One of the more interesting sessions at the Associated Collegiate Press conference earlier this month featured high-energy Callie Schweitzer, editor in chief at Neon Tommy. As Schweitzer noted a couple times, Neon Tommy is not a gay porn website, but one of the most-read college online publications going. It’s attracting a lot of visitors...
The Commuter, LBCC’s student newspaper, has a new look to its website. Seven students overhauled the site this summer while working on their Cooperative Work Experience credits. Among their objectives were to: Give the site a fresh new look. Take advantage of more design and content options available through WordPress. Make it easier for...
As with most other programs at Linn-Benton Community College, Journalism classes for Fall Term are quickly filling up. Now is the time to sign up if you hope to take News Reporting or Media & Society. It’s TOO LATE to register for Introduction to Photojournalism (JN134), which already has hit its maximum enrollment. News...
The Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association will hold its annual Collegiate Day journalism workshop and awards program this Friday, May 7, at Linn-Benton Community College in Albany. More than 100 college journalists from around the state are expected to attend the event, which will include four journalism workshops and presentation of awards in the Collegiate...
Recently students in my News Reporting class practiced taking notes and writing a speech story. Their speaker was marketing maven Seth Godin, and the speech was a talk he gave way back in 2003 at a conference sponsored by TED – Technology, Education, Design. The talk is about standing out, being remarkable, and the...
Design guy and journalism textbook author Tim Harrower is leading a workshop on newswriting, editing and news design Saturday, Nov. 14, in Wilsonville, Ore. The deadline to sign up is Friday, Oct. 30. The daylong workshop, “Futurizing Your Newspaper,” will feature sessions focusing on writing “tighter and smarter,” thinking like a digital journalist, upgrading...
Journalists, both the professional and the student variety, have an outstanding opportunity to learn from other experts this Saturday, Oct. 24, at the University of Oregon. The Oregon and Southwest Washington chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists will host the third annual “Building at Better Journalist” conference in UO’s School of Journalism and...
