Archive for February, 2008
Media at the Tipping Point (WeMedia)
LIVEBLOG
A sea of media professionals, many with laptops are sitting in the Storer Auditorium of the School of Business for the opening session of WeMedia.
The co-founders showed a humorous presentation about the power outage yesterday, with “Thriller” playing along with it.
8:46 a.m.
The co-founders discussed the power outage and several in the audience weighed in on [...]
WeMedia returns to Miami this week
It may not be the most well-known conference, but WeMedia is certainly not an event to be missed for this student journalist.
Take a look at the schedule and a list of participants.
This will be my second WeMedia and, as with last year’s, I am able get in for free with a guest code from the [...]
VIDEO: New media panelists offer advice for journalism students
New media panelists offer advice for journalism students (from Feb. 15)
The transformation of global media with Craig Dubow, Gannett CEO (Comm Week)
About to commence liveblogging…
The transformation of global media with Craig Dubow
7:31 p.m.
Dubow gave an overview of changes in media consumption in the past decade and discussed where Gannett stands.
8:57 p.m.
I apologize for the missing liveblog–both of my laptop batteries died. I took notes with (prepare yourself) a notepad and pen. I also had a digital [...]
Wanted: Resident Butt-Kicker (Thoughts on journalism education)
Lately, I have been doing a lot of thinking about journalism schools and what journalism students are not learning.
One of the problems is that there’s too much talk. Educators have known about the Internet, multimedia storytelling and convergence for years.
No more excuses.
I realize that this post constitutes talk, but I would like to think of [...]
