Preserving International Journalism
by IIJ Ambassador, Assistant Professor, & Director of IIJ
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October 29, 2010 | comments (0)
Homecoming 2010: WOUB, JSchool reception, and alumni panel
by Robert Stewart, Director; Professor
The 2010 edition of Homecoming packs a wallop. It starts with WOUB’s alumni reunion &mdash featuring the likes of Scripps College alumni Martin Savidge (freelance reporter, CNN) and Chris Guarino (senior producer, Washington Week with Gwen Iffel).
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October 18, 2010 | comments (0)
Founder of Pulitzer Center – Jon Sawyer Visits Ohio University
by IIJ Ambassador, Assistant Professor, & Director of IIJ
The Institute for International Journalism will host Jon Sawyer at Ohio University to give a series of lectures and presentations on Thursday October 21 and Friday October 22, 2010. He will give students an in-depth look at the current state of international journalism and international issues of global interest. The main event is on Thursday, Oct 21, in Scripps Hall, Rm 111 (Anderson Auditorium).
Jon Sawyer is Executive Director of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. Sawyer became the center’s founding director after a 31-year career with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The center is a non-profit organization that funds independent reporting to raise the standard of media coverage of global affairs.
October 14, 2010 | comments (0)
PhD students, faculty present research at AJHA
by Michael Sweeney, Professor; Associate Director for Graduate Studies
Two Scripps PhD students joined several faculty members in presenting their research at the annual conference of the American Journalism Historians Association in Tucson, Ariz., Oct. 7-9.
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October 11, 2010 | comments (0)
Meet PhD student Ashley Furrow
by Michael Sweeney, Professor; Associate Director for Graduate Studies
After first arriving in Athens a little over a year ago to begin her master’s at the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, Ashley Furrow has already started her work in the Ph.D. program.
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October 4, 2010 | comments (0)
Keep Local Money Local?
by Bill Reader, Associate Professor
“Freedom of the press” is an important concept, but of course there isn’t much about producing news that is “free.” Employees must be paid, expenses covered, bills reconciled. That takes money. Community media often need considerably less money, given their smaller staffs and operating costs; however, the potential revenue in small communities is often quite limited, too. For community journalism outlets, “scale” is at the heart of the money issue.
A recent essay by media watcher Howard Owens is focused on how locally owned news sites can compete against AOL’s growing Patch network of hyperlocal sites. But much of his argument can also be applied to “CJ” outlets that are not in competition with Patch.
