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Acts of convergence: Random occurrences or Routine workflow? AEJMC August 8, 2007
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The “C” Word? Don’t use it anymore First generation change Stage we must pass through Get all reporting and editing skills in one classroom But grieve for a lost past
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1. Denial and Isolation I won’t teach that I have no room in my syllabus It’s not what my kids need to know That’s not real news They’re not real journalists
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2. Anger Let’s vote on it! My students hate it! You don’t pay me enough to do that! See, it won’t work! Fix this computer so it works!
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3. Bargaining I’ll put that in the syllabus If somebody else teaches it And I can keep all my other material And somebody else grades it
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4. Depression It’s the death of journalism They’ll know I don’t know anything I’ll have to change all my classes When can I retire?
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5. Acceptance Same values apply Same skills in different medium The kids are getting jobs The profession is demanding it Best TV jobs at newspapers
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Second Generation Convergence “Multimedia reporting” Print does online video Broadcast does online words Not newspaper reporters doing stories on TV and TV reporters writing stories for newspapers Still TV and newspaper stories online
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Net Neutral Matthew Gruen, 16, is one of thousands of Wikipedians devoted to policing Wikipedia's neutrality. Third generation convergence “Reversing the flow” The web is the “upstream” medium You can print it or broadcast it later…or not It changes the way we do news It changes the way we use media
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What’s working? Turning out web producers Everybody is looking for editors/producers with web skills Sports folks get it Ellyn Angelotti From KU, to Journal World, to Naples, Now interactivity editor at The Poynter Institute. Age 24
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The big surprise Best Jobs in TV may be at newspapers Newspapers requiring video skills for all hires Audrey Esther to Virginia Pilot Denise Spidel to Naples News
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Should work but isn’t Faculty keeping current in new media skills Student newspaper doing more than shovelware Students keeping that multimedia orientation
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What have we learned? Students can do multimedia You need good tech support Programmers Sys Ops Geeks get it Geeks rule
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Ah ha! moment The web is a medium onto itself. It will require professors with web experience and sensibilities. It will require professors with web experience and sensibilities.
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