Posts Tagged ‘journalism education’
Saturday, May 16th, 2009
I posted the following on Hunter-L, the College listserv:
Someone has been posting notices in the North Building about this course, “Programming for Everyone,” CSCI, 133, Registration Code: 5020. Only 23 seats. Summer session.
I strongly suggest savvy, enterprising J-students to enroll ASAP if possible. A brief description from http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/csci – “If you’re in any of the sciences or maths then you know you’re going to write some programs eventually, and, if you’re in the arts, then you want to create new media.”
Whoa! Sounds like a prescription for journalism students, especially those with entrepreneurial instincts. It’s only a matter of time before serious journalism programs start considering programming instruction (uh oh, turf war) for their best students.
Hop the wave now before the stampede. Can’t get in the class? Do the minor later on.
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WORDPRESS has shown me the way.
Tags:blogging, computer programming for journalists, journalism education, WORDPRESS
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Saturday, February 7th, 2009
Lesson 7.
More should be done to encourage student contact with professional journalists. My Ford Foundation project, for example, allowed students to work alongside professional journalists in the field. Arrangements like this can more productive than merely inviting professional journalists to be guest speakers in class (though I don’t disapprove of guest speakers but in my experience too many pros show up and blow big-time smoke, and are rarely candid about the dynamics of their newsrooms nor candid about the ethical quagmires they must negotiate in order to do their jobs and look themselves in the mirror).
More examples: Students working alongside professional journalists at the New Hampshire Primaries and at the Democratic National Convention in Denver and at the Presidential Inauguration though the latter was more about pageantry.Â
Imaginative projects can prepare students for the best internships and apprenticeships.Â
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Tags:Ford Foundation, Institute for Humane Studies, journalism education
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Sunday, January 25th, 2009
… instead of the above headline from the recent issue of the Hunter Alumni magazine article about Kisha Allison, Jonathan Mena and Jacqueline Fernandez at the Democratic National Convention. Why?
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Tags:2008 Democratic National Convention, 2009 Presidential Inauguration, Hunter College Alumni Magazine, Jacqueline Fernandez, Jonathan Mena, journalism, journalism education, Kisha Allison, Luis Mostacero, Noticia Hispanoamericana
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Tuesday, January 20th, 2009
By Senior Editor/Producer Jonathan Mena
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I interviewed people from Ethiopia, Cambodia, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Sardinia, India … Milwaukee !!!
Click here for video.
Tags:2009 Presidential Inauguration, Hunter College, Jonathan Mena, journalism education, Student Journalism, The WORD, Youtube
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Tuesday, January 20th, 2009
By Senior Producer/Editor Jacqueline Fernandez (With Technical Assistance from Jonathan Mena)
Today (Monday, January 19) — Jonathan Mena and I got a call from our colleague Luis Mostacero that there might be a chance for us to get press credentials to attend the Inauguration of Barack Obama. The challenged: Jonathan and I had to dash through congested, convoluted Washington D.C. traffic to make it to the Russell Senate Office Building in 30 minutes– or else!
See Them Run!
Picture below by Jacqueline Fernandez
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Tags:2009 Presidential Inauguration, Hunter College, Jacqueline Fernandez, journalism education, Student Journalism, The WORD
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Friday, January 16th, 2009
The WORD received considerable interest and support and that led to it receiving press credentials from the Independent Press Association (now known as the New York Community Media Alliance) for two students to join a cadre of professional news reps from 10 NYCMA member organizations to report on the New Hampshire Primaries in January, 2008. The students reported on rallies and news conferences and met with the University of New Hampshire survey center associate director who briefed all the journalists about the primaries.
And the success of that trip led to the WORD receiving press credentials for three students to report on the Democratic National Convention. (more…)
Tags:Democratic National Convention, journalism education, New Hampshire Primaries
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Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
Lesson 6. It is not a a waste of energy to try developing an informal, collaborative relationship with student news media at Hunter so as to try to encourage them to consider publishing articles and disseminating information about ethnic-immigrant issues. This is especially true considering the richness of Hunter’s culturally and ethnically diverse student body. But … (more…)
Tags:College Student News Media, Ford Foundation, journalism education
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