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How J-schools are helping students develop entrepreneurial journalism skills

James Breiner — Fri, 17 May 2013 13:08:24 +0000

Universities around the world are teaching a relatively new subject – entrepreneurial journalism.

The revolutionary changes reshaping journalism have driven the industry to search for new financial models and respond to marketplace demands. Journalism schools are part of that search: … Read more

Cyndi Stivers: AOL home page ‘still huge, huge, huge’

Andrew Beaujon — Tue, 14 May 2013 19:48:54 +0000

AOL announced last week that Columbia Journalism Review Editor-in-Chief Cyndi Stivers had accepted the editorship of AOL.com, the company’s storied Web gateway. Wait a second, I asked the journalism-industry chronicler in a phone call Monday, aren’t news consumers moving … Read more

Des Moines Register runs ‘Man Bites Dog’ headline

Andrew Beaujon — Fri, 03 May 2013 16:54:06 +0000

Des Moines Register

The Des Moines Register puts journalism education into practice.

Via Anne Carothers-Kay:

30-plus years in journalism & I’ve never seen a “Man bites dog” headline – until today. desmoinesregister.com/article/201305…. Kudos @dmregister @poynter
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Medill professor changes mind about leading USC Annenberg

Andrew Beaujon — Wed, 01 May 2013 13:08:59 +0000

The Daily Northwestern | Los Angeles Times | Daily Trojan | USC Annenberg

Medill professor Douglas Foster accepted, then declined, the directorship of USC Annenberg, the University of Southern California’s journalism school.

“It was an honor to be considered for … Read more

Why we need a better conversation about the future of journalism education

Tom Rosenstiel — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:20:21 +0000

Two New York writers exchanged misfire recently about journalism education, and almost all of it was misdirected. Then the conversation they started died with damning faint praise.

We should have that conversation, only a better one.

The brouhaha began when … Read more

Columbia publishes ’100 Great Stories’ list

Andrew Beaujon — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:54:55 +0000

Columbia Journalism School

From 9/11 to Duke Cunningham, from Jim Crow to Watergate, Columbia picks 100 stories by its journalists.

100 Years of Story Telling: Columbia Journalism School Centennial Time Capsule from CUJourn on Vimeo.… Read more

Many j-schools ‘still haven’t mastered the Web,’ Knight says

Andrew Beaujon — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:12:21 +0000

Knight | Athens Banner-Herald | The Red & Black
“I doubt academia will handle the digital age well,” the Knight Foundation’s Eric Newton writes on the organization’s blog. Writing about Indiana University’s plan to combine its journalism school … Read more

Steve Coll named new dean of Columbia Journalism School

Andrew Beaujon — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:37:45 +0000

Columbia University

New Yorker contributor and former Washington Post managing editor Steve Coll will replace Nicholas Lemann as head of the graduate school for journalism this summer.

“We are grateful to Nick Lemann for his enduring contributions to Columbia,” Columbia … Read more

Mizzou j-school student discovers she’s advertising MBAs at another school

Andrew Beaujon — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:20:14 +0000

Riverfront Times
Kholood Eid found out she was on ads for Webster University’s MBA program when a friend passed one in an airport, Chad Garrison writes.

This surprised Eid, a student at the University of Missouri’s graduate program in journalism. … Read more

IU provost: Merging schools puts ‘educational excellence first,’ ‘administrative structures’ second

Andrew Beaujon — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:36:58 +0000

Indiana University Provost Lauren Robel has written a detailed explanation of why the university is merging its schools of journalism, communications, telecommunications and film studies.

The document doesn’t begin with a great deal of promise; it cites an Internet … Read more