use Twitter to build a trusted friendship with online readers (based on Ryan Sholin’s list). His numbered list is short: The low-hanging fruit: Tweet your headlines. |
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