tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-95326542007-09-15T03:01:47.066-07:00donicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17207788971647832957noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9532654.post-1158191899950080482006-09-13T16:48:00.000-07:002006-09-13T17:27:37.803-07:00

Poking around the World Wide Web, I came across this homepage (linked in the headline above) for a seminar series on networks at MIT. It is a simple example of how to use the Web to welcome people into our school and let them see – and learn from – what we’re up to in our classes. Imagine this display as a course syllabus. The first column is the meeting date. The second column refers to the

colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02411823767482500177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9532654.post-1157998634294778672006-09-11T11:09:00.000-07:002006-09-11T11:17:14.306-07:00

The New York Times engaged in a quality control experiment, purchasing English literature papers from three online sources. The results are disturbing, humorous and worth some consideration. "For $9.95 a page [a student] can obtain an 'A-grade' paper that is fashioned to order and 'completely non-plagiarized.' This last detail is important. Thanks to search engines like Google, college

Deidrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07086713425995854395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9532654.post-1157520030455102452006-09-05T22:02:00.000-07:002006-09-05T22:24:02.686-07:00

I had hoped to watch Katie Couric's debut live -- meaning at 3:30 p.m. PDT -- on the CBS News Web site as it streamed her East Coast broadcast. But life happened, and I ended up watching it on the same site at 9:30 p.m. -- three hours after it aired on the West Coast and six hours after it aired originally back East. So the best thing about the new CBS News for me so far is the time shift

colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02411823767482500177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9532654.post-1156798814249945872006-08-28T13:48:00.000-07:002006-08-28T14:00:14.260-07:00

J Faculty: Our writing group at the retreat talked about getting J students writing right off the bat--in Jl0l. So, a question is: What about having Jl0l students be assigned to create their own blogs, then write papers in the class (all? some?) in their blogs? This would result not only in their writing immediately upon entering a journalism course (l0l) but in their publishing for fellow

wlerudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10340770711603233144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9532654.post-1156515058870946622006-08-25T07:04:00.000-07:002006-08-25T07:10:58.883-07:00

Here's a pertinent read: Grist Magazine interviewed leading environmental reporters about how they deal with issues of global warming, biodiversity loss, peak oil and other "looming" environmental problems. "Do they report the facts dispassionately or shift to advocacy? ... To find out, we asked a few." Those interviewed include Felicity Barringer, The New York Times; Michael Grunwald, The

Deidrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07086713425995854395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9532654.post-1156090507070760342006-08-20T09:00:00.000-07:002006-08-20T09:17:04.373-07:00

Sparks Tribune political reporter Tom Darby writes a personal political blog that involves many of the subjects he covers for the daily paper. This was brought to my attention by the person who writes the Nevada blog, Dullard Mush. While the Dullard Mush writer feels that Darby's two forums reflect a conflict of interest and are downright unethical, I maintained that reporters are entitled to

Deidrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07086713425995854395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9532654.post-1156089555176889322006-08-20T08:52:00.000-07:002006-08-20T08:59:15.190-07:00

Interesting bit "The YouTube Election" on citizen journalism or rabid Internet campaigning disguised as such. The article's in the New York Times, Sunday. Writes Ryan Lizza: "YouTube may be changing the political process in more profound ways, for good and perhaps not for the better, according to strategists in both parties. If campaigns resemble reality television, where any moment of a

Deidrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07086713425995854395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9532654.post-1155652086439716552006-08-15T07:12:00.000-07:002006-08-15T07:35:49.450-07:00

Hendrik Hertzberg's piece about the sea change of media opinion regarding the war might start a useful if heated discussion with students about media roles. Hertzberg references Walter Cronkite's famous 1968 broadcast upon the anchorman's return from Vietnam. One notable current shift--Thomas Friedman's column "Time for Plan B" from the Aug. 4 edition of The New York Times. Writes Hertzberg: "

Deidrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07086713425995854395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9532654.post-1155134234643456062006-08-09T07:13:00.000-07:002006-08-09T07:37:14.710-07:00

"Josh Wolf is 24 years old. He doesn’t work for the NBC News or the New York Times or any other deep-pocketed, highly recognizable corporate entity that society would automatically accept as a legitimate news-gathering organization. Katie Couric he’s not. Rather, he’s one of the critical foot soldiers in a vital army of news reporters out there in our midst trying to chronicle what’s going on in

Deidrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07086713425995854395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9532654.post-1141896073701821022006-03-09T01:09:00.000-08:002006-03-09T01:22:57.046-08:00

This week's story on the journalism school Web page suggests that the school consider creating an honor code as a way to create a community built on trust. The article linked above presents a compelling argument for why this could be an important step for reversing what seems to be a culture of cheating. Given the fact that the discipline of journalism is facing many of the same issues of

donicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17207788971647832957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9532654.post-1139424314096423322006-02-08T10:11:00.000-08:002006-02-08T23:35:36.020-08:00

While much of the controversy over the cartoons that depict Muhammed have focused on Europe, the journalistic debate hasn't stayed on their side of the Atlantic. The global community is forcing U.S. editors to consider the question of how to best cover the story. National Public Radio decided not to link to the cartoons from their Web site. Here's the explanation of Bill Marimow, acting vice

donicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17207788971647832957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9532654.post-1139092267124972322006-02-04T13:59:00.000-08:002006-02-05T00:04:21.270-08:00

Conflict continues today in response to 12 editorial cartoons depicting the seventh-century founder of Islam, Muhammad, originally published in a Danish newspaper in September, 2005. Many Westerners frame the issue as one of free speech, citing the importance of freedom from any type of censorship. Others, primarily Muslim but not all, depict the issue as one of responsibility and respect,

donicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17207788971647832957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9532654.post-1138916174255073442006-02-02T13:29:00.000-08:002006-02-02T13:37:20.150-08:00

