Topic 1: After I Praised a Student Columnist Last Week, He Suddenly Resigned. Wait, What? (CMM) Topic 2: New database reveals academic and athletic spending trends at public universities (Press Release) Athletic & Academic Spending Database for NCAA Division I (Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics) Listen or download this episode, subscribe via iTunes, or check out the archives on the CMP home … Continue reading
Category Archives: College Media
College Media Podcast 11-18-13: Getting sued for something you didn’t write and a responsive design tool
Topic 1: Student Editor Sued for Stories Published Two Years Before She Started (Sigh) (College Media Matters) Tool: Responsinator College Media Snow Fall Challenge Winner: The Daily Bruin (ICM blog story) Continue reading
College Media Snow Fall Challenge entrant: The Baylor Lariat
Monday, I announced the winner of the College Media Snowfall Challenge: The Daily Bruin for In The Shadows. I am going to share the other two entrants, because the work they produced was worthy of recognition, and if I could, I’d award them all prizes. A reminder: This was a first-past-the-post contest. I did not … Continue reading
The Daily Bruin wins the College Media Snow Fall Challenge!
I received submissions from three outlets for the College Media Snow Fall Challenge, and I’ll be highlighting some of the entries later this week, but I want to announce the winner first. Congratulations to The Daily Bruin for In the Shadows, which met all the requirements of the Challenge and was produced Oct. 21-23. The series was … Continue reading
College Media Snow Fall Challenge: Submissions welcome
To enter the Snow Fall Challenge, e-mail me your links to scmurley -at- gmail.com. A reminder of the rules: It exists outside the media outlet’s CMS as a separate Web product. It does not “look like” the news website. It has responsive design. It features parallax scrolling. It is produced by students specifically for the … Continue reading
College Media Snow Fall Challenge: Inspiration about journalism education
We’re less than a week away from accepting submissions for the College Media Snow Fall Challenge. I’m excited to see what comes into my inbox on Monday. Just by way of inspiration, here’s a new book/website that’s available for free from the Knight Foundation’s Eric Newton: Searchlights and Sunglasses. The book has been put together … Continue reading
College Media Podcast 10-29-13: Grambling State and the role of the college media adviser.
This week, Dan and I discuss the messy situation at Grambling State and the role of a college media adviser, in a podcast taped live from New Orleans. Show notes: Censorship, Intimidation, Confusion: The REAL ‘Truth About The Gramblinite Chaos’ (College Media Matters) Listen or download this podcast, subscribe via iTunes, or check out the archives on the CMP home … Continue reading
One week until entries will be accepted for the College Media Snow Fall Challenge
Next Monday, Nov. 4, 2013, I will begin accepting entries for the College Media Snow Fall Challenge. It’s been 2 months since the contest was announced, and I’m excited to see what comes through the door after entries are accepted. Just as a reminder, this is not your standard journalism contest. It’s a first-past-the-post contest. … Continue reading
NOLA 13: Digital sessions at the CMA/ACP National College Media Convention
This week, I’m in New Orleans for the National College Media Convention. There are a number of sessions about digital media for those who are interested in working better online. Unfortunately, they aren’t organized with a multimedia tag. So here are some of the sessions related to online, from web site to social media reporting. … Continue reading
Don’t damage your credibility: always note story corrections online
Over the weekend, the New York Times got into some controversy over a story about a Navy SEALS raid in Somalia. You can read a detailed account of how the changes occurred and some of the blowback here: New York Times Stealthily Corrects Navy SEALs Somalia Raid Story. There are two main issues in this … Continue reading
Innovation in College Media 