Suzanne Yada recommends you grow a pair
From Suzanne Yada’s resolutions for journalism students in 2009, this bullet point: “Grow some cojones. Let me level with you. The world doesn’t need more music reviewers or opinion spouters. The world...
View ArticleSpartans, you rock my world
I spotted a tweet today from Steve Sloan that reminded me there was some sort of awesome road trip going on, wherein San Jose State student journalists are on their way to the inauguration by way of...
View ArticleWhy train programmers as journalists?
Over at IdeaLab, Rich Gordon shares his exit interview with Brian Boyer and Ryan Mark, the first two programmers to earn a Master’s degree through Medill’s Knight News Challenge-funded scholarship....
View ArticleChat live with me today at Poynter about teaching social media in journalism...
I’ll be doing the Poynter live chat thing at 1pm EDT today over there. Please, show up, ask some questions, share some success stories, and add to the conversation. [UPDATE: Wow, that was awesome....
View ArticleOn the first day of film school at NYU…
…one department head or another asked the 140 freshman wanna-be Spielbergs/Godards/Raimis* in the room to raise their hand if they wanted to be a Director. Many, including me, raised our hands. The...
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My advice to journalism students
I’ve been through most of this before, either in blog posts or in person, whenever I get the chance to talk with journalism students, but it’s worth repeating. A few tweets this week seem to have...
View ArticleUpdating Flash Journalism
Mindy McAdams on why her 2005 book is out of date, how she’s getting her students caught up, and how you can follow along. Updating Flash Journalism
View ArticleSYLLABUS: Social Media Skills (+ notes from the course)
A social media skills course at Columbia, taught by @zseward, @lavrusik, and @nyt_jenpreston? Sounds like the right idea. SYLLABUS: Social Media Skills (+ notes from the course)
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The Carnival of Journalism Revival Traveling Medicine Show
A couple years back, a sprawling cadre of journalism bloggers (myself included) participated — at least, for a few months — in a blog carnival. Now without getting into the sordid details of what makes...
View ArticleTown, gown, beach, mountain, newspaper: An imaginary partnership between UCSC...
What happens when thousands of undergraduates looking for a good time seasonally invade a small California town with its ethos firmly planted in 1968 and its economy floating unabated in the real...
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