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Get a Blogger Journalism Certificate in Just Two Days, Act Now

July 30th, 2008 by Leonard Witt

I got a spam email today for the two-day BlogWorld and New Media Expo in Las Vegas. It includes an optional citizen journalism workshop, which promises in just two days:
 
I remember when I was a kid similar ads for becoming a Private Detective — and alas I did a search and the come-ons are still there. […]

Chicago Panel to Review 20 Years of Public Journalism

July 29th, 2008 by Leonard Witt

Jay Rosen and Ed Lambeth, both early thought leaders in the public journalism movement, will help mark the 20th Anniversary of public journalism at an afternoon conference starting at 2 on Tuesday, August 5, 2008 at Columbia College in downtown Chicago. The conference preceeds the annual convention of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass […]

Editors Talk Quality Journalism, But Will They Deliver It?

July 23rd, 2008 by Leonard Witt

The conclusion of the Project for Excellence in Journalism study The Changing Newsroom: What is Being Gained and What is Being Lost in America’s Daily Newspapers? says that the key to saving journalism is high quality journalism.
Here is one section which reinforces that idea:
editors remain convinced the key to their survival is a […]

Meyer, Bentley: AEJMC Should Keep Newspaper Division Name

July 22nd, 2008 by Leonard Witt

Earlier I promised to keep tabs on the listserv discussion about whether the “Newspaper Division” in the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) should change its name. Here are excellent reactions from both Clyde Bentley, journalism professor at the University of Missouri, and Phil Meyer, author of the Vanishing Newspaper, to Susan […]

Pew Study Documents Shrinking Newspapers

July 21st, 2008 by Leonard Witt

The Pew Research Center released a study focusing on USA newspapers, here are the key findings:
 

The majority of newspapers are now suffering cutbacks in staffing, and even more in the amount of news, or newshole, they offer the public. The forces buffeting the industry continue to affect larger metro newspapers to a far greater extent than […]

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