Archive for September, 2009
The value of reading journalism
This is particularly a message to younger journalists in college.
Read.
It was the one word that circulated throughout my journalism classes early on in my college career. Instructors always told their classes to read newspapers, magazines and blogs. Young journalists such as myself had it pounded into their heads with a hammer. Reading assignments were expected [...]
Five goals for Central Michigan Life’s Web site the rest of the semester
As you can probably tell from the sporadic posting on this blog, my life has been, for the most part, Central Michigan Life.
We’re in the middle of Week 4 of the semester – football season is under way, our first CMU Board of Trustees meeting is Thursday and the archives from as far back as [...]
The anatomy of a college breaking news story
One of the most critical parts of our job at Central Michigan Life is breaking news.
We print three days a week – Monday, Wednesday and Friday – which means we spend Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday in the office. So breaking news on those days is relatively easy. Everyone is in the newsroom to plan a [...]
