Archive for December, 2007

Essential skills for a digital journalist

Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
Essential skills for a digital journalist

As the digital age puts a growing pressure on traditional print media, journalists need to retool their skills in order to maintain a first class seat to the sorting out of the news industry without having to agonize about their jobs. However, more than retooling their skills is the reshaping of their culture that needs to take place to be able to thrive in the materialization of Web 2.0 or even the forthcoming Web 3.0 world.

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Some realities of college life

Sunday, December 2nd, 2007
Some realities of college life

Some realities of college life

If you think college life is all about sororities, frats, all-nighters and freedom to follow a path of exploration and discovery, you are not alone. But Javier A. Daniel, doing his MA in Brooklyn College paints a reality that is all his own. He is not alone, either. In brief, this is what he said:
He had spent a week at the St. John’s campus but the cost wouldn’t allow his to join. He (more…)