5 February 2012, 9:15 pm
Words are hardly “such feeble things” in Orwell's literary journalismScholars and Rogues(1937) — Orwell is best know for his dystopic 1984 and Animal Farm, but Orwell cut his chops as a journalist, and he understood the power of his pen. In Wigan Pier, he looks at the abominable Depression... Read More »
5 February 2012, 7:51 pm
BSOS reunited in Chincoteague HallDiamondback OnlineAlthough many students in the behavioral and social sciences college hoped Chincoteague Hall — the building formerly used for the journalism college on McKeldin Mall that underwent a $7.1 million facelift last year — would provide a set of new ... Read More »
5 February 2012, 7:37 pm
New York Daily NewsSocial media flexes muscleNew York Daily News... phone calls, fund-raising — in a remarkably short period of time,” said Mark Jurkowitz, associate director of the Project for Excellence in Journalism. “We have seen how the power of social media helped fuel such dramatic even... Read More »
5 February 2012, 7:10 pm
Canadian National NewspaperBecome a Writer: Journalism Experience Program invites applicantsCanadian National NewspaperThe Canadian is seeking applicants who are seeking to gain valuable work-related experience in either investigative journalism or publishing. Applicants must be articulate and self-... Read More »
4 February 2012, 3:09 pm
Digitaltrends.comNFL using “social media command center” to manage Super Bowl chatterDigitaltrends.comDubbed the “Super Bowl Social Media Command Center” by Raidious CEO Taulbee Jackson, the Indianapolis digital marketing firm will be handling all communication regarding the Super Bowl with ... Read More »
3 February 2012, 12:01 pm
Reuters productizes social media through Social PulseNieman Journalism Lab at HarvardLike any good media company, Reuters has tried to be diligent in using the likes of Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and now of course YouTube to bring its journalism to new audiences and expand their brand. Social Pulse i... Read More »
2 February 2012, 9:04 am
TIMETumblr Hires Journalists to Write About TumblrTIMEBy Graeme McMillan | @graemem | February 2, 2012 | + Call it a snake eating its own tail or a smart take on objectively monitoring a particularly under-served area of the internet, but social blog service Tumblr raised eyebrows yesterday with the... Read More »
2 February 2012, 12:33 am
DigitalJournal.comSocial media derailed Internet legislation bills SOPA and PIPA SpecialDigitalJournal.comWashington - The Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism specializes in using empirical methods to evaluate and study the performance of the press. The Pew Research Center... Read More »
30 January 2012, 12:50 pm
New York Daily NewsFacebook Subscribe means porn, spam: journalistsNew York Daily NewsBy Meena Hart Duerson / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS When the Travel Channel's Nisha Chittal launched her public profile on Facebook Subscribe, she looked forward to connecting with a community that shared her wanderlus... Read More »
22 January 2012, 11:04 am
CTV.caSocial media sets off firestorm of false reports Saturday that Joe Paterno diedWashington PostThe student report was picked up by a local Top 40 radio station, WBHV (94.5 FM), which added the detail that Paterno had died with his family by his side, according to the Poynter Institute, a journa... Read More »
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