Musings (with quotes and links) about the Twitterers from the Gray Lady, three years in… The me-me-me clamor brings to mind Emily Dickinson’s poem about the disgrace of fame, “I’m Nobody! Who are you?”: “How public — like a Frog — / To tell one’s name — the livelong June […]

Let’s all sing like the birdies sing

Sunday’s New York Times does a quick survey, assembles some anecdotes, and draws a few conclusions….. The changes [in media] are forcing colleges and universities to rethink what a journalism education should look like. The perennial debate about journalism programs — theoretical teaching versus professional skill building — has been […]

J-Schools Play Catchup (NYT)

At the Tribune, we talked about the use of social networks as “where journalism meets marketing.”  At Medill, there is a huge emphasis on audience understanding.  It all leads to the same place – one where journalism reaches the people who most will benefit from it, who most want it, who […]

The new skillset for online reporters [Nieman]