Showing posts with label Barbara Selvin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Barbara Selvin. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

October 2012: Teaching the business of journalism, while teaching business journalism

Barbara Selvin of Stony Brook offers a detailed look at teaching journalism students about the business side of the industry. In The Convergence Newsletter, she argues that students need a deeper understanding of business as they enter a changing field and a challenging job market. Selvin explains how she integrates the business of journalism into her semester-long course.

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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

February 2012: Don't touch my news website video

Barbara Selvin of Stony Brook University sparked an extensive, sometimes heated, and occasionally international discussion of the use of video on news websites. The debate hits several important issues: experimentation versus productivity, timeliness versus production value, specialization versus cross-training. Read her article in the current edition of The Convergence Newsletter, then join the conversation on the newsletter's Facebook or Google+ pages.

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