Programming and Data – Hack the Curriculum Notes From Brainstorming Session October 18, 2013 ONA Atlanta At the Online News Association in Atlanta on Oct. 18, the Knight Foundation sponsored a Hack the Curriculum workshop with the goal of generating as many ideas as possible about the future of journalism curriculum. Participants included faculty, students […]
Well, I’ve been gone from Austin for more than a month now, and I am starting to get the swing of the CA lifestyle. I completed orientation, wrapping things up with a great tour of the beautiful Stanford campus and a dinner with some of the former fellows. I had my first week of classes […]
We started just a week and a half ago, but that seems like a lifetime. Since my last post, I have gotten to meet the fabulous fellows with which I will be spending the next year. I got a bike that I have been riding to campus every day. The weather started out a little […]
If you know me, then it’s not news that I have temporarily relocated to Stanford for the academic year. I wrote about my being selected for the Knight Journalism Fellowship here, but that was way back in April when the thought of moving across country and leaving my beloved Austin was new and distant. Now, […]
Today, I finish up a summer session teaching two courses that deal with digital media concepts, trends and issues. So, it is fitting that yesterday’s news of Amazon’s Jeff Bezos buying the Washington Post comes just in time for one last discussion. The courses are Fundamentals of Digital/Online Media – now a required class by […]
I found out today that I have been selected for the John S. Knight Fellowship at Stanford. I am beyond thrilled. This fellowship will allow me to work with the outstanding journalists from around the world who make up the rest of the fellowship class. My goal is to work on a program to […]
I had the opportunity to attend the wonderful International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) this weekend. It’s a great event where educators, professionals and students share ideas and discuss the role of technology in journalism. Now, in it’s 14th year, it’s been the place where I have explored disruption in journalism since before I entered […]
While we patiently wait for election results to start rolling in, I thought I’d share some more good news for our new media concentration grads. Last post, I told you about Maira Garcia and Jackie Baylon who had both gotten jobs in NYC, Maira as a Web producer for The New York Times and Jackie […]