Education

Wall St. Journal to Make Web Site Free, Murdoch says

Update: After reports Tuesday that Rupert Murdoch, the chairman of the News Corporation, says he expects to make access to The Wall Street Journal’s Web site free, a top Dow Jones executive told Editor and Publisher the comments were premature.

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Nov 14, 2007 | E-MAIL THIS | PERMALINK | DISCUSS

Writing Headlines for the Web online seminar

In print editions, headlines work with photos, graphics and other display type to engage readers. But Web headlines rarely get those visual clues to inform readers. In this News University Webinar, you'll learn how to write direct, unique headlines that engage your online readers and to balance the needs of readers with search engines.

Nov 3, 2007 | E-MAIL THIS | PERMALINK | DISCUSS

Dow Jones Newspaper Fund seeking online editing partners

The Dow Jones Newspaper Fund has openings for up to 24 news organizations to participate in its 2008 online internship program.
The program provides an intensive, one-week training program for college juniors, seniors and graduate students at Western Kentucky University, after which the interns report to their respective online sites. The deadline for news organizations to sign up is Dec. 1.
For more information, visit http://djnewspaperfund.dowjones.com/fund/cs_internships.asp

Oct 24, 2007 | E-MAIL THIS | PERMALINK | DISCUSS

Full ONA conference coverage

This week's ONA conference was a big success, with the largest crowd ever, more than 600 people. Here's full coverage of the ONA conference:

— Excellent student coverage on the ONA site
— Full video of the CBC News Future of the Future of News Forum, along with a discussion thread
Audio interviews with ONA members and speakers from BlogTalkRadio
— Photos on Flickr provided by photographer Aaron Roberts
— Blog coverage on MediaShift's IdeaLab
— Full coverage from Editor & Publisher
— ONA conference Twitter feed
Coverage from the blogs via Technorati

Oct 20, 2007 | E-MAIL THIS | PERMALINK | DISCUSS

The New York Times introduces online learning program

The New York Times has expanded its Knowledge Network by adding a new online initiative that pairs Times content with faculty course material for both credit-bearing and continuing education courses. Educators will now have the opportunity to select Times articles, archival content, graphics and multimedia content, including videos and Webcasts, gathered around specific subjects, and make them available to students online, along with other course materials.

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Sep 11, 2007 | E-MAIL THIS | PERMALINK | DISCUSS

Citizens Media Summit at APME

J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism, in conjunction with the Associated Press Managing Editors, will hold a one-day Citizens Media Summit Oct. 2, prior to the start of the conference.

Want to start your own community news site? Ready to wrangle citizens into writing for you? Hear how others are doing it -- from Brattleboro to Baristanet and Bakersfield. Backfence.com will share lessons to be learned. And Rob Curley will give an inside look at the washingtonpost.com's Loudoun Extra.

The summit will run from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the conference hotel, the JW Marriott at 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. Registration is only $50 for APME members (lunch included), $90 for non-APME members.

See the Citizens Media Summit agenda and register here:

Sep 5, 2007 | E-MAIL THIS | PERMALINK | DISCUSS