We wrote last week about Jay Rosen’s Studio 20, an NYU course that teaches journalism in a fascinating new way. Shorthand: students need to know how to report in a multimedia way, and have to rethink their own careers. For my AR&D Media 2.0 INTEL newsletter this week, I interviewed Prof. Rosen by email....
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Today’s election day in Boston. The coverage of the mayor’s race has been, in my opinion, pretty good. But is there a better way? It has been conventional and, I think, reasonably fair. But it has also been traditional. How would a native news operation cover it? With people on the street and dozens...
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Over on our Facebook Group page, people have been posting some interesting stories. Although not all are about Boston media, we encourage these kinds of contributions, as they add to the discussion of what needs to take place here.
Here’s some of what you’ve contributed:
Barry O’Brien points us to an article on Boston.com about a...
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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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I’ve set up a Wiki for us at bostonmedianext.wikispaces.com and a Twitter account @bostonmedianext. Please RT, forward, social media-tize and all those good things. Inventing the future takes some friends.
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