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11 Dec 09

Economic Reasons Found for College Dropouts - NYTimes.com

"Most dropouts leave college because they have trouble going to school while working to support themselves ...."

Well, duh ... I guess this is news to some folks, but not to me. It sounds like my students.

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27 Oct 09

Shameful Illinois prosecutors go after student investigators | Salon

What happens when those in power get mad.

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The prosecutors are uncomfortable with the idea of shielding journalists who investigate and publicize "inadequacies" in the criminal justice system. But having an additional "check" on the government is one of the strongest justifications for vigorously protecting the work of journalists.
The outcome of this matter could turn on whether a judge treats the students as "journalists" under Illinois law. If the students are journalists, their work is protected from disclosure.
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- During interviews the students conducted, several key witnesses recanted their testimony. The students have already turned over videotapes of these interviews to prosecutors. Prosecutors should question these witnesses rather than fishing for the students' personal materials.
- the subpoena demands "the grades, grading criteria, class syllabus, expense reports and e-mail messages of the journalism students themselves."

09 Jul 09

Jake Panian

Good use of blog by student.

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09 Apr 09

Why is ‘blog’ still a four-letter word? | New Media Bytes | Online journalism, web production and promotion

Too lazy to blog?

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I get the impression that most journalism students still haven’t heard the rumor that blogging will help them find a job.
For the sheer logistics of job hunting, blogging is a must for journalism students! Says Neil McIntosh, London-based head of editorial development for Guardian Unlimited (via BuzzMachine):

I tell all the journalism students I meet this: blogs are the minimum. There’s no excuse for a student journalist who wants to work online not to have one.
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- I’ll say one better. Blogs are the minimum for all journalists. Regardless of whether a student wants to work on the web, in print, on TV or milk cartons, blogging shows that you have a passion for creating content, gives employers something to look at and also gets you on the same level as the rest of the industry.
- students. You need to blog to find a job.
- the bottom line is this: If you’re a journalism student (or anyone looking to succeed in mass comm), you need a blog. You need to learn how to cover a beat and write for a niche. You need to learn how to write for an audience and tap them for information. You need to be able to understand the web, or at least show a willingness to learn.

19 Feb 09

CollegeJourn: How j-schools can better prepare students for the real world

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02 Feb 09

Teaching Online Journalism » Advice for journalism students now

Good advice for students.

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these are the skills students need to put themselves in the strongest position to land an entry-level job in the newspaper industry today:
these are the skills students need to put themselves in the strongest position to land an entry-level job in the newspaper industry today:
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- Diverse skills: multimedia storytelling, including audio and video; Web-first reporting; report/write for both printed publication and online (45 out of 86)
  Writing skills: writing on deadline; writing brief and fast, including for Web site; attention to grammar, spelling, clarity, organization (40 out of 86)
  Curiosity and enthusiasm (16 out of 86)
- What positions are you likely to fill in your newsroom in the next year or so?
  
  Reporters: 34 (including for Web site, interns, and possible positions not currently existing or open)
  None: 27
  Copy editors: 9
- But DON’T RULE OUT the Web skills that are necessary for you to GET that first reporting job!
- At a minimum, new hires need to know how things like blogs, rss feeds, twitter and google alerts work just to leverage them in reporting and to monitor the beat online. But you also have to be confident and competent enough to grab a camera and a laptop and run to the scene of a fire when you’re the only one around. Oh, and while you still need to be able to craft that compelling narrative for tomorrow’s front stoop, you also need to write cleanly and quickly on deadline for the Web.
- there are whole clubhouses of better, more experienced writers looking for jobs today because just being a “reporter” isn’t enough.
- Would you recommend that college students/recent grads become a freelancer — either as a way to get experience before becoming an employee, or to make a career of it?
  
  Yes: 71 (provides experience/clips; gets your foot in door; proves yourself valuable to decision-makers for hiring)
- What would be the single most important piece of advice you could give to aspiring journalists at this time as they see a shrinking job market in the newspaper industry?
  
  Become diverse in skills: 25 (be versatile, including in multimedia reporting; prepare for a career in journalism, not just in newspapers) [I would add: and not just in magazines, or TV, or Web]
  Be determined: 12 (never give up; have patience; don’t be discouraged; be aggressive in job search)
  Be willing to start at a small paper: 7

10 Sep 08

MediaShift | PBS

Studeent wanting blogging and new media in her journalism classes.

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“Nowadays it’s essential for journalists to blog,”
it’s one of the few NYU undergrad journalism classes that focuses on new media
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- surprisingly, NYU does not offer the kinds of classes I want. It continues to focus its core requirements around learning how to work your way up the traditional journalism ladder. Here is the thinking I find here:
  
  1. Get an internship at a magazine or newspaper. “This is good for your resume.”
  
  2. Bring the New York Times to class. The hard copy. “It’s the only way to get the news.”
  
  3. Learn how to write for a magazine or newspaper. “Writing for blogs or websites is not journalism.”
  
  4. Become an editor at a magazine or newspaper. “This is the only respectable position.”
- by the time my generation, Gen Y, gets into the real world there will be a much higher demand for web-savvy writers and thinkers than traditional Woodwards and Bernsteins.
- None of the other students in the class have a blog. It comes as a shock to me that the students in a class about “how our generation is very much invested in the Internet” are not actually as involved.