Like many journalism educators across the country, I’ve been teaching more news writing classes online. It’s a challenge, but also an opportunity to connect with students – and to connect t...
http://mediashift.org/2018/04/use-twitter-connect-online-students/
We know that our MediaShift community likes learning new things. That’s why we have always offered guides and how-to’s on our site, weekly DigitalEd trainings and panels and in-person worksho...
http://mediashift.org/2018/04/mediashift-launches-new-peer-peer-network-peer-training/
Listen to Ritenour High School broadcast adviser Jane Bannester and her students talk about their adventures in podcasting — what they’ve learned and how they’ve grown personally — in the...
http://mediashift.org/2018/03/introduce-podcasting-journalism-classroom/
Students DO NOT watch the evening news and certainly do not read a paper newspaper. They may occasionally click on a news site such as CNN or ABCNews, but if they click anything, it is probably...
http://mediashift.org/2018/03/make-transition-teaching-media-courses-online/
If you’re transitioning to teaching students online, then you’re possibly in one of two camps: you’re resistant because you believe face-to-face teaching is better, or you’re resigned bec...
http://mediashift.org/2018/03/5-key-points-new-distance-journalism-educators/
Before I attended danah boyd’s campfire discussion at SXSWEdu on Media Literacy, I had been promoting my own upcoming campfire session on media literacy heavily with the hashtags #savetheworld ...
http://mediashift.org/2018/03/teaching-media-literacy-cape-sxswedu/
The 2018 National Day of Unplugging is on March 9-10 from sundown to sundown. When I began teaching full time, shortly before 9/11, I brought news into the classroom by any means possible. Pre-...
http://mediashift.org/2018/03/j-school-professors-students-can-unplug/
In a perfect world, journalism education would be fully responsive to a learner’s individual needs. Whether teaching Introduction to Reporting or Advanced Data Visualization, instructors could ...
http://mediashift.org/2018/02/create-online-journalism-courses-instant-adjustments/
This article originally appeared on StoryBench: Tools, Tips and Takeaways on Digital Storytelling From Northeastern University’s School of Journalism. Can cannabis help address the opioid crisi...
http://mediashift.org/2018/02/design-journalism-course-around-email-newsletters/
The challenge for journalism education is clear: innovate or become obsolete. In reality, innovation is easy to talk about, but difficult to undertake in a traditional university setting. Academi...
http://mediashift.org/2018/02/9-practical-ways-foster-innovation-j-school-classroom/