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June 6th, 2013 • Quill Archives, Digital Media Toolbox
Digital Media Toolbox

Hey, can you make me a free video? Gather a room full of student media advisors together and sooner or later the topic of “value” comes up. From what we teach to how we teach it, it seems many inside and outside of education do not consider media a discipline equal to similar pedagogies with practical experience like music, nursing, education and social work, just to name a few.


February 7th, 2013 • Quill Archives, Digital Media Toolbox
Digital Media Toolbox

Barbara Selvin, a professor of journalism at Stony Brook University in New York, posted some interesting thoughts on her jrnteaching.com blog, saying “Newspapers should jettison (most of) their Web video efforts.” Ouch! This cuts a former (reformed?) broadcaster turned digital media journalism instructor deep.