What’s new for 2012? Thanks for asking!
by Robert Stewart, Director; Professor
Ever since I started teaching here in 1987, fall has meant the beginning of something new. But this fall seems like an entirely new chapter in the history of the school. In this video, I outline the challenges and opportunities that are in store for us.
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July 30, 2012 | comments (0)
Scripps students head to London to cover Olympics
by Robert Stewart, Director; Professor
Sixteen JSchool students will accompany Prof. Hans Meyer to London this summer to cover the 2012 Olympics.
In this video, Meyer discusses how the program came about, and describes the type of stories the team will cover.
July 20, 2012 | comments (0)
Grammar test to be offered online
by Robert Stewart, Director; Professor
Planning to take “Introduction Multiplatform Reporting and Writing” (JOUR 2310 and 2311)? You’ll first have to pass our new grammar test, which is being offered through a partnership with the Poynter Institute. (Students who have already taken J1330 and passed with a C or better are exempt.)
You will need to enroll in the course Language Primer: Basics of Grammar, Punctuation and Word Use (Ohio University Edition) available online at Poynter’s NewsU website: www.newsu.org. The cost to access the course, which includes practice drills and the final exam, is $12.95.
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July 12, 2012 | comments (0)
Scripps students in Leipzig take a punch (at radio)
by Robert Stewart, Director; Professor
Listeners to Leipzig University’s student radio station were in for a surprise this morning when they heard more than a dozen Scripps students providing content on “Faustschlag,” the morning magazine program.
[Listen to the entire two-hour program]
July 11, 2012 | comments (0)
Reflecting on an outspoken network star
by Robert Stewart, Director; Professor
If you’ve followed the Dan Rather saga over the years, you may have wondered what Rather would have to say about the considerable twists, turns, ups, and downs in his career.
How did he account for the so-called “phony” Killian memos about Bush #2 and the Texas Air National Guard? What motivated Rather to file suit against long-time employer, CBS News? And how the heck did he hook up with Mark Cuban to create Dan Rather Reports on HDNet?
July 5, 2012 | comments (0)
PhD student Jeremy Saks wins award for top student paper in AEJMC division
by Michael Sweeney, Professor; Associate Director for Graduate Studies
Jeremy Saks, a PhD student in the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, has won the top student paper award in the Electronic News Division of the Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication.
Saks will give the paper, “Changes in Content Characteristics of Nontraditional Media after Partnering with Traditional News Providers,” in Chicago in August at the annual AEJMC convention. The award comes with a check for $102, one dollar for every year of the existence of the Kappa Tau Alpha journalism honors society.
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July 2, 2012 | comments (0)
IIJ, African Studies Program anticipate “Year for African Journalism”
by Lindsay Boyle
In recent years, the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism and the African Studies Program at Ohio University have gradually expanded their collaboration with each other. To showcase that expansion, the two groups have decided to hold a “Year for African Journalism” during the 2012-13 school year.
The abstract program aims to capitalize on a noticeable increase in student interest in Africa by teaching students more about African journalism. It will do so primarily by bringing two prominent African media scholars to the OU campus — one during Fall Semester and one during Spring Semester. Additional events and conferences will be held as well.
