Archive
3 Nov

Fighting plagiarism at journalism schools

By Ellin Bessner Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s speechwriters did it. So did Senator Barack Obama’s running mate. Joe Biden had to drop out of the presidential race back in the […]

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2 Nov

A guide to teaching video

This site is a series of comprehensive, step by step tutorials on the fundamentals of film and video production. It includes video clips, flash animations, and explanations. The site claims it is used […]

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24 Oct

Election night as teaching opportunity

ByFred Vallance-Jones Journalists love to cover elections. And no wonder. Election nights are fast-paced, can be unpredictable, provide instant stories of joy and tears and require quick thinking and writing […]

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19 Sep

Columbia’s new dean urges students to make journalism healthy again

Today’s journalism students need to find new models to restore journalism to its former health. That’s what the new academic dean of Columbia University’s School of Journalism told the incoming class of […]

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9 Sep

Inspiring j-students during troubled times

If you need some ideas about how to inspire your students despite the troubles facing newsrooms these days you might find it here.  A professor at Temple university makes a […]

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9 Sep

Digital storytelling in 10 easy steps

This is a simple 10 step tutorial for creating powerful, effective digital stories. It comes from J.D. Lasica, executive director of Ourmedia, and is based, in part, on a workshop […]

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30 Jul

Journalism educators need to be much more ambitious

Mitchell Stephens says too many journalism programs are dedicated to teaching the tried and true and too many journalism professors are determined to defend standard practices rather than try new approaches […]

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22 Jul

Detecting doctored photos

This PBS site provides a 13-minute video on a Dartmouth professor, Hany Farid, who is developing news ways to help people detect photos that have been manipulated. After watching the video, the site […]

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18 Jul

A guide to good journalistic practices

This guide is unique. It is more than the traditional list of dos and don’ts that so many j-schools provide their students about acceptable journalistic practice. Instead, this one is […]

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12 May

Courses online to improve your j-skills

For a long list of interactive, self-directed online courses you can visit News University. It’s a project of The Poynter Institute for Media Studies. You will find courses on such […]

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