The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook When John Stuart takes on an issue, you can be sure it will be entertaining, ridiculous and scarily true. When the report moved to the set of The Newsroom, I identified. That show helped renew … More The Daily Show predicts the end of investigative journalism
I found this entertaining as a person who is a lover of print news. The more realistic telling of how the majority of people feel, however? The comments. Would a person’s smartphone keep he/she just as occupied? Probably. Are newspapers separated from the real world? I hope not, but that perception is there. I biased towards the … More Can newspapers still keep readers attention?
This infographic via Daily Infographic a couple of days ago is a handy reference. All new media professionals should have at least a basic understanding of graphic design and type. It’s definitely a hobby of mine. So check this out. The three typeface rule is my favorite part (and/or the bashing of Comic Sans).
Grow a thick skin. Trust in your work. Revel in criticism as a sign of your public significance. And recognize readers are often not the best judges of quality journalism. 6 lessons student journalists learned at the center of a reporting controversy by Daniel Reimold At my very small school newspaper, the Setonian, it would take a … More Case Study: Student journalists handle controversy
‘If what’s happening in Seattle and Minneapolis is indicative, then local online newspapers really are offering a product that is fundamentally different in content focus as well as content and delivery,’ they write. Research: If it bleeds, it leads — online, but not as much in print by Andrew Beaujon My school paper’s online version is … More The differences in print and online journalism
I’ve recently undertaken the task of creating a series of teaching games in Interactive Fiction to help train new journalists. It all started as a term project, where I created the first one. I took on the idea of interviewing first. You can play my game here. Next semester I plan on improving this game … More Teaching journalism through Interactive Fiction
I’ve always been a writer. In high school my genre of choice was poetry. Yes, I was that kid. In eighth grade in particular, I would sit in the back of Earth Science and scribble in my notebook. So when I decided to be a journalism major I wasn’t sure how much time I’d have … More Being a journalist and a poet?
Is the newspaper dying? The question is debated by every editor, writer and journalism student. I know my college paper is always having that very conversation. Sure, with the advent of online media and the rise of citizen journalism, the business model of print newspapers is becoming outdated. The most well known newspaper, The New York … More Page One: Inside the New York Times
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