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    Mediatwits #28: Journalism Education Special with Sree Sreenivasan, Sarah Hill

    by Mark Glaser
    November 18, 2011

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    “Beyond J-School 2011” is sponsored by the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, which offers an intensive, cutting edge, three semester Master of Arts in Journalism; a unique one semester Advanced Certificate in Entrepreneurial Journalism; and the CUNY J-Camp series of Continuing Professional Development workshops focused on emerging trends and skill sets in the industry.

    Now those editors have disappeared, and journalists are operating without a safety net. So we say come here [to journalism school] and build your own safety net." -Sree Sreenivasan

    Welcome to the 28th episode of “The Mediatwits,” the weekly audio podcast from MediaShift. The co-hosts are MediaShift’s Mark Glaser and Dorian Benkoil, filling in for Rafat Ali. This week is a special edition of the podcast dedicated to teaching journalism in the digital age — and part of our week-long special Beyond J-School 2011. How can educators keep up with the changes happening in journalism and keep students ahead of the curve?

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    Special guests for the show are Sree Sreenivasan from Columbia Journalism School and Sarah Hill from the University of Missouri Journalism School and KOMU-TV. Both have been pushing for more social media skills for students, as well as making sure that they still get the essentials for traditional newsgathering. The wide-ranging discussion touched on the popularity of journalism schools, the need for students to have many more skills, and the rise of technology at J-schools.

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    Intro and outro music by 3 Feet Up; mid-podcast music by Autumn Eyes via Mevio’s Music Alley.

    Here are some highlighted topics from the show:

    Intro

    2:30: Dorian helps teach business skills to journalists

    3:10: Mark wonders why journalism schools are so popular

    5:20: Rundown of topics on the show

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    Sree Sreenivasan

    Challenges of teaching journalism

    5:50: Special guests Sree Sreenivasan and Sarah Hill

    8:00: Sree: Need to use social tools in strategic, journalistic ways

    11:50: Columbia student pushed school to use Twitter more

    15:00: Have fundamentals of journalism changed?

    17:00: Sarah: Not the “person on the street” now, it’s the “person on the stream”

    Innovative approaches

    17:30: Sarah on how KOMU uses Google+ Hangouts on the air

    20:20: Dorian: Why go to journalism school at all?

    22:40: Sree: We let you make mistakes in a safe environment

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    Sarah Hill

    23:20: Sarah: Journalists with and without training can co-exist

    More Reading

    How to Get the Most Out of Tech Tools for Teaching at MediaShift

    Journalism in the Open: Are Our Systems for Learning Making the Grade? at Idea Lab

    KOMU TV Puts Google+ Hangout Video Chat on the Air at MediaShift

    NYC J-Schools Take Divergent Paths on Training Hyper-Local at MediaShift

    I Wrote the News Today, Oh Boy at View from the Bridge blog

    Reinventing Local Media book by Terry Heaton

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    Mark Glaser is executive editor of MediaShift and Idea Lab. He also writes the bi-weekly OPA Intelligence Report email newsletter for the Online Publishers Association. He lives in San Francisco with his son Julian. You can follow him on Twitter @mediatwit. and Circle him on Google+

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    “Beyond J-School 2011” is sponsored by the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, which offers an intensive, cutting edge, three semester Master of Arts in Journalism; a unique one semester Advanced Certificate in Entrepreneurial Journalism; and the CUNY J-Camp series of Continuing Professional Development workshops focused on emerging trends and skill sets in the industry.

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