We respond to scenes of natural stillness
As the new school year dawns, and I ponder how to update my curriculum for the introductory class on mass media that I teach at Michigan State, I have been struck by the idea that we need to have a frank discussion about rewiring young people’s brains.
What? Come [...]
News about College from Huffington Post
Arianna Huffington has launched a new section called “College” on the Huffington Post website, no doubt capitalizing on all those college journalism students eager for online clips. The lively sub-site offers news from campuses nationwide, reflecting the reality that serving communities can mean communities of interest and not just [...]
The opportunity to combine video with text online has created the “vook.” As the Vook website explains:
A vook is a new innovation in reading that blends a well-written book, high-quality video and the power of the Internet into a single, complete story.
For Valentine’s Day, the site is featuring Love-Love-Love – Shakespeare in the City.” YouTube [...]
If these two young online editors are the future face of journalism, collaboration, not competition, could become the model for local [...]