OPINION: How Kim Kardashian & SEO Killed Journalism
Categories: Technology
What do Kim Kardashian and search engine optimization have in common? Their potential for destruction!
Why I Chose Journalism
Categories: Book Week, Lifestyle
Hello, my name is Sara, and I want to be a journalist.
Opinion: The Smoke and Mirrors Behind the Wikileaks Dam
Categories: Current Events
Just as Julian Assange received the Sydney Peace Prize, a Grand Jury investigation into Wikileaks has been leveraged.
Twitter Journalism: Why You Should Take it Seriously
Categories: Technology
New York Times reporter Brian Stelter recently demonstrated Twitter’s place in the journalism industry through his coverage of the tornado outbreak in Joplin, Missouri.
WIKILEAKS: Journalism and Truth in the Digital Age
Categories: Technology
Julian Assange and his website have made headlines the world over. But is Wikileaks becoming the middle-man for journalists, allowing reporters to become lazy in their watchdog obligations? Whatever the reason for the information dumps, Wikileaks is good for journalism and good for democracy.
The Golden Age of Journalism
Categories: Current Events
Journalism is not dying. In fact, it has come to life, and Gen Y is here to make sure it stays that way. Welcome to the Golden Age of Journalism. Not only are we out there telling stories, we are doing it effectively and will someday (hopefully) have the credibility of some of the greatest voices of the craft.
Spoiled and Entitled: Millennials as a Whole, or Just a Bad Egg?
Categories: Business
Dear NBC/Today Show intern, Thanks for helping to give Gen Y a bad name — now on national television (skip to 4:30, then approximately 10:45). Sincerely, Angela Stefano *** Newsflash, Gen Y-ers: older generations (and, judging from this video, some with some serious clout in the entertainment/news industry) think we’re spoiled, self-absorbed, entitled little brats. [...]
From Mechanical Engineering to Happiness
Categories: Education Week
By Kate Vander Wiede I started off college majoring in Aerospace Engineering because I love space and astronomy was “impractical”. (AKA, prospects of being paid significant portions of money out in the real world were slim.) I soon switched to mechanical engineering, unsatisfied with the more rigorous program that ‘aeros’ had to follow—one that required too [...]
CNN: Reporting The Future
Categories: Current Events
Among Millennials there has been a lot of talk about the future of newspapers and journalism in general. Frankly, the decline of print media is frightening. With the introduction and explosion of social media it is so easy to disregard traditional journalism in favor of the citizen-journalism structure. However, there seems to be one news [...]
Journalism Murdered, Killer Wishes To Remain Anonymous
Categories: Current Events
By Mike Hachey: Mike is a graduate of Emerson College. His future is uncertain. What will journalism look like when our generation seizes the reins of responsibility? It’s impossible to know! We barely understand how it functions now, with the Baby Boomers still safely holding all positions of power. What we do know is that [...]
