Journalism 61

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Just for fun

Posted by: cynmc on: March 12, 2009

If you need a break — and a laugh — check out Why Print Cannot Die on urlesque.com.

5Ws & 1H revisited

Posted by: cynmccune on: November 26, 2008

If you’ve haven’t yet stumbled across the blog Indexed, you’re in for a treat. Blogger Jessica Hagy draws charts and graphs on index cards, then posts them on her blog.
I know, I know…it doesn’t sound like much, but her hand-drawn illustrations are often quite amusing and insightful.
Today’s Indexed blog post is called “7 wonders of [...]

Page 1 Obama

Posted by: cynmccune on: November 6, 2008

See how newspapers across the country conveyed Barak Obama’s election win on their front pages at http://newsdesigner.com/frontpages/obama.php

Happy New Year!

Posted by: cynmccune on: January 1, 2008

Members of Journalism 61, s. 4, Fall 2007.

Typo trifecta!

Posted by: cynmccune on: November 2, 2007

If you want to find typos for the Copy Edit the World assignment, just start looking at posters and fliers on campus. That’s what I’ve been telling you guys…and Thursday, Beth proved the point with this typo trifecta:

Way to go, Beth!

Britney and Blackwater

Posted by: cynmccune on: October 8, 2007

In last Thursday’s class, as we reviewed some of your “Top New Stories,” one person asked a question that baffles so many of us: When there’s so much real news out there, why do the news media focus so much time and space on Britney Spears?
So we talked a bit about celebrity and that prominence [...]


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