Michael Koretzky thinks so.
Read his commentary, "College Journalists Are Good at Consuming Multimedia but Bad at Making It. Why?" here.
What do you think? You may base your comments on some of the college multimedia sites mentioned in his article.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
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I think the Newspaper advisor carries a strong point,and his day to day work with student journalists is enough evidence for me. I never considered how it would feel to have my articles posted on the web,in any consideration I also envisioned the newspaper as he stated. I think that the websites are effective but, the newspaper may seem more important for student journalist.
ReplyDeleteI have no idea how it would feel to be told you had to write an article that would be posted on the Web versus one that would be published in the newspaper because I have never written for a newspaper myself. This article does make sense though. If you look around the room before class starts you'll notice many people are reading a copy of the DM, but I've never known anyone to go to the DMonline to get their news.
ReplyDeleteSince the advisor has had experience with student journalists, his thoughts are very credible. I believe that most journalists may focus more on the content of their stories rather than the design when they post them to websites;therefore, causing them to be boring.
ReplyDeleteThough he did have experience with student journalist i think his expectations were set to high. unlike professional news papers school run news papers do not have near the amount of resources.I do agree that most student run news papers are just print articles throw on line and it would be nice to see more online stores. I think with a younger generation there will be new and innovative ideas generated. It might just take time for the older generation to catch on. there design might not be wrong just a new way of doing it.
ReplyDeleteI must say that he generalizes too much by saying a college student would be insulted to have something they've written posted as an online exclusive. As long as my words get out there, I really don't care. I worked hard on that story, and I want it showcased somehow, be it paper print or computer print.
ReplyDeleteThis is also why I have two blogs and two different fiction writing accounts online-to get my ideas and stories out there, be it opinion, fiction, or whatever.
I think that this article is accurate in most ways. I have never written for a college paper or website, but I remember in high school the rush to get your article published in the paper versus on line; however, now I think I would be happy to get my article published anywhere. I think that we, as student journalist, should take more time to learn to create quality multimedia because that is the direction in which a large portion of this business is heading in and where a lot of us will end up in our future journalism careers.
ReplyDeleteI thought that calling college students out in this area was a little unfair. The world of online journalism is still fairly unchartered territory, a craft that many of the students professors are trying to perfect themselves. College students aren't the only ones struggling with the new technology. In fact, I would say that they are merely learning along with the rest of the media world, searching for the best new way to present the facts to our changing society.
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