Press Gazette has revealed that Facebook is donating £4.5m to help train local journalists. But how sustainable is this?
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The critical need for verification skills in modern journalism education
A talk by the BBC's Mark Frankel reinforced the critical need for more verification skills in modern newsrooms
Some follow up on the Google News Lab University Network
Two bits of feedback to yesterday’s piece on the Google News Lab University Network. The Frenemy Dance Remember when Google was the enemy in many publishers’ eyes? It appears it and Facebook have swapped… — Adam Tinworth (@adders) December 6,…
Google News Lab partnering with university journalism departments
Journalism education in the UK has a digital problem. I’ve worked with a number of universities offering journalism degrees now – and there’s a consistent pattern. While there are a few bright spots of very deep digital knowledge, it’…
Autumn Statement: student journalists at work
It’s my biannual spell in a student newsroom, as the financial journalism students at City University do frantic live coverage of the Government spending review: You can see their work at the Autumn Statement site – I’d love to…
The print-digital tension, through the eyes of a student
Here’s a very interesting piece from a student newspaper editor in the US: My peers are interested in reading news, but they have no loyalties whatsoever about where it comes from. You can be the greatest columnist in the…
Is nostalgia for print dooming journalism students to failure?
Merciless attack on print nostalgists from Clay Shirky: The most important fight in journalism today isn’t between short vs. long-form publications, or fast vs. thorough newsrooms, or even incumbents vs. start-ups. The most important fight is between realists and…
Buttry academic goodness, the new home for digital journalism proponents?
Steve Buttry is heading into journalism education: The next chapter of my career will be at Louisiana State University. After I wrap up my work at Digital First Media July 1, I will become the Lamar Visiting Scholar at LSU’…