Entries from March 2006

CEGP seminar: putting campus newspapers online

March 5th, 2006 · 9 Comments

Among the things that I’m really passionate about is encouraging student publications to go online. Not only is online publication cheaper than dead-tree publishing, it’s also very easy to pull off right now because of the existence of easy-to-use content management systems.
Online campus journalism also allows student publications to go beyond the one-issue-every-few-months-or-so publication cycle [...]

Tags: Journalism · Personal

The glass cannot be half-full

March 1st, 2006 · No Comments

Either there is press freedom or not, according to Sun.Star’s pooled editorial.
The editorial points out the danger of making police the evaluators of media.
Why do cops make poor evaluators? They don’t know the craft and its nuances. Their mind-set is that of victims, whipped frequently by media for lapses and offenses.
The paper (disclosure: I work [...]

Tags: Government · Journalism