Where journalists have greatness thrust upon them
I've made an A4 version of our Spring term print newsday 'paper, but it's too big to upload to the site (and looks awful compressed further). I'll bring it on Weds on a USB if anyone wants a copy.
Many believe that the days of print journalism are over (or nearly), so Twitter has come up with an alternative online newspaper : http://paper.li. By selecting a topic, all the articles from newspaper sites appear on the screen along with links to other pages. It could be a waste of time, but I think it's an interesting alternative. Check it out!
Several Student Journalists have been in touch following our last posting inviting volunteer journalists. If you would like to join them - do get in touch.
Here is an update.
Ideas for writing.
Several of you asked for some ideas on article topics. Generally, we say, write on what interests you. However, here are some suggestions:
"The future is online," he said.
Before we all get warm and fuzzly inside: a notable trend is still, that 'western' papers are slowly decreasing (but not as much as expected) in volumes (and especially in advertising), but the overall is overturned by monumental increases in Asian, African and Latin American papers.
Altogether, a 1,3% increase worldwide.
A quick list of the 5 reasons, why a journalism student would want to write for a student newspaper.
Maybe this last thing, will push some of you to join up.
Five reasons why you should write for your student newspaper.
UMSA has asked for the recreation of the school newspaper (formerly known as PULP - this name is not required).
At this current stage, there is an active search for nearly anyone willing to write or do any other work for it. This includes areas like:
Two reasons for checking out this video from CNN. One is for an update on developments in epaper that might ultimately have some impact on the newspaper trade. The other is the ludicrously overblown reporting style that horribly blurs the distinction between journalism and PR. Still, at least he's written to the pictures in his intro...
