My essay on how the internet is changing science journalism has been published as part of a collection called Science and the Media by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The volume includes contributions from leading science journalists such as Alan Alda, Cristine Russell and Cornelia Dean, edited by Donald Kennedy and Geneva Overholser. The editors write: The essays in this volume discuss the roles of scientists, journalists, and public information officers

At the AEJMC conference, Richard Karpel, executive director of the ASNE, provided an assessment of the state of the newspaper industry in the US. He said the US had 1,400 daily newspapers. In 2009, the industry had lost 5,200 jobs, about 11% of full time jobs. This compares to 5,900 job losses in 2008 Now there were around 41,000 jobs in the newspaper business. Karpel expected the decline in positions

An early morning session at the AEJMC conference, educators discussed one of the big issues in journalism education: what do journalism students need to learn to succeed in the industry. Amy Eisman of American University outlined six challenges to rebooting the curriculum within an academic environment: Glacial pace of change at universities Belief that established ways of doing things are best Slow acceptance of game changers such as wikileaks Hesitation

Here are the slides from my presentation at the AEJMC annual conference in Denver for the panel on planning, launching and running a converged student news website. AEJMC: Planning a student website View more presentations from Alfred Hermida. The panel is on today, Wednesday 4 August, from 1.30pm-3.30pm, room Plaza Court

The final panel at the pre-AEJMC conference workshop on the role of journalism schools as news providers looked at innovative initiatives. Joe Bergantino gave some background to the New England Center for Investigative Reporting at Boston University. It works as a 24/7 newsroom run by professional journalists with students as researchers and trainees. Students learn by working with at the center. Looking ahead, the center is working to develop products

A pre-conference workshop at the annual AEJMC conference focused on the changing role of journalism schools. Karen Dunlap at the Poynter Institute expressed some optimism about student journalists filling the void left by declining news coverage. She said the students might see communities in new ways and explore new forms of story-telling, guided by faculty. But top of her worries was the assumption that student journalists could fill the void.

Ahead of the annual AEJMC conference in Denver, a pre-conference workshop looked at the role of journalism schools as news providers. The workshop brought together journalism practitioners and educators to discuss how j-schools are filling gaps in news coverage through student journalism. Eric Newton from the Knight Foundation opened the session by outlining four transformational trends for journalism education: Journalism schools are becoming better connected to other university disciplines and

The annual AEJMC conference in Denver kicks off with a pre-conference workshop on Tuesday 3 August journalism schools as news providers. The workshop brings together journalism practitioners and educators to discuss how j-schools are filling gaps in news coverage through student journalism. At the UBC Graduate School of Journalism, you can see examples of student reporting on local issues on TheThunderbird.ca and on our sister video site, ThunderbirdTV.ca. I’m looking forward

On Wednesday 21 July, I’ll be talking at the IAMCR conference in Braga about our integrated journalism programme at the Graduate School of Journalism, University of British Columbia. Here are my slides: Lessons from integrated approach to journalism education View more presentations from Alfred Hermida

Henrik Ornebring of University of Oxford gave a quick overview of his six-nation comparative study of the skills of journalists at the IAMCR 2010 in Braga. This is a three-year project, running from 2007 to 2010 and covering six countries: UK, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Poland and Estonia. Ornebring conducted a non-representative online survey with 2,200 respondents and a response rate of 4.3%. He also conducted qualitative research with 62 interviews