In a couple weeks, legions of new journalism school graduates will cross the stage, shake a few hands, grab their diploma and — do what exactly?
It’s a question that’s making a lot of students anxious around the country and at the University of Iowa, where I sometimes teach a reporting class.
So perennial activist, optimist and J-School Professor Judy Polumbaum [...]
Posts Tagged ‘journalism’
Seizing the future of news
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged journalism, University of Iowa on May 7, 2009 | Comments Off
In defense of free (yes, even racist) speech
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged First Amendment, journalism, race, Rod Sullivan on March 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Johnson County Supervisor Rod Sullivan has taken the other paper to task for giving aid and comfort to racists.
In his weekly e-missive to supporters, Sullivan says comments on their Web site are giving us all a bad name. He copied a letter he’s written to Press-Citizen brass:
There are several factors that encourage racism. Fear and ignorance are big contributors. Another important [...]
Verification and the news biz
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged journalism on March 9, 2009 | Comments Off
Last Wednesday’s column about the future of news resonated with a lot of you.
I’m pretty pleased to know so many people out there care about what’s happening to the news biz. And I’m absolutely tickled to hear how many of you want more serious journalism.
As an industry, we’ve been pushing and pulling around content for [...]
