Indiana University School of Journalism http://journalism.indiana.edu The IU School of Journalism has been a leader in journalism education and research for nearly 100 years. Our students take a rigorous curriculum of journalism skills courses and liberal arts classes to give them a well-rounded view of the world. Fri, 09 May 2008 12:34:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en J201: Bloomington Source http://journalism.indiana.edu/all-galleries/j201-bloomington-source-4/ http://journalism.indiana.edu/all-galleries/j201-bloomington-source-4/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 14:53:33 +0000 Jeff Johnson http://journalism.indiana.edu/?p=653
The Spring 2008 issue of the ongoing e-zine produced by J201 Reporting and Editing II students.]]> http://journalism.indiana.edu/all-galleries/j201-bloomington-source-4/feed/ J344: Photo Slideshows http://journalism.indiana.edu/all-galleries/j344-photo-slideshows/ http://journalism.indiana.edu/all-galleries/j344-photo-slideshows/#comments Wed, 07 May 2008 17:04:26 +0000 Jeff Johnson http://journalism.indiana.edu/?p=651 Students in associate professor Jim Kelly’s Spring 2008 J344 Photojournalism Reporting class created slideshows with audio for their final project.]]> http://journalism.indiana.edu/all-galleries/j344-photo-slideshows/feed/ Students’ Reflections on Ernie Pyle http://journalism.indiana.edu/all-galleries/ernie-pyle-student-columns/ http://journalism.indiana.edu/all-galleries/ernie-pyle-student-columns/#comments Wed, 07 May 2008 14:44:29 +0000 Jeff Johnson http://journalism.indiana.edu/?p=649 Students in the class, J460 In the Footsteps of Ernie Pyle, traveled to Europe to walk over spring break 2008. One of their final assignments for the class was to write columns about their visits.]]> http://journalism.indiana.edu/all-galleries/ernie-pyle-student-columns/feed/ Johnson’s Profiles segment features Koppel http://journalism.indiana.edu/notices/owens-profiles-segment-features-koppel/ http://journalism.indiana.edu/notices/owens-profiles-segment-features-koppel/#comments Wed, 07 May 2008 12:44:33 +0000 Gena Asher http://journalism.indiana.edu/?p=647 Owen V. Johnson hosts Profiles on WFIU. His next broadcast is Sunday, May 11, and features an interview with broadcaster Andrea Koppel. WFIU is at 103.7 on the FM dial.

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]]> http://journalism.indiana.edu/notices/owens-profiles-segment-features-koppel/feed/ Summer sessions begin http://journalism.indiana.edu/notices/summer-sessions-begin/ http://journalism.indiana.edu/notices/summer-sessions-begin/#comments Wed, 07 May 2008 12:00:43 +0000 Gena Asher http://journalism.indiana.edu/?p=645
Here’s the schedule of academic dates and other events at the School of Journalism:

May 6, Summer Session I begins.
May 26, Memorial Day. No classes.
June 12, last day of classes for Summer I.
June 13, Summer Session II begins.
June 16-27, High School Journalism Institute teacher sessions.
July 4, Independence Day. No classes.
July 13-23, High School Journalism Institute student sessions.
Aug. 8, last day of classes for Summer II.
Aug. 31, summer graduation.
Aug. 13 to Sept. 1, semester break.
Sept. 1, Labor Day. No classes.
Sept. 2, Fall 2008 classes begin.

For more academic dates and other events, check out the Calendar.


]]> http://journalism.indiana.edu/notices/summer-sessions-begin/feed/ Gall, Gunterman new H-T columnists http://journalism.indiana.edu/notices/gall-gunterman-new-h-t-columnists/ http://journalism.indiana.edu/notices/gall-gunterman-new-h-t-columnists/#comments Mon, 05 May 2008 22:20:05 +0000 Gena Asher http://journalism.indiana.edu/notices/gall-gunterman-new-h-t-columnists/
School of Journalism Director of Experiential Learning Jessica Gall, M.A. ’07, and Bloomington High School North journalism adviser Ryan Gunterman, B.S. ’02, will be writing on alternate Fridays as community columnists for the newspaper.

The Herald-Times selected 10 new columnists, including Gall and Gunterman, from 55 applicants. Columnists write about a variety of topics, mostly of their own choosing, and their work appears at the bottom of the editorial page weekdays.

Adjunct lecturer Irene Bushaw was a columnist during the previous year-long cycle.

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]]> http://journalism.indiana.edu/notices/gall-gunterman-new-h-t-columnists/feed/ Raymer addresses Asian American Forum http://journalism.indiana.edu/notices/raymer-addresses-asian-american-forum/ http://journalism.indiana.edu/notices/raymer-addresses-asian-american-forum/#comments Mon, 05 May 2008 22:07:59 +0000 Gena Asher http://journalism.indiana.edu/notices/raymer-addresses-asian-american-forum/ Raymer, left foreground, giving lecture Courtesy photo Associate professor Steve Raymer, left foreground, gave an illustrated lecture in Washington, D.C., last month.

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Associate professor Steve Raymer gave an illustrated lecture on the global Indian Diaspora on April 25 to about 100 members of the Asian American Forum in Washington, D.C.

The group included past and present members of the State Department, the intelligence community, the World Bank and various foreign embassies.

Raymer is the author and photographer of Images of a Journey: India in Diaspora, published in 2007 by Indiana University Press.
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If there were a buzzword connected with journalism these days, it would have to be “convergence.”

