Teaching sports reporting this semester. Took my students to the Northern Colorado men's basketball game last night. UNC lost to Montana by two points.
It was the first time I'd been to a UNC game since the team went to Division I. Last time I was there, the only ones in the stands were the players' parents and a few 12-year-olds.
The place was packed for the Montana game. And they sell beer now.
I attended the press conference to get quotes for my students. It was like going back in time. Except this time I used a laptop instead of a reporter's notebook.
Time to read the stories my students wrote.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Tweet this
My students are tweeting. That must be a good thing, right? A reporter from The (Greeley) Tribune discussed Twitter in my Advanced News and Feature Writing class last week. Jacob Rodgers, a 2009 UNC graduate with a journalism degree, covers education and tweets all the time. To follow Rodgers on Twitter, go to http://twitter.com/JakobRodgers.
Some of the students in the class are taking Rodgers' speech to heart. The school paper, The Mirror, will be tweeting live from two sporting events this week. Mitchell Woll, a student in the class, will be tweeting from UNC's wrestling match against Oklahoma Friday, and a reporter will be tweeting from tonight's men's basketball game against Montana. The sports editor, Jordan Freemyer, is also a student in my class, and he might be the reason for this leap into the Twitter universe. I haven't seen any tweets in the paper before this. You can check out the tweets at the following sites: twitter.com/mitchell_woll and twitter.com/uncmirror.
I'm glad these students are taking the initiative, and I look forward to reading the tweets. I hope more student journalists will take advantage of social media in the future. College is an opportunity to try news things and see if they work for you. Way to go, Mitchell and Jordan.
Some of the students in the class are taking Rodgers' speech to heart. The school paper, The Mirror, will be tweeting live from two sporting events this week. Mitchell Woll, a student in the class, will be tweeting from UNC's wrestling match against Oklahoma Friday, and a reporter will be tweeting from tonight's men's basketball game against Montana. The sports editor, Jordan Freemyer, is also a student in my class, and he might be the reason for this leap into the Twitter universe. I haven't seen any tweets in the paper before this. You can check out the tweets at the following sites: twitter.com/mitchell_woll and twitter.com/uncmirror.
I'm glad these students are taking the initiative, and I look forward to reading the tweets. I hope more student journalists will take advantage of social media in the future. College is an opportunity to try news things and see if they work for you. Way to go, Mitchell and Jordan.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
It's not just for breakfast
My facebook friend Mike alerted me to this post, which includes some important rules that everyone should follow, journalist or not. It's from The Oatmeal, an interesting Web site, to say the least.
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