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Wednesday, January 30, 2008 10:11 PM

Words of Wisdom From Ithaca College's Dean Lynch

You may have already absorbed Dianne Lynch's article in last fall's Nieman Reports Teaching Journalism issue, titled "Incubating Innovation at Journalism Schools." Below is an excerpt from that piece that is a refreshing take on the challenges we face.
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Thursday, January 24, 2008 9:21 PM

"Speed Reporting" piece from Jan. 22 Editor & Publisher

Another important real-world lesson for our students, yes? ELWHeath Ledger Tragedy Reveals New World of 'Speed Reporting' By E&P Staff NEW YORK Already the media have found at least two dozen angles to approach the sudden death of actor
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Wednesday, January 23, 2008 7:42 PM

From Indiana Daily Student, Jan. 23, 2009

The premise that a public lecture be off-the-record stuns me. ELWBy Elvia Malagon, IDSA lecture scheduled for Tuesday night in the Indiana Memorial Union was canceled after the speaker began feeling ill and after questions arose about the legality of
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Sunday, January 20, 2008 1:45 PM

Auburn's Judith Sheppard re-reads Harry Potter and finds ominous messages

This is the lead to a column by Dr. Sheppard that appears in the January-February issue of AAUP's Academe."A third of the way through the movie version of Harry Potter and the Order of the the Phoenix, the fifth installment of that hugely entertaining
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008 9:31 PM

From the Chronicle's Wired Campus Newsletter, 1/16/08

Interesting comment from the Adelphi media-relations director at the end. elwStudents Create Mock Facebook Page Disparaging Professor Students at Adelphi University set up a mock Facebook profile for a professor, complete with some not-so-flattering
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Sunday, January 13, 2008 8:49 PM

To text or not to text

Friends and Colleagues:Please share your thoughts about the GENERAL advantages / disadvantages of using textbooks in writing for mass media, reporting, photography, graphic design and other skills courses. I emphasize "general" because I'm not necessarily
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Saturday, January 12, 2008 2:24 PM

The Newseum's Front Pages

Friends and Colleagues:I wanted to alert those who are unfamiliar that every day the "Interactive Museum of News" displays the front pages of more than 500 daily papers in 50 countries.  What a valuable resource for classroom instruction! Here is
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Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:43 PM

Pew president weighs in on New Hampshire miscalls

 Pew Research Center President Andrew Kohut wrote a fascinating piece for today's The New York Times. An excerpt is below. Lessons here for our young charges?"The failure of the New Hampshire pre-election surveys to mirror the outcome of the Democratic
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Tuesday, January 08, 2008 8:09 PM

From the Chronicle's Wire Campus Newsletter, 1/8/08

Amy Gutmann, president of the University of Pennsylvania, talks about the importance of racial, socioeconomic, and religious diversity at colleges in a video on bigthink, a new Web site that is meant to be a YouTube for intellectuals. In addition
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Monday, January 07, 2008 9:42 PM

From Miami Herald, Jan. 7, 2008

Dr. Wasserman writes here " Journalists don't peddle goods, they offer a professional service, a relationship. " This is such an important and elegant point, I just had to share it.  ELW(Please see comments for corrections and clarifications. elw)By
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Thursday, January 03, 2008 7:17 PM

Quill 2008 Journalism Education Issue

For the August 2008 J-Ed issue might we analyze and evaluate the various ways newsrooms and classrooms intersect ~ be they innovative student internships or practica, unusual professional development programs for instructors, curricula that integrate
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Wednesday, January 02, 2008 8:05 PM

From the Chronicle of Higher Education's Wire Campus Newsletter, 1/2/2008

NCAA Tells Bloggers Copious Posting is Out With March Madness just around the corner the NCAA has decided to clamp down on prolific blogging. Last month the group issued a new policy limiting the number of blog posts during 23 different championship
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Wednesday, January 02, 2008 2:48 AM

The Future of Academic Reference Desks

This is excerpted from the article by Todd Gilman, "The Four Habits of Highly Effective Librarians," which ran in the May 23, 2007, issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education.  I see parallels here with our continuing discussions about the future
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