All school year, professors and visiting professionals have told School of Journalism students about the importance of building an expertise in more than one medium, that the days of working in one field and one field only are long gone.

The message is taken to heart at the Indiana Daily Student. This semester, the staff has been working to give its reporters a chance to get a taste of what media convergence means by launching a more multimedia-focused Web site, a project that was one of IDS editor-in-chief Carrie Ritchie’s main goals.

“From what I’d observed and learned at the St. Petersburg Times, this is the direction newspapers are now going in,” said Ritchie, who interned at that newspaper last summer. “They’re trying to find new ways to use their Web pages. I felt like we weren’t doing some of the basics we should be doing.”

Over the course of the spring semester, Ritchie and the IDS multimedia director, sophomore James Brosher, have worked to overhaul the IDS site. It now has a multimedia tab at the top of the paper’s front page and features podcasts, which allow print reporters the chance to learn audio reporting skills.

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Even in multimedia projects, it’s all about the writing. Natalie Avon goes over the script before the podcast.
“The podcasts have been great,” Interim Director of Student Media Nancy Comiskey said. “I think Brandon Morely, our Web audio and video assistant, has really helped them get a lot of the stories up, but especially the podcasts.”

Not everyone in the IDS newsroom embraced the new multimedia focus quickly, though.

“There was some reluctance at first,” Ritchie said. “People weren’t quite sure what exactly we were doing. But once stuff started going up on the site the staff, seeing work get posted, they started getting excited. I think everyone in the newsroom has lent their voice to a video piece by now.”

Associate professor Jim Kelly teaches photojournalism and publication design at the School of Journalism. He said while students may be a little reluctant to learn skills they hadn’t expected to need, learn them they must if they are going to be able to compete in an increasingly tight job market.

“I have heard probably a dozen photo editors say that they will never hire again hire a photographer only,” Kelly said. “They only people they’ll hire from now on are going to be those who have multimedia experience.”

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It takes two to create the podcasts. Ashley Braun uses the computer to capture and process Avon’s broadcast.
The IDS, Kelly said, is now giving the students working in its newsroom a leg up on the competition.

“The IDS going multimedia, focusing on its Web presence, is preparing students for the realities of the profession they’re about to enter,” he said.

All that hard work isn’t being noticed only by those within the School of Journalism. People outside the school are giving the overhaul a thumbs-up as well. IDS staffers recently found out the paper’s Web site is one of nine finalists for a national Online Pacemaker award. This Associated Collegiate Press award is designed to recognize the best student reporting on the Web. One of the judges, Will Sullivan of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, said the contest was pretty tough to judge this year.

“The quality, design, depth, breadth and timeliness of content being produced at these college publications rivals and sometimes beats that of most professional media outlets,” Sullivan wrote in an e-mail. “I was highly encouraged to see many papers producing podcasts, multimedia, blogs, forums and breaking news on their Web sites.”

It’ll be October before the IDS finds out if it wins the award, but multimedia director James Brosher said he’s pretty happy being a finalist.

“We’re all pretty excited about the Pacemaker,” Brosher said. “It’s an honor to be among so many prestigious papers. And to be able to know we can run with the ‘big dogs’ in multimedia is awesome.”

Perhaps not so awesome are all the long hours Brosher’s put into the IDS site redesign.

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Preparations finished, Natalie Avon (left) and Ashley Braun get the week’s podcast underway in the tiny multimedia space at the IDS.
“I haven’t really had much of a life this semester,” Brosher said. “There have been a few times when I’ve been here until 4 or 5 a.m. Certainly not leaving until after midnight has been pretty common. There’s just so much to get done.”

It’s not done yet. The students and their publisher say they’ve given the IDS a multimedia foundation it can build on in the coming years.

“What they have been able to accomplish this semester is just amazing,” Comiskey said. “I’m just really proud of them.”



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Adams, who died suddenly last June, was director of student media. IDS students nominated Adams earlier this year, citing his dedication to journalism education.

The chapter also awarded professor emeritus Peter Jacobi a third place award in the arts and entertainment features category for his columns in the Herald-Times. Former H-T reporter Anne Kibbler, who joined the School of Journalism communications team earlier this month, won third place awards in lifestyle features and in environmental coverage.

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]]> http://journalism.indiana.edu/notices/spj-honors-adams-jacobi-kibbler/feed/ HSJI live chat set for April 30 http://journalism.indiana.edu/notices/hsji-live-chat-set-for-april-30/ http://journalism.indiana.edu/notices/hsji-live-chat-set-for-april-30/#comments Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:43:16 +0000 Gena Asher http://journalism.indiana.edu/notices/hsji-live-chat-set-for-april-30/ Jack Dvorak will answer questions about the program during a live chat Wednesday, April 30, 7 p.m. (Eastern Time).

For 62 years, HSJI has offered workshops for journalism advisers and high school students who come to Bloomington, Ind., from all over the country to learn more about their craft. This year, teachers attend June 16-20 or June 23-27 while students attend one of three sessions July 7-11, July 13-17 or July 19-23. To learn more about HSJI, check out its Web site.

Participants should log onto the Chat page of the Web site and click on the link to the chat. Chat transcripts are archived on this page for those who miss the live discussion. The last live chat was April 15 and featured Associate Dean for Graduate Studies Amy Reynolds answering questions about the admissions process.

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