Category / Teaching Aids
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Opinion: We Need a Digital-First Curriculum to Teach Modern Journalism
Cindy Royal, journalism professor at Texas State University, identifies three guiding principles for journalism schools attempting to conceptualize an entirely new curriculum around digital and data-driven communication.
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Best practices for live chats
Sun Media's national media manager Monique Beech shares some of her tips for live blogging and keeping readers engaged.
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Opinion: J-schools should innovate by prioritizing research and discovery instead of waiting for industry to dictate its needs
As a recent Poynter study suggests, journalists and educators have always disagreed about the value and scope of journalism education. For real innovation, j-schools should look to other academic disciplines, not just…
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Live blog: Real-Time Content In Journalism School
As real-time content becomes increasingly important in the world of journalism, professors are embracing the digital world and bringing liveblogs into the classroom. It can be intimidating using new programs to create…
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Live blog of MagNet2013 Conference: Breaking The Rules Of Online Publishing—Tyee Style
David Beers from The Tyee will go through his rules to live by in the online publishing world, and reveal case by case how his online news magazine has found success by…
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Highlights of BEAC2013 conference: Nurturing the Digital Age
By Nicole Blanchett Neheli If you teach any type of media, it’s a constant struggle to keep up with new tools and trends. That’s why I went to the Broadcast Educators Association of…
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Letter to the editor: Three things that don’t stand up in Basen’s column on journalists and public relations
By Paul Knox Readers will make up their own minds about Ira Basen’s contention that all journalists should study public relations. But here are three things in Basen’s recent J-Source piece that…
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Opinion: Why all journalists should study public relations
Most journalism schools don’t like to talk to their students about public relations. They teach them nothing about PR history, theory, ethics and practice. It’s as if they believe that by teaching…
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J-Source live blog of CAJ Conference Day 3
Follow along the sessions on the last day of the CAJ conference.