Comments on: C2E2 Journalism Panel

By: Damian

Damian — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 01:49:45 +0000

Blast! Somehow I didn’t this in the program. Sorry to have missed the panel.

By: Russell Lissau

Russell Lissau — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:41:48 +0000

There was a big kerfuffle a few years ago when the Medill dean announced the school would be shifting focus and really hitting online journalism and tech. (It was, of course, a REALLY good call.) Many alums of a certain age hit the roof, talking about the traditions of print, yatta yatta. For more, see: http://www.medill.northwestern.edu/ , or specifically: http://www.medill.northwestern.edu/journalism/default.aspx . I’m sure a google search would turn up articles about the controversy.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:50:38 +0000

I would love to find out more about how interactive media journalism is taught, Russell. I’ve gotten the (likely inaccurate) impression that journalism teachers tend to like the retro tech better.

By: Ed Catto

Ed Catto — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:37:14 +0000

What an engaging panel this was – I really enjoyed it!

By: Russell Lissau

Russell Lissau — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 02:12:46 +0000

Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, my alma mater (BSJ ’93) now has a pretty extensive web and interactive media program. Other J-schools do, too. But even in the pre-Web days when I went to college, that training thoroughly prepared me for the print and Web journalism I do today (in addition to my comics work, of course).