Journalism Education news
- Ethnic media publishers are the original niche media pioneers
- By Robert Niles: Commentary: Ethnic newspapers and broadcast stations have built a model for competing successfully with mainstream media. Now, it's time to apply that model online. — From USC Annenberg Online Journalism Review, Feb 1, 2008
- Big names, big ideas at Big Think
- By Jim Wayne: Startup invites users, experts to create global video conversations on the Web. — From USC Annenberg Online Journalism Review, Jan 30, 2008
- Readers owe nothing to publishers
- By Robert Niles: Commentary: The news industry must break its habit of hiding its best editorial content if it is to use online to reverse its decline in readership. — From USC Annenberg Online Journalism Review, Jan 28, 2008
- Which social networking sites are you using?
- By Robert Niles: Question of the week: Are you, or your publication, using online communities to promote your journalism? If so, tell us about it. — From USC Annenberg Online Journalism Review, Jan 25, 2008
- Newspapers use YouTube video previews to attract readers
- By Jean Yung: Online editors at two papers talk about how they put movie-style trailers and a music video on YouTube to promote their papers' special reporting projects. — From USC Annenberg Online Journalism Review, Jan 24, 2008
- Teaching online newswriting
- By Robert Niles: Commentary: Understanding search engine optimization and the need to work quickly can help journalists write more effectively for the Web. — From USC Annenberg Online Journalism Review, Jan 24, 2008
- Got something to say? Then say it!
- By Robert Niles: Editor's note: We're changing the way we handle reader comments on OJR, so that unregistered readers will have a chance to contribute to the site. — From USC Annenberg Online Journalism Review, Jan 22, 2008
- Which online news award means the most?
- By Robert Niles: Question of the week: Which of the top awards for excellence in online journalism would you most want to win? — From USC Annenberg Online Journalism Review, Jan 18, 2008
- News sites, large and small, can measure usability
- By Steve Stewart: Through a variety of methods, newspaper professionals can enlist consumers in evaluating their websites' designs. — From USC Annenberg Online Journalism Review, Jan 17, 2008
- Writing to the beat of their hearts
- By Jean Yung: A new collection of essays by teenage girls might teach something about the next generation of journalism. — From USC Annenberg Online Journalism Review, Jan 16, 2008
- Launching Politico
- The coming launch of the political news web site Politico has drawn much attention from those who wonder about its longevity (see the latest New York Times article about it; and an earlier one). I have no idea about how long it will last -- though, b — From JPROF.com, Jan 9, 2007
- Tributes to a coach
- Not a football coach, though it is that time of year. A writing coach. Don Murray, a man whose work and ideas influenced many of us in the business of writing and teaching writing, passed away Dec. 30. Writing gurus Roy Peter Clark and Chip Scanlon — From JPROF.com, Jan 2, 2007
- 2007 - year of the First Amendment?
- Well, it isn't likely, but I always begin a year with that great hope -- and very little else. There is no reason to be confident. Our leaders want to diminish the rights of the Constitution because it will make them more comfortable and more sec — From JPROF.com, Jan 1, 2007
- Second anniversary
- JPROF celebrates its second birthday today. This is one of those things that "the world will little note nor long remember" (Abraham Lincoln, a big supporter of JPROF). Still, we pause for a moment. I've had a lot of fun putting this thing — From JPROF.com, Dec 31, 2006
- Photos you can use
- One of the first topics that JPROF.com tackled (which is coming up on its second birthday in less than a week) was that of how a news web site that didn't have access to syndicated photos could stay visually current. There are a few sites that provi — From JPROF.com, Dec 25, 2006