tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-282341492012-01-10T22:37:36.194-08:00This blog is about college newspapers and written by Rachele Kanigel, author of The Student Newspaper Survival Guide.Rachele Kanigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17074676517923065699noreply@blogger.comBlogger190125blogspot/KKHthttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28234149.post-36546152634772957082010-10-27T18:36:00.000-07:002010-10-27T18:36:28.765-07:002010-10-27T18:36:28.765-07:00

Unfortunately Dan Reimold is stuck in Atlanta and won't be able to join us for the Thursday morning panel on International Teaching/Research Opportunities for Journalism Educators at the Associated Collegiate Press/College Media Advisers National College Media Convention in Louisville. But two globe-trotting CMA members have stepped in to fill the void. Come hear how Brian Steffen of Simpson

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Hope to meet many of you at the Associated Collegiate Press/College Media Advisers National College Media Convention in Louisville later this week. Journalism educators and students who are interested in studying or working abroad should know about two sessions -- one geared toward advisers and one for students. Dan Reimold of College Media Matters, who has taught in Singapore, and I will present

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IeiMedia is looking for an instructor to teach videojournalism in Perpignan, France, for a month this summer. Instruction will be in English to mostly North American college students (although English-speaking students from other parts of the world are welcome to attend). The instructor will train students to produce short videos for the Web. You can view student work from the summer of 2010 at

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I'm looking for a photo for the cover of the second edition of The Student Newspaper Survival Guide, so I'm organizing a contest. The winner will get a $50 prize, two copies of the book -- one for the photographer and one for the student newspaper of his/her choice -- and the satisfaction of knowing he or she is inspiring the next generation of student journalists. You can see the image from the

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NPR has an interesting piece on why students spend thousands of dollars to get a degree that prepares them for what many believe is dying profession. Several people in the report question the conventional wisdom that journalism is on the skids. "It's a renaissance, a re-creation," says Geneva Overholser, director of journalism at the USC Annenberg School, where NPR based its story. "I don't

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As many of you know, when I'm not blogging or teaching journalism at San Francisco State University I'm directing a summer media study-abroad program sponsored by the Institute for Education in International Media (ieiMedia). ieiMedia programs are open to English-speaking students from colleges and universities all over the world, who gather to study media skills, as well as the local language

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You’re at a major intersection near the entrance to your campus and you see that a car has collided with a motorcycle. An ambulance is on the scene. What do you do? If you don’t have a conventional camera, whip out your cell phone and snap a picture. Send it back to the newsroom with a text message reporting the basic details of the accident. Within seconds you can have a brief news report up

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Do you work for a college newspaper that has a website or do you work for a college media organization that produces a 24/7 news website, a newspaper and perhaps other media products (such as a magazine, TV broadcasts, radio programming, etc.)? If you’re living in the 21st century, you should be working for the latter. No matter how small your school is or how tiny your staff may be, you

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In case you didn't see it, Poynter.org has an interesting column today about how students prefer to read their college papers in print than online."I talked with several college newspaper advisors (sic) across the country, and they all said their print newspapers are much more popular than their online versions," Bill Krueger wrote in the column. Krueger interviewed advisers and general managers

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An earthquake strikes Chile, killing hundreds of people and displacing thousands. The federal government passes new health care legislation that will extend coverage to millions. Israeli and Palestinian leaders gather at an Egyptian resort in an attempt to forge a peace plan. A gunman takes 15 hostages at a college campus halfway across the country.Every minute, important news stories break

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The New York Times has paired up with New York University's journalism school to create The Local East Village, a new hyperlocal daily news blog focusing on the East Village.According to the "Hello Neighbors" message posted on the new website, "The Local is a journalistic collaboration designed to reflect the richness of the East Village, report on its issues and concerns, give voice to its

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Twitter is a great tool for promoting content, engaging readers and building community. But poorly phrased tweets, offensive content or too many automated posts can alienate readers. Here are some pointers for making the most of your news organization’s Twitter presence. 1. Set up a profile. Establish a profile that includes your news organization’s name, basic information, a web address and

