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Kennesaw State Job Search for Journalism Professor

Friday, October 8th, 2010

Hello, PJNet.org followers.  The Department of Communication at Kennesaw State University, my home department and university, has a search underway for a journalism professor for its new journalism and citizen media track. Right now the two-year-old track has more than 100 majors and is growing quickly.
My Center for Sustainable Journalism works closely with the department. [...]

Knight Announces Fifth News Challenge with Changes

Friday, October 8th, 2010

The Fifth Knight Foundation Fifth News Challenge contest will focus on these categories: Mobile, Authenticity, Sustainability and Community.
Here is the entire press release:
The fifth year of the Knight News Challenge, a media innovation contest funded and run by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, will open for entries on Oct 25, [...]

A Smart Phone Will Be in Everyone’s Future, Prepare Now

Monday, October 4th, 2010

In a Newsweek article about the rapid growth of Google’s Android phone, there is this paragraph:
By next year 5 billion mobile phones will be in service, out of a total world population of about 7 billion, according to Yankee Group, a high-tech research firm. Most of those will be “feature phones” with limited capabilities. [...]

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