• From the Foo Fighters to Michele Bachmann: Questions about media freedom and control
• Where newspapers thrive
At a time when doomsayers are predicting the death of traditional journalism, thousands of small-town weeklies are doing just fine, thank you.
At a time when mainstream news media are hemorrhaging and doomsayers are predicting the death of journalism (at least as we've known it), take heart: The free press is alive and well in small towns across America, thanks to the editors of thousands of weeklies who, for very little money and a fair amount of aggravation, keep on telling it like it is. Sometimes they tell it gently, in code only the locals understand. After all, they have to live there too. But they also tell it with courage, standing up to powerful bullies — from coal company thugs in Kentucky to corrupt politicians in the Texas Panhandle.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-muller-weeklies-20110913,0,3782815.story
• Mexico reporter, wife and son shot to death
A journalist, his wife, and their 21-year-old son were shot to death inside their home in this Gulf coast city Monday, June 20, 2011 authorities said. Press freedom groups say Mexico is the most dangerous country in the Americas for journalists. More than 60 reporters have been killed in Mexico since 2000, according to the National Human Rights Commission.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2011-06-20-mexico-journalist-slain_n.htm
• Beyond the Press: Collegiate Journalism's Uncertain Future
Student journalists are no strangers to controversy over the content of their newspapers. Whether formally supported by an institution or not, collegiate student newspapers have the capacity to enrage, offend, and disappoint, just as mainstream media do.
http://chronicle.com/article/Beyond-the-Press-Collegiate/127692/
• Apple's iPad a driving force behind new newspaper subscriptions
John Ridding, chief executive of the Financial Times, named the iPad among mobile devices driving 20 percent of the paper's new online subscriptions, noting nearly a half million downloads of his newspaper's iPad app.
A report by Reuters quoted Ridding as saying, "The rapid emergence of tablet devices is a potentially profound development for publishers."
Read more at http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/02/03/apples_ipad_a_driving_force_behind_new_newspaper_subscriptions.html
• Why It's a Great Time to Be a Journalism Major
The biggest percentage of college students today—21 percent—are graduating with business degrees. These graduates want to make money and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. I'd suggest, however, that the key to succeeding financially and professionally in journalism, business, or any other career is to choose something that you are good at and passionate about.
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/the-college-solution/2010/12/21/why-its-a-great-time-to-be-a-journalism-major.html
• Americans want news their way
A recent Pew poll shows that consumers are hungry for news, spending about 70 minutes a day accessing it. Handheld gadgetry and social media has become their new means for getting news, so how will traditional media evolve to keep up with the 21st century consumer?
Radio show: http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/10/06/midmorning1/
• TommieMedia, the University of Saint Thomas’ digital, multimedia student-run news organization, has received the Associated Collegiate Press’ National Pacemaker Award in journalistic excellence.Earlier, the year-old TommieMedia had been named one of three national finalists for the Pacemaker award given to online-only student media organizations.
• From the Foo Fighters to Michele Bachmann: Questions about media freedom and control
• Where newspapers thrive
At a time when doomsayers are predicting the death of traditional journalism, thousands of small-town weeklies are doing just fine, thank you.
At a time when mainstream news media are hemorrhaging and doomsayers are predicting the death of journalism (at least as we've known it), take heart: The free press is alive and well in small towns across America, thanks to the editors of thousands of weeklies who, for very little money and a fair amount of aggravation, keep on telling it like it is. Sometimes they tell it gently, in code only the locals understand. After all, they have to live there too. But they also tell it with courage, standing up to powerful bullies — from coal company thugs in Kentucky to corrupt politicians in the Texas Panhandle.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-muller-weeklies-20110913,0,3782815.story
• Mexico reporter, wife and son shot to death
A journalist, his wife, and their 21-year-old son were shot to death inside their home in this Gulf coast city Monday, June 20, 2011 authorities said. Press freedom groups say Mexico is the most dangerous country in the Americas for journalists. More than 60 reporters have been killed in Mexico since 2000, according to the National Human Rights Commission.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2011-06-20-mexico-journalist-slain_n.htm
• Beyond the Press: Collegiate Journalism's Uncertain Future
Student journalists are no strangers to controversy over the content of their newspapers. Whether formally supported by an institution or not, collegiate student newspapers have the capacity to enrage, offend, and disappoint, just as mainstream media do.
http://chronicle.com/article/Beyond-the-Press-Collegiate/127692/
• Apple's iPad a driving force behind new newspaper subscriptions
John Ridding, chief executive of the Financial Times, named the iPad among mobile devices driving 20 percent of the paper's new online subscriptions, noting nearly a half million downloads of his newspaper's iPad app.
A report by Reuters quoted Ridding as saying, "The rapid emergence of tablet devices is a potentially profound development for publishers."
Read more at http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/02/03/apples_ipad_a_driving_force_behind_new_newspaper_subscriptions.html
• Why It's a Great Time to Be a Journalism Major
The biggest percentage of college students today—21 percent—are graduating with business degrees. These graduates want to make money and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. I'd suggest, however, that the key to succeeding financially and professionally in journalism, business, or any other career is to choose something that you are good at and passionate about.
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/the-college-solution/2010/12/21/why-its-a-great-time-to-be-a-journalism-major.html
• Americans want news their way
A recent Pew poll shows that consumers are hungry for news, spending about 70 minutes a day accessing it. Handheld gadgetry and social media has become their new means for getting news, so how will traditional media evolve to keep up with the 21st century consumer?
• TommieMedia, the University of Saint Thomas’ digital, multimedia student-run news organization, has received the Associated Collegiate Press’ National Pacemaker Award in journalistic excellence.
Earlier, the year-old TommieMedia had been named one of three national finalists for the Pacemaker award given to online-only student media organizations.
