Hello members of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), do we have a deal for you. I got off the phone Wednesday with Paul Voakes, Dean of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Colorado at Boulder. His school has agreed to host the networking reception right [...]
Academics who are planning to attend the AEJMC annual August convention in Denver might want to sign up for the preconvention conference: Journalism Schools as News Providers — Challenges and Opportunities Details: Date: Tuesday, August 3, 2010 Time: 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Panel discussion from 3 – 6:30 p.m. Networking Reception 6:30 [...]
More than a dozen non-profit news organizations that specialize in investigative reporting depend on large grants from foundations. How large? The Columbia Journalism Review reports more than $70 million dollars went to groups such as Pro Publica and The Center for Public Integrity in the last five years. But the grants won’t last forever. Startup [...]
Want to feel better about the future of journalism? Then read this IM Interview Leonard Witt conducts with Jesse Villanueva, the 20-year-old advertising director of San Diego State University’s The Daily Aztec. He won the first First National Sustainable Journalism Concept-2-Reality Competition sponsored by the Center for Sustainable Journalism at Kennesaw State University. Catherine Shen, [...]
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Fourth Estate Mobile, a team of MBAs and undergraduates from San Diego State University, won the First National Sustainable Journalism Concept-2-Reality Competition held this past week at Kennesaw State University. The Competition was sponsored by Kennesaw’s Center for Sustainable Journalism, whose mission is “to ensure that high quality, ethically sound journalism remains a part of [...]
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April 29, 2010 – 10:39 am
The New York Times has an informative article and a video on how individuals can make small transactions via smart phones, including bumping two phones together or swiping a credit card via a little attachment. It’s great for spontaneous purchases, which I think will be perfect for small journalism start-ups that depend on small donations [...]
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March 31, 2010 – 10:35 am
While some experts argue government should play a role in funding and saving journalism, here’s a strong argument against it from Trevor Butterworth at Forbes.com. He says taxpayer support would bring demands for new regulations on issues such as invasion of privacy, inaccurate reporting and political bias. And as he points out, the danger of [...]
John Yemma, editor of The Christian Science Monitor, provides an overview at paidContent about the first year after limiting the paper edition to one day a week and making the transition to mostly digital. Via a video interview I did with him in November 2008, you can compare what is he is saying now with [...]
