Category Archives: new media

AP’s new “linking” policy is not real innovation

And in an act of irony, I’m duplicating my efforts and re-posting this on my personal blog. I, unlike the AP, though, am inline linking to the original source. — If anything, the AP’s decision to start linking to original … Continue reading

Professors: We take the risks, you should too

This week’s #collegejourn chat resulted in a plan to help professors get on board with the 21st cenutry: Who: Professors, students, journalists, professionals What: “Bring a professor” chat When: Sun., Feb. 22 Where:  www.collegejourn.com Why: To discuss ways to modernize college … Continue reading

Hudson River crash = Citizen journalism at its best

Time and time again, student journalists in my college newsroom ask where the value is in Twitter.  “It’s just another social thing,” one guy told me just yesterday.  Then something like this happens and changes everything: The photo was posted … Continue reading

Student newspapers: Don't be afraid to break the rules

At the end of last year,  Emily Kostic (web editor of Rowan University’s The Whit) wrote a blog post about New Years Resolutions for college newspapers. A few things struck me on that list: #5 Get away from College Publisher #6 …and in … Continue reading

The changing face of e-mail interviews

I’ve always learned that e-mail interviews are an absolute last resort. The criteria: the interviewee has to be on the other side of the world, on a spaceship or in jail. But as e-mail and other web-based networks (Twitter, Facebook) … Continue reading

Talks with a Yahoo news guru

Steve Enders, Cal Poly alumnus and senior product manager at Yahoo! News, gave a keynote lecture Thursday at Cal Poly’s journalism week and shared some interesting perspectives. A few things Steve emphasized: “I never thought I’d be where I’m at … Continue reading

Koci: Story of a multimedia guru

Guru: Teacher of wisdom, literally, one who takes you from darkness to light. Richard Koci Hernandez seems to fit that description in the realm of multimedia. I first met him at an ACP conference in San Francisco last spring. It … Continue reading