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The University of Colorado is looking at discontinuing its journalism school and replacing it with a new interdisciplinary "information and communication technology" program, according to the Associated Press.On Sept. 1, a committee will start the process of "program discontinuance" for the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, which has 28 faculty, 647 undergraduate students, 58 in the

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Fifteen Minutes, the Harvard Crimson's weekend magazine, has listed The Student Newspaper Survival Guide, as one of 15 books in its collection.The Student Newspaper Survival Guide find itself in the company of such classics as The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White; The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger and Make No Law: The Sullivan Case and the First Amendment by

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Do you dream about being a foreign correspondent? Would you like to learn "backpack" (multimedia) journalism skills in Europe for college credit? San Francisco State University and the Institute for Education in International Media (ieiMedia), are co-sponsoring 4-week intensive summer sessions in Italy and France in the summer of 2010.The programs are open to college students and recent

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Ever wish you could look up Associated Press style for "district attorney" (lowercase unless it's used as a title in front of a name) or "Green Revolution" (uppercase) when you're away from your trusty stylebook?Now you can. The Associated Press has just launched an AP Style app for the iPhone and iPod touch. The 2009 AP Stylebook app is available for $28.99 from the App Store on iPhone and iPod

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The St. Louis Post-Dispatch is looking for an intern, but not just any intern. The position announcement calls for a "social media intern."Kurt Greenbaum, director of social media at the Post-Dispatch, posted the position on his blog Wednesday, noting that the intern will work with the online team to use "social media to publish content, engage our audience and encourage reader-generated news,

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Chris O'Brien of The Next Newsroom Project reports that the board of The Chronicle, the independent, student-run newspaper at Duke University, has adopted the project's proposal for a new newsroom.The plan is available here.O'Brien, a business reporter at the San Jose Mercury News and Duke Chronicle alum, has served as the project manager for the endeavor. He reports that the concept approved by

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Emily Kostic, a junior studying journalism at Rowan University, has put together a list of Top 10 Sites for Online Journalism Students on her blog, Journalism 3.0: The Future of Journalism According to a Member of the Facebook Generation.I echo many of her suggestions for sites every journalism student should read. Check it out.Kostic's blog itself is a good read for journalism students -- and a

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Marc Wood of Associated Collegiate Press has put up a gallery of post-election college newspaper front pages. You can also view it as a slideshow.If you want to add your newspaper's Page 1 to the gallery, you can upload it here or email Wood at wood (at) studentpress.org.

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Barack Obama has garnered more than twice as many daily newspaper endorsements as John McCain, according to Editor and Publisher. But the results are even more lopsided for college newspapers: 65 to 1.Of the 66 college newspapers counted in the E&P tally, only one -- The Daily Mississippian at the University of Mississippi -- endorsed McCain.In its Oct. 28 endorsement, The Daily Mississippian

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KANSAS CITY - What a week to be at the ACP/CMA National College Media Convention! Here I am with all these eager young college students, many of whom harbor dreams of entering the field of journalism in the next year or two, and there’s nothing but carnage in the industry.As David Carr writes in The New York Times this morning, “It’s been an especially rotten few days for people who type on

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In case you're wondering why I've posted so little lately, it's because I've been devoting a lot of time to negotiating an agreement between San Francisco State University and the Institute for Education in International Media to offer multimedia study-abroad programs next summer. The deal is done!In 2009 SFSU and ieiMedia will co-sponsor month-long programs in Urbino, Italy (June 30-July 30) and

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Many wondered why new media visionary Rob Curley would leave the prestigious Washington Post, one of the pillars of old journalism, for the Las Vegas Sun, a little upstart in the desert. He explained why in a blog post last week."I’m more and more convinced every day that the Las Vegas Sun is the most interesting local newspaper in the nation — both to read and to work at," he wrote. For details

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The Institute on Political Journalism invites students to attend "Election 2008: The Press, the Presidency & Politicians," a two-day conference for collegiate journalists in the nation's capital. The Institute of Political Journalism is an arm of The Fund for American Studies, which was founded in 1967 "to help instill in young people an appreciation for the American form of government and the

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