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This week, we have put together a special broadcast focusing on what's possibly one of the most debated news trends and one of the most well-known, citizen journalism. Critics call it journalism on the cheap, unskilled hacks putting out stories that are heavy on opinion and light on fact. According to those championing amateur reporters, it is a way to keep mainstream media honest and in some cases, it's just about the only way to get a story out.
| Paying for the News: Five Seeds for the Future of Journalism (Poynter Institute) We closed our "Who Will Pay for the News" conference at Poynter last week by posing a single question to the 35 participants: "What should happen now to maximize our chances of having robust journalism five years from now?" |
| UNR journalism school receives $2 million grant (Reno Gazette-Journal) The Donald W. Reynolds School of Journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno has received a $2 million grant for a faculty chair, the Donald W. Reynolds Chair in Business Journalism. |
| ASU's faith in journalism: a new HQ (Arizona Daily Star) PHOENIX ? As the newspaper business struggles to survive, journalism would seem to be a hard sell for young people trying to pick a career. |
| Online Journalism News (dotjournalism) The NUJ has slammed the BBC Trust's rejection of BBC local plans, while regional groups celebrated the decision. As reported by Journalism.co.uk , the BBC Trust today refused plans to create a network of 65 local online video news services, at a cost of £68 million. |
| $5,000 camera kit stolen from journalism department (SMU Daily Campus) Some lessons are learned the hard way, as one journalism student discovered after a piece of school equipment went missing. Senior Kyle Spencer left a borrowed camera in a journalism classroom Wednesday night only to find the equipment missing when he returned to the location early Thursday morning. |
