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The kids are into “Media Matters”

November 8, 2009
By Steve Safran

I spoke Friday at the Media Matters Writing Conference at UMass Boston, and I came away very encouraged about the future of online media. The conference is for middle schoolers and high schoolers, and the group I spoke with had some sharp, media-savvy kids. I talked about how to blog, as part of a...
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We shared, you came: the power of social media

November 2, 2009
By Steve Safran

BostonMediaNext.com has been online for all of four days. As expected, our traffic started slowly, with 20 – 50 page views per day. But on Sunday, it spiked to 350 views. How is this possible for a nascent site? Social media. On Saturday, I wrote an entry about Prof. Jay Rosen’s NYU course that...
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Taking an innovative approach to teaching journalism

November 1, 2009
By Steve Safran

We have some great journalism schools here in Boston, and their mission will be the same as ours: to evolve. NYU is offering what could be a model for next-gen J-school, its Studio 20 concentration. The classes are led by Prof. Jay Rosen whose blog, PressThink, is a provocative must-read. Another splendid J-prof is Mindy McAdams,...
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