Thursday, October 15, 2009

Happy Birthday TNJN!





Wow, two birthday posts in one week! I guess Columbus Day is a popular time for celebrations.

The Tennessee Journalist, the School of Journalism and Electronic Media's official news site, celebrated its third birthday earlier this week. The site is a great way for University of Tennessee students to gain experience as writers, reporters and photographers. They upload articles about a variety of campus and Knoxville events and topics and also take photos and provide audio and video clips.



Journalism is changing and so is the way we teach journalism. We encourage our students to learn a variety of skills so they will be prepared to enter the job market. Convergence is a concept we stress since many media organizations are hiring what they call multi-media journalists.

Dr. Jim Stovall, the faculty adviser to TNJN, has some great resources at jprof.com about many topics related to journalism and journalism education.




As part of the site, TNJN Radio has weekly shows and newscasts that students produce. Using talkshoe.com, the shows are archived so anyone can listen live but also listen to previous shows if they miss any. A list of weekly shows is updated on Mondays, and one of the student producers, Mark McNabb, had a live show during the birthday celebration and interviewed editor Ben Moser, Dr. Stovall and me.


2 comments:

Laney Landry said...

Journalism vs. Propaganda
what I would like to see is real journalism promotion. It seems like everywhere you look, there are people trying to bend your mind to their way of thinking. Facts. That's what we need. It's wonderful that all of this camaraderie is out there, but truly, wouldn't it just be nice to have facts instead of propaganda in the world of journalism.

Dr. DeVito said...

Does journalism cake taste different?

Does it not take a position between vanilla, chocolate and butter?

If so, I would like a piece of journalism cake. A blend of all those things seems nice.