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HOW TO HAVE A PAPER BALL
What happens when you force college journalists to publish a newspaper with no computers? Well, first they freak out. Then they get their hands dirty. They write stories on manual typewriters and...
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HELTER SKELTER IN A HOMELESS SHELTER
Here’s what 20 college journalists learned over Labor Day weekend while reporting from inside a homeless shelter… 1. Shelter food can taste better than school cafeteria food. 2. Some homeless people...
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WHAT THE DAILY SHOW CAN TEACH JOURNALISM STUDENTS
In the summer of 2003, Bill Moyers interviewed Jon Stewart. The real journalist told the fake journalist… “When I report the news on this broadcast, people say I’m making it up. When you make it up,...
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THE RED AND BLACKOUT… what SPJ told me not to say
I’ll start at the end: The students at The Red and Black are more mature than the adults. That’s my conclusion after speaking with Katherine Tippins, the former student media coordinator at Macon...
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WWFF12’s BEST AND WEIRDEST MOMENTS
Labor Day is my favorite holiday. That’s when 20 college journalists spend the weekend in a South Florida homeless shelter. They take over the shelter’s newspaper and publish an entire issue in 36...
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10 TIPS FOR SHITTY MUSIC REVIEWING
Why do music writers seem to care more about music than writing? The worst journalism in the world happens in music reviews. And the worst music reviews aren’t written by aspiring college journalists....
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STUDENTS: DON’T READ A NEWSPAPER, WORK AT ONE
Last week, many newspapers continued a Christmas Eve tradition of running Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus on their editorial pages. So I’m starting a New Year’s Day tradition of running this...
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WWFF13: EXPLAINING WITHOUT EXPLOITING
This photo makes me queasy. And not just because it shows a woman having a seizure. That was two weekends ago, and I’m still not sure the photo should’ve been shot at all. Of course, I’m not too torn...
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6 LESSONS ZOMBIES TAUGHT ME
1. Zombies and journalists have a lot in common. Their personal hygiene is suspect. Their fashion sense is non-existent. They have trouble finding work. And while they’ve appeared in countless movies...
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5 YEARS AND FREE BEERS
Random reading/watching list… Sun-Sentinel: Adviser to newspaper fired, but still advising Palm Beach Post: FAU needs new media policy: Better communication with students would be a start Slideshow...
View ArticleVOLUNTEER VILLAIN
How does a public university fire an unpaid volunteer from a student newspaper? Not very well.
View ArticleTHE KKK ARE WHINY LITTLE SNOWFLAKES
Once the scourge of the South, America's original terrorists are now writing letters to college newspapers, begging for some peace, love, and understanding.
View ArticleHARSH ON PURPOSE
College students hate me when I don't volunteer my time to make their lives better.
View ArticleHOW DO SMART PEOPLE BECOME STUPID? THEY TURN BITTER
How do you convert a PhD communications professor into a conspiracy theorist? Ignore him.
View ArticleJAMES TRACY’S NEXT CLASS
He just lost his federal court case and won't get his job back. But now he can teach the conspiracy class he's always wanted.
View ArticleDOUBLE-DOWN SYNDROME
A Pennsylvania legislator publicly attacks a college journalist – and gets taught a lesson he refuses to learn.
View ArticleUNPAID INTERNS: SLAVES WHO PAY TUITION
I'll pay college journalists to write about unpaid internships.
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