Research notes: A completely arbitrary list of takeaways from two unconferences
Wednesday, 25 January 2012, 14:22
Matt Waite on the trouble with finding budding journalist-developers: “I think the problem with finding these students starts with reward structures. Students are told from even before they walk on campus that being a journalist means Being a Good Writ…
Data Driven Journalism: The importance of numeracy for data journalists
Thursday, 29 September 2011, 09:43
Nicolas Kayser-Bril: “We need to convince journalism schools to teach math in a purpose-oriented fashion. As Gigerenzer said in a 2010 conference, students are taught trigonometry but how to understand risks proper…
Currybet.net: Let’s train journalists for the future, not for the past
Wednesday, 24 August 2011, 11:22
Martin Belam: "What concerns me is that there are a whole generation of students who are being encouraged to pay for qualifications that will equip them to work in a 90s newsroom, because the people designing the courses and the industry input the…
Journalism.co.uk: City University launches new interactive journalism MA
Tuesday, 16 November 2010, 12:29
"The course will feature core modules from the university's other journalism MA programmes, including online journalism, media law, journalism and society and journalism practice, alongside new teaching on data journalism, developing and managing online communities and understanding content management systems."
Journalism.co.uk: City University launches new interactive journalism MA
Tuesday, 16 November 2010, 12:29
"The course will feature core modules from the university's other journalism MA programmes, including online journalism, media law, journalism and society and journalism practice, alongside new teaching on data journalism, developing and managing online communities and understanding content management systems."
Press Gazette: Press and Journal editor slams journalism degree courses
Monday, 15 November 2010, 18:37
"Derek Tucker, the outgoing editor of Aberdeen’s Press and Journal … said his paper had not 'sold its soul to make an all singing all dancing website' and instead adopted a strategy against the industry norm by imposing strict limits on the amount of content uploaded to its website. … He said “remaining Jurassic” about the internet had served his paper well as it had managed to avoid the large drop in circulation being suffered elsewhere in the regional press."
Press Gazette: The Wire: Want to be a journalist? Be prepared to work in London for nothing
Monday, 17 May 2010, 11:58
Totally agree with my former editor Dom here: "Two-week work placements are a two-way street, with the trainees contributing their time and effort in exchange for a certain amount of mentoring and the chance to see their name in print (that’s the way it works at Press Gazette). But if they are good enough to warrant having around any longer than that – they should be paid. And all reputable news organisations should have guidelines in place to make sure this happens."
Times Online: Hold the front page, I want to be on it
Sunday, 16 May 2010, 19:22
"1,200 people … applied in September for one reporter’s position on the new Sunday Times website."
The Journalism School Columbia University: Guardian’s Emily Bell named Director of Tow Center for Digital Journalism
Thursday, 22 April 2010, 07:53
"Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism today announces that Emily Bell, Director of Digital Content for Britain’s Guardian News and Media, has been named the Director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism. She will assume the post in late July and will also join the full-time faculty."
Nieman Reports: What Changed Journalism—Forever—Were Engineers
Saturday, 20 March 2010, 09:38
"Journalism schools could never have invented Google. Publishers and news executives could never have foreseen the power and spread of Google. Why? It’s because Google is the product of engineers. Brilliant engineers. … Here at Newhouse we are hiring professors who understand the intricacies of algorithms, search patterns, social media, and new media business plans. These new faculty members are not only teaching our students, they are teaching the rest of the faculty."
Journalism.co.uk: Sussex University launches new journalism MAs with five bursaries on offer
Saturday, 20 March 2010, 09:24
"Three new journalism MA courses have been launched by Sussex University, in collaboration with local training centre, the Brighton Journalist Works."
On the fly: Islington Council tells councillors to follow its lead and ignore students
Wednesday, 17 March 2010, 23:50
It seems my local council has a lot to learn about the changing nature of local media, not to mention freedom of information: "Each year as part of the newspaper journalism MA at City University, students run two local news websites … a senior press officer at [Islington Council], responded saying he would only answer questions if it had already been asked by other news outlets. Since then the council has decided not to respond to any requests by students, whether they have been answered before or not. Fellow students have also been told by councillors that they have been told not to work with any students."
Media Guardian: Doing it for themselves
Monday, 30 November 2009, 10:51
A really encouraging feature about UK journalism education… "The students are learning not just traditional local reporting but also useful digital skills: publishing using Wordpress, exploiting Twitter, reciprocal linking, how to search for local stories online through Google Reader and Yahoo Pipes (using metasearches to pick out relevant stories) and monitoring the (rising) traffic with Google Analytics."
New York Times: Link by Link – The Amish Paper The Budget Explores a Move Online
Monday, 21 September 2009, 07:09
"For two weeks this summer, Jessica Best, a 22-year-old journalist from Wales, fell into that role as the intern at The Budget of Sugarcreek, Ohio, a weekly that is the largest newspaper serving the Amish."
