… via the SPJ First Draft blog. CJR writes that a “plague” of newsroom buyouts and closings is sweeping newspapers throughout the country. “Yet at the same time …
I Should Have Been Smokin’ By Now
September 30th, 2008October 3 2008 Journalism, Broadcast and New Media Conference and Career Fair
CUNY students are invited to meet dozens of recruiters in broadcast, print and the web offering information on internships, jobs and careers. The Economist, The New York Times, Adobe, Inc., are among the media companies that will be represented .
The CUNY Job fair is just around the corner and I’m still slow publishing stuff. I whine. Anyway, below are the suggestions that I provided my students.
The WORD & UWIRE
September 29th, 2008As part of an experiment this academic year, the best of the WORD articles this semester [all WORD articles are good but some are better than others] will be syndicated via UWIRE which says it has more than 800+ affiliate members, nationally and internationally.
First up is by Elizabeth Leonard, one of several that will be published in the coming days. One-hundred Hunter students were interviewed about their presidential preferences.
Later in the semester, the WORD will start submitting video and audio clips on a range of topics. Jonathan Mena, Jacqueline Fernandez and Kisha Allison are showing the way.
Some Polls While I’m Warming Up for the Next Writing Cycle
September 20th, 2008
The Nation’s Student Columnists Have a Lot to Say About Sarah Palin
September 13th, 2008
The Convention Ends, the Semester Begins: An Instructor’s Lament
September 8th, 2008I had to send the following email to the WORDÂ Special Correspondents who were in Denver August 24-28. They are so hot, like heat seeking missiles, that I got wrapped in the wakes of their planning strategies to try to continue reporting on the election like they did in late August. Uh oh.
I can’t:
From Left to right: Kisha Allison, Jonathan Mena and Jacqueline Fernandez.
Back from the Democratic Convention, Getting Ready for Classes But …
August 31st, 2008I will be writing a lot about the Democratic Convention even though it ended August 28 and the Republican event is about to begin. There was so much going on and I’m not just referring to the political wheeling and dealing and the pageantry. I’m going to provide a kind of behind-the-scenes look. Journalism technology, for example, was on awesome display.
Desperately Seeking John Liu, NYC Council Member And NY Delegate to the Democratic National Convention
August 23rd, 2008Being a journalist is tough. Being a student journalist is even tougher. Student journalists have absolutely no clout and very few connections. This reality has never been more apparent than in my quest to interview New York City Council Member John Liu.
Special Correspondent Jacqueline Fernandez
“It’s Biden – I got the text message at …
August 23rd, 2008
… at 3:09 a.m. but CNN broke the story a full hour early.”
Special Correspondent Jonathan Mena
Police/SWAT: An Ubiquitous Presence at the Democratic Convention
September 4th, 2008Special Correspondent Jonathan Mena, armed with digital camera and video equipment, pursued the police as the they pursued protesters exercising their First Amendment Rights. This video blog is part of a major project that he’s working on.
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Tags: Democratic National Convention, Police, protests, SWAT
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