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A recipe for new media training from Columbia U

Columbia University in New York launched a new course for new media majors in September. If, like so many j-educators, you are looking for ideas about how to teach multimedia journalism, this…
If your skills need a makeover…

Many journalism educators and mid-career journalists are anxious these days about the aging state of their skills. They want to know more about audio, video and interactive tools, social networking and managing “citizen…
Teaching j-students to be “citizen journalists”

The University of Missouri’s School of Journalism is experimenting with a new course in citizen journalism. Clyde Bently, an associate professor there, says its an attempt to get students to learn new…
A basic primer about new digital media tools and practices

If you feel as though you have fallen behind and need to catch up quickly on all the new tools and practices being used by journalists online these days, you may find this…
In defence of j-schools

There’s a growing chorus of voices criticizing journalism schools these days for failing to prepare students for the dramatic changes happening in newsrooms as they move to distributing their news online. But…
When j-profs are out of date

Journalism professors who insist on teaching traditional journalism practices and fail to teach about the changing new media practices in today’s newsrooms, took some heavy criticism at a recent conference. A convention of college…
Why misspelled names deserve an F

The Toronto Star is looking at new ways to track errors and perhaps reduce them, as other papers, including the Hamilton Spectator, have done. In a recent column, the Star‘s Public Editor, Kathy…
Why wasn’t Facebook invented at J-school

An interesting post by Steve Yelvington, a journalist turned media strategist, who blogs about online journalism. He wonders why some of the creative new ways of information sharing online are not being developed…
George Orwell’s writing tips

George Orwell’s classic 1946 essay The Politics of the English Language provides timeless advice for writing clearly and powerfully. This is a short summary of his five basic rules.
Great guide to audio equipment and software

Transom.org is a website whose stated purpose is to make public radio better. It provides a forum for people to submit audio stories that haven’t found their way onto public radio, which showcase new…