Making sense of the intersection between media, society and technology
With the start of the new semester, I haven’t had enough time to post to this blog so apologies to all. The first couple of weeks of a new term are always a hectic time. It is also time for my students to take up blogging as part of the core Integrated Journalism course at [...]
My latest column on PBS Mediashift looks at how to teach multimedia journalism in the classroom. This means that journalists need to think on different levels as they conceive of a story and its treatment. It involves taking a multifaceted approach to a story and working out how best to tell it with the media [...]
The ombudsman for PBS, Michael Getler, has stepped into the controversy over a posting on PBS Mediashift by NYU journalism student Alana Taylor. In her post, Taylor talked about what she saw as the shortcomings at NYU over its approach to new media. The column provoked a stir at NYU and among journalistic circles online. [...]
In an article for PBS Mediashift, I looked at the challenges facing journalism schools in teaching technical skills without losing sight of the journalism. This is a difficult area for j-schools as journalism becomes ever more interwoven with technology: The challenges for journalism schools are two-fold. First, students need to be taught how to use [...]
This blog is run by Professor Alfred Hermida, an award-winning online news pioneer, digital media scholar and journalism educator.