December 2011
7 posts
Christmas tree
Sweets: […] I would've sawed it off myself, but you won't let me touch the weapons!
Me: [beat] And that's why. They're not weapons. They're *tools*.
He's obviously led a sheltered life ...
Virginia Tech Student Editor No Longer In News... →
Great interview with Amie Steele, who supervised coverage of the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre for the student newspaper. Breaks my heart that she left the news business after the economic downturn (or you might argue the business left her), though her gig at the U.S. Government Accountability Office doesn’t sound too shabby.
I’m most struck by the way coverage of the massacre inspired...
Ads: The Death of the User Experience
Today brings a terrific post from The Next Web on one of my all-time pet peeves: ads that block news content.
Rather than creating an environment of solicitation and respect for your audience — essential to conversational journalism in my book — such sites demean. And they are everywhere.
Pictured above is possibly the worst example I’ve seen in recent years, from my beloved hometown...
Proud Digital Furry Mammal Living in the Trees →
brizzyc:
Someone was just asking me about this, so I’m publishing this amusing exchange I had on the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication’s Newspaper Division list serv about one year ago, when the division was debating changing its name to something a bit more digital friendly,…
This kind of thing, more than anything, gives me pause about staying in academia....
Props for Study Abroad →
Given many of you are students, perhaps soon to be graduates, you might be interested in this Tumblr blog student Chelsea Paulsen developed for her final project in my social media class.
Good stuff on a wide range of topics related to study abroad, from what programs are best to how to acclimate to your home culture once you return.