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Further thoughts on newspaper video
It’s been fascinating to follow the debate that sprang up in response to my Sept. 23 post, “Newspapers should jettison (most of) their web video efforts.” Thanks to all who responded. You have given me...
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Newspapers and web video, part 3: Choosing the stories that need video
Over the past week, I’ve been reading what newspaper photographers and videographers have to say on the touchy topic of how their sites use web video. Seems to me there’s a consensus that less IS more,...
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A Gannett strategy on newspaper video inflames the debate
A beet.tv interview with Gannett Digital executive Kate Walters, in which she announced a “significant investment in video” at the company’s 80-plus newspapers, has sparked a bonfire of scorn among...
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Punctuation, attribution, Romenesko: My kingdom for a quotation mark
Punctuation saves lives! Punctuation can hurt people, too. It can even cost a columnist his job. The Romenesko fiasco that has been roiling the journalism world for the past two days originated in a...
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Journalism 24/7: What we studied, Fall 2011
At the end of each semester, I like to reflect on what I learned from teaching Journalism 24/7, my course on the changing news industry. The material changes so fast that the world looks different...
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Women in media and gender equity: the role of journalism schools
When I read last week that a new study from the Women’s Media Center found little change over the past decade in the low levels of women holding key positions in the news media, I sent the center’s...
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Journalism and women: much more to be said and done
My last post, on women’s progress in newsrooms (far below the proportion of women in journalism programs, thinnest at the top, especially at newspapers), left me unsatisfied. I wanted to say so much...
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Journalism and women: Poynter’s online chat
My stint as a guest on poynter.org’s weekly online career chat went well. The topic: women and the news business. Many people wrote in with excellent questions. You can read the chat here:...
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Entry-level journalism jobs: expectations and misunderstandings
I intervened yesterday in a simmering conflict between several current and former Stony Brook journalism students on the one hand and their employer, the editor and publisher of a local newspaper, on...
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Back to the blog, and off to the moon
I have roused jrnteaching.com from its slumber because of my involvement in solar system exploration.
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