When ABC News partnered with several journalism programs around the country, OTR readers voiced their concerns over many of the nation's leading J-schools not being represented. This list should fare much, much better! (Or not.)
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Northwestern, Northeastern, QuinnipiacPost Graduation
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Top Graduate Schools for Journalism
Latest comment by Anonymous: @ Anonymous: There is an undergraduate major in Public Affairs Journalism at OSU, but no graduate program. It should be noted that the undergrad program suffers from the lack of priority and research dollars a graduate program would bring.
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MizzouHot People
Mizzou Alum Scott Beauchamp's essays have been nixed by the New Republic, after the magazine checked up on his facts about Army tales from Iraq.
The New Republic is retracting his essays, not necessarily saying he lied, but not trusting he didn't, either. His w... MORE »
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Mizzou Alum's Work Retracted - Lies!
(Shattered Glass Part II, anyone?)
Mizzou Alum Scott Beauchamp's essays have been nixed by the New Republic, after the magazine checked up on his facts about Army tales from Iraq.
The New Republic is retracting his essays, not necessarily saying he lied, but not trusting he didn't, either. His w... MORE »
Latest comment by Anonymous: Despite the protestations of 4 faculty members who laid out the issue, it remains unclear the inappropriateness of Merril's action. The same can not be said of the other action.
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I seriously suggest tha... MORE »
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NorthwesternCampus Characters
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Dean or Dictator?
President Bienen recently announced that Medill's Dean Lavine will continue to "blow up" the journalism curriculum all the way to 2009, much to the disgust of the venerable old school professors and students who are spending thousands of dollars now learning how to shoot shitty homemade videos.
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Latest comment by DJ PM: To be clear: the two basic Medill lab classes used to be called "Editing and Writing the News" and "Newswriting."
Now they are called "Reporting and Writing across platforms" and "Multimedia Storytelling for the Web."
Now they are called "Reporting and Writing across platforms" and "Multimedia Storytelling for the Web."
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NorthwesternWacky Faculty
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In the News: "Quotegate"
Dean-turned-Dictator Lavine has found himself in quite the pickle. He has yet to respond to the allegations made in a Daily column regarding some funky anonymous quotes in a letter he wrote for the Medill alumni magazine.
Students, faculty, alumni and the journalism community all want to know: what gives Lav... MORE »
Students, faculty, alumni and the journalism community all want to know: what gives Lav... MORE »
Latest comment by Anonymous: way to post a broken link
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Northwestern, MizzouRandom
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Video: Hey, They Asked For It
The first and best JSchool in the world wants to know... what can they do to make the journalism school better/different for the next 100 years? So here's some ideas (feel free to send them your own, as Acting Dean Esther Thorson prompts in her video above):
- Finish the new journalism building and ge
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USC - University of Southern CaliforniaNews
I don’t mean that he has a religion. I mean that he is a religion. Leading up to Tom Brokaw’s appearance on the USC campus for the President’s distinguished lecture series, students prepared piously – reading the newspaper more in one week than they had in the past year, looking up youtube vide... MORE »+ Add Comment
The Religion of Tom Brokaw
I don’t mean that he has a religion. I mean that he is a religion. Leading up to Tom Brokaw’s appearance on the USC campus for the President’s distinguished lecture series, students prepared piously – reading the newspaper more in one week than they had in the past year, looking up youtube vide... MORE »
Mizzou, Northwestern, UNC Chapel HillNews
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Grant To Keep Journalism Students Moving Forward
The Carnegie Corporation of New York and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation have announced plans for a three-year journalism initiative designed for undergrads. The program is designed to help journalism students adapt to changes in the field of communi
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UC Berkeley Through the Eyes of Conservative British Scholars
John Cleese minus humor and charm = writers of The Economist
... MORE »The Economist, Britain's economic periodical that flaunts ads for fancy watches and internships at banks you've never heard of, wrote a little something-something about Berkeley the other day.
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UMD - UMCPText Worthy
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When Did Journalism Classes Get Out Of Control?
From what I remember, journalism classes were supposed to be about writing and the news. Not exactly a stimulating class, but someone has to get the job done.
But it seems that something happened this semester with journalism courses. OTR tipsters have been reporting out
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Ripe Produce: Must Read Maryland Stories
We know you’re all out of school, but we’re going to attempt to keep you abreast on Terrapin news this summer with a new feature: Ripe Produce. Similar to Fresh Cream, the post will feature local University of Maryland news that’s “ripe for the reading.” Here are six
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