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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 [...]
CoPress makes it to round two of the Knight News Challenge
About one week after CoPress submitted an application for this year’s Knight News Challenge, we found out today that we advanced to the second round.
I did a happy dance in my chair.
Kevin Koehler (@kev097), who toiled into the late hours of the night last Sunday to polish the application, announced the good news via Twitter (see photo).
A [...]
We’re not in Kansas (City) anymore: An ACP/CMA recap
My conference craziness for the semester finally ended on Sunday.
This past weekend I attended the Associated Collegiate Press/College Media Advisers conference in Kansas City, Mo.
The Miami Hurricane sent six people, four from the newsroom and two from the business office.
Other UM student media also sent staffers, including five from the Ibis yearbook and one from [...]
My first video of the year for The Miami Hurricane
Thursday night I finished a video about the UM student production of Cabaret (see related tweets), which I shot on Monday and Wednesday.
This is my first video of the year for The Miami Hurricane, where I advise online and multimedia production, and I plan to shoot more throughout the school year.
What’s noteworthy about this piece [...]
