April topic (second posting)
Although it won’t affect today’s 475 students, most of whom will graduate in May or December, what are your thoughts on future print and broadcast students being switched to a combined multimedia journalism major starting in the fall? In the new multimedia journalism track, both print and broadcast students will be required to take 278 (a cross-platform version of the old 271 reporting class) and 360 (the beginning broadcast class), 375 and 475. The media law and ethics classes will be combined into a single course, and courses on history of the media and on media theory and research will be added as requirements. You can see all the fall curriculum changes on the link under “Notice to Majors” at http://www.unm.edu/~cjdept/.
Monday, April 19, 2010
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Fifth Topic
April topic (first posting)
Perhaps C&J should require print journalism majors to take courses such as photography, Web publishing, desktop publishing, and introduction to broadcast instead of some courses now required on the communication side, such as media theory and visual communication. Then journalism students would be better trained for multimedia journalism demands. What do you think? And are there other courses you think a journalism major should take that are not listed here?
Perhaps C&J should require print journalism majors to take courses such as photography, Web publishing, desktop publishing, and introduction to broadcast instead of some courses now required on the communication side, such as media theory and visual communication. Then journalism students would be better trained for multimedia journalism demands. What do you think? And are there other courses you think a journalism major should take that are not listed here?
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
March (first posting)
Many feel a Web site should complement the print product, allowing for even more information to be given that could not be provided in a print product alone. Explain what types of information or use-of-news practices you think print newspapers and magazines should offer on the Web site that they don’t offer enough of now or don’t offer at all. In other words, what kinds of information in addition to what’s in the print product would you like to see on print publications’ Web sites?
Many feel a Web site should complement the print product, allowing for even more information to be given that could not be provided in a print product alone. Explain what types of information or use-of-news practices you think print newspapers and magazines should offer on the Web site that they don’t offer enough of now or don’t offer at all. In other words, what kinds of information in addition to what’s in the print product would you like to see on print publications’ Web sites?
Friday, February 19, 2010
February (second posting)
In a concept known as "gift economy," businesses profit from the free labor of others rather than from paid employees. Opinion columns and letters to the editor are good examples, but now this concept is migrating to mainstream media online for news stories as well. The Associated Press now distributes photographs, video and stories from "citizen journalists" posted free on NowPublic.com; KFTV-TV in Santa Rosa, Calif., fired 13 journalists and is asking viewers to contribute programming for the station; many “Web news sites” depend overwhelmingly on volunteers. Channel 7 in Albuquerque invites viewers to send in “news videos.” What does this trend toward the “amateurization of the media” mean for journalism and for the media's role in informing the public?
In a concept known as "gift economy," businesses profit from the free labor of others rather than from paid employees. Opinion columns and letters to the editor are good examples, but now this concept is migrating to mainstream media online for news stories as well. The Associated Press now distributes photographs, video and stories from "citizen journalists" posted free on NowPublic.com; KFTV-TV in Santa Rosa, Calif., fired 13 journalists and is asking viewers to contribute programming for the station; many “Web news sites” depend overwhelmingly on volunteers. Channel 7 in Albuquerque invites viewers to send in “news videos.” What does this trend toward the “amateurization of the media” mean for journalism and for the media's role in informing the public?
Monday, February 1, 2010
February (first posting)
Web. 2.0 refers to sites where consumers can upload and thus disseminate photos, videos, audio and narrative text to the world. In addition to blogs and sites like MySpace and Facebook, some media companies are adding components to their mainstream sites allowing readers to write news stories or post videos or photos. Is this a good idea? Why, or why not?
Web. 2.0 refers to sites where consumers can upload and thus disseminate photos, videos, audio and narrative text to the world. In addition to blogs and sites like MySpace and Facebook, some media companies are adding components to their mainstream sites allowing readers to write news stories or post videos or photos. Is this a good idea? Why, or why not?
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