Journalism

ONA student group: Journalism education discussion round-up

(This post originally appeared here on the Online News Association student journalism discussion group.)
Last week there was an epic Twitter discussion about journalism education.
The conversation continued on the blogosphere and I’d like to offer a few links in the interest of keeping that conversation alive:
Rich Beckman discusses how to reshape journalism education - Greg Linch (me)
J-Schools [...]


ONA: New site for them, new role for me

Tah-dah! Another social network!
The Online News Association officially launched their new Web site (see right) Monday evening.
If you’re a member with full access, or even a non-member just perusing, you can tell this site is big step forward.
Here are some of the features, as outlined in an e-mail from ONA President Jonathan Dube:

Networking features, including discussion groups that connect [...]


TNTJ November: Penny for your thoughts?

(Below is my response to this month’s question on Tomorrow’s News, Tomorrow’s Journalists: November Topic: A million to save journalism. See my original post.)
With $1 million to help journalism, I would fund a project to look for ways to financially sustain journalism efforts, building off of the New Business Models for News Summit.
I wasn’t at [...]


Rich Beckman discusses how to reshape journalism education

I keep forgetting to post these notes, but tonight’s grand conversation on Twitter about journalism education reminded me.
Read the Twitter discussion: Twitter discussion about journalism education or see it as a Wordle visualization. 
Context: Rich Beckman, Knight Chair in visual journalism at the University of Miami, gave a presentation on Nov. 11 about how we should reshape [...]


Feedback wanted: Special Olympics athlete profile video

If you follow me on Twitter (@greglinch), you’ve probably see a tweet or two about this:

I shot and edited the video for my multimedia storytelling class with Rich Beckman, Knight Chair in visual journalism. I got a lot of good responses and feedback* from Beckman and my classmates, but I’m still hungry for more.
What did [...]