Beginning is the hardest part
In the last week, I started a new semester, launched a website with a new CMS and design, stayed awake for 48 hours, got sick, got well, spent an unjustifiable amount of money on books, cleaned my...
View ArticleFirst week of the last semester
I survived. Again.As usual, the first week of school was accompanied by lack of sleep and an increase in Mountain Dew purchases.I find myself in a position to look forward to a time beyond school; I...
View ArticleIndependent Study: Story Idea
My first assignment for my CAR independent study was to get some data from the Alachua County Health Department.Professor Armstrong charged me with getting all current salaries, as of Jan. 1, 2008 for...
View ArticleEven a match is better than whistling in the dark
A lot of people tell me I’m really good at this Web stuff. Yea, I’m a geek. I love to program and play and diddle around with technology, especially if it can be made useful.But I’ve really only had 2...
View ArticleConvergence and Newsroom Structure
So for the first session of the day, I ended up at a discussion on operating a converged student media newsroom. I can’t really relate; The Independent Florida Alligator, being separate from the...
View ArticleThe Alligator rockin’ at 10,000 Words
Mark Luckie at 10,000 Words isn’t “just a blogger,” he’s a print journalist gone online. Luckie has been looking at college journalism this week, and The Independent Florida Alligator got some awesome...
View ArticleWriting from Berlin!
So, after having dropped off the face of the cyberearth for a few weeks, I’m resurfacing in Berlin. I’m taking a Photojournalism class with Professor Freeman and some other students from UF.And by the...
View ArticleA journalist outside of j-school
…not quite like a fish out of water.I graduated from the University of Florida 5 months ago, and it took this long to realize that while I brag that everything I know comes to me from Google Reader and...
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Journalism Schools’ Curriculum
Mark Luckie at 10,000 Words ran the website descriptions from a couple of journalism schools through Wordle, creating a tag-cloud-esque depiction of words found on the sites.The most popular word...
View ArticleJournalism Curriculum
Somehow, not being in school anymore just makes me more interested in the evolution of curriculum at journalism schools.No, it’s not a subconscious desire to teach. I’ve not the temperament for...
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