This program on a student radio station at Swarthmore is a brilliant illustration of how students can produce news that uses Internet tools (Skype and podcasting) in a way that allows them to produce meaningful, insightful stories. By turning to people who have credibility about the subject because of direct experience that everyday folks can relate to, they are providing another perspective on

donicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17207788971647832957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9532654.post-1138472334404005122006-01-28T11:28:00.000-08:002006-01-28T11:27:21.723-08:00

Thanks for sharing Joli Jensen's book review of Herbert Gans book Democracy and the News. Jolie wrote a very insightful book chapter on John Dewey (“Art, the Public, and Deweyan Cultural Criticism,” in American Pragmatism and Communication Research, David K. Perry, editor, Longman’s, 2000). Perhaps she would consider working with us sometime in the future. Her insight that news is more an

colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02411823767482500177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9532654.post-1138476324175682252006-01-28T11:12:00.000-08:002006-01-28T11:25:24.190-08:00

Our conversation with Michael Briand Friday about the role of journalism in a democracy has got me thinking about ways to reconceptualize and reorient journalism. We all agreed that American democracy is experiencing serious stress and that journalism as it is generally practiced often contributes to governance problems, rather than improving our ability to effectively govern ourselves. I found

donicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17207788971647832957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9532654.post-1137089784950736082006-01-12T10:13:00.000-08:002006-01-13T09:07:50.396-08:00

Here's an example of broadcast citizen journalism that shows: (1) citizen journalism is coming to TV (this is just one of several efforts I've seen in the last week) (2) journalism as social practice (3) journalism as defined by people outside newsrooms Click on Sean Penn to hear his description of journalism: Current Journalism I'm curious what the faculty think of this approach. Will

donicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17207788971647832957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9532654.post-1133748284715770212005-12-04T18:01:00.000-08:002005-12-07T22:24:01.786-08:00

This week the Reynolds School of Journalism Web site offers an interesting example of simple journalistic decisions that can be read by people outside the decision-making process as freighted with symbolism and hidden agendas. It’s a classic case of why journalistic enterprises need to be transparent – making internal decisions visible to others. Our Web site dates back nearly a decade. Mostly

colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02411823767482500177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9532654.post-1131743907816822472005-11-11T13:11:00.000-08:002005-11-11T13:21:14.926-08:00

The American Prospect recently published a special report on "The Environment: Death and Rebirth." One of the articles on the "Afterlife of Environmentalism" reviews the Shellenberger and Nordhaus critique. I think it relates to the direction we are taking with our environmental program, as compared with the direction taken by environmental journalism programs that emphasize technical and

donicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17207788971647832957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9532654.post-1129680796799683902005-10-18T10:50:00.000-07:002005-10-18T17:14:40.180-07:00

Every dean dreams of helping put his or her school on the map. Our founding dean, Travis Linn, did more than that. Nearly 10 years ago, he put the Reynolds School of Journalism on the World Wide Web. That made us one of the first journalism schools to publish on the Web and offer a Web-based journalism course, JOUR 453, “Online Reporting and Editing,” which each spring semester

colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02411823767482500177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9532654.post-1113692605294068562005-04-16T15:58:00.000-07:002005-04-16T16:04:09.620-07:00

Dennis Dunleavy Assistant Professor, San Francisco State University Writes about the importance of blogging to create an extended conversation rather than a lecture.... "Similar to how people no longer consume information through a single source or channel of news, the cultural practice of learning from traditional sources such as in the classroom or in a lecture hall is also changing. There

Jean Trumbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01024953175945791810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9532654.post-1110781975486636872005-03-13T22:10:00.000-08:002005-03-13T22:32:55.486-08:00

donicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17207788971647832957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9532654.post-1109971046973083302005-03-04T13:10:00.000-08:002005-03-04T13:17:26.973-08:00

Since Howard Kurtz is about to visit our school (he's scheduled to give the annual Scripps address on March 21), I was interested to read Jay Rosen's recent argument with Kurtz about whether the Bush administration is systematically decertifying the press. Rosen argues that the evidence is pretty compelling that the Bush administration has a fundamentally different take on the press than

donicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17207788971647832957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9532654.post-1108403804717397462005-02-14T09:52:00.000-08:002005-02-14T09:56:44.720-08:00

For the sake of clarity, all facts presented are from online sources and have not been confirmed. No one has been convicted and should be presumed to be innocent until the courts deem otherwise: In October, a freshman SF State journalism major named Omar Vega was in the dorms where he lived. Mr. Vega had previously photographed a story for the university’s online-magazine about sexual

Ira Gostinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03609624789227459752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9532654.post-1108053648380372992005-02-10T08:20:00.000-08:002005-02-10T08:40:48.380-08:00

As I read this Salon.com piece about "Jeff Gannon" and how he was able to gain access to the White House press corps despite a complete lack of journalistic credentials, I tried to see this how my students--and moreover, the public--might view it. Why shouldn't Gannon, self-proclaimed journalist that he is, be able to ask questions along with the media "elite"? The common sense answer I hear

Deidrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07086713425995854395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9532654.post-1107649058808761232005-02-05T15:36:00.000-08:002005-02-05T16:17:38.806-08:00

I just read a very interesting article in the B.Y.U. Education and Law Journal (2003) on "The Ethics of Grading" by Gary Chartier (available on NEON). The author's thesis is that a grade should accurately reflect a student's "subject matter competency." This means that someone who receives a grade of A in a class should have mastered the subject matter and someone who receives a D should be

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