2008 Poynter Educators Forum

Mindy · Mindy

This list is not going to surprise anyone, I'm sure. But to get right down to brass tacks, we might as well look these square in the face (mm, mixing my metaphors): It's hard to teach skills such as audio gathering, photojournalism and video shooting if you lack recorders, cameras, microphones, etc. O...

kbculver · kbculver

... money. Money gives me more faculty, more courses and better equipment. I also need traveling training. It's really hard to get faculty out to opportunities. I'd like to see us able to bring those opportunities in house. I also need industry connections and ideas about what's coming and what...

RKanigel · RKanigel

Time to learn. Money for equipment. Training opportunities. Ideas for how to weave new skills into existing courses. Opportunities to spend summers/sabbatical years in a newsroom.

Scott · Scott

Technical integration to be sure, so our students can at least visualize if not implement innovative multi-media journalism. But perhaps more than technical skills, what journalism educators need is the spark necessary to retain, indeed re-ignite, a sense of discovery so that the new journalis...

Susan Knight · Dave Bostwick

I may be asking for the impossible, but I think we college educators need advice from a variety of professionals about what news media will look like in 15 years. It's easy for us to criticize ourselves for not adequately preparing our students for today's job market, but I don't always feel confident...

Susan Knight · Susan Knight

One of the biggest challenges teaching journalism right now is that the old advertising-based model for the industry just doesn't seem to cut it as everyone turns to the 'Net. This new period of uncertainty and newsroom cuts makes the 1980s era belt-tightening as everyone took their stock public pa...

Susan Knight · Susan Knight

What Needs Work Writing labs that were state-of-the-art classrooms a couple of years ago are out of date. Were trying to create multimedia labs on state budgets that are rife with rescissions and slashing. We also struggle with questions like: Should we require each student to purchase a DV came...

donnapaz · donnapaz

Continuing education. I just got out of the biz in August 2001 and I already feel like I want to do an "adult internship" somewhere so I can pick up on the current state of affairs (outside of reading Romanesko) and ensure that what I am teaching is still relevant for my students.

rbraseth · rbraseth

In a recent interview, WaPo's Rob Curley said the most important issue in journalism and specifically in journalism education is changing one's mindset. That resonates with me. We need to think differently about how we approach journalism education. Unlike some other schools and some of you, w...

stevefox · stevefox

The one thing we do know is that everything is going to continue to change. An open mind-set and a willingess to spend money on the future is needed if students are going to be properly prepared for this crazy journalism thing...

Charlotte · Charlotte

Since, as a journalist, I have been back in the college teaching world for only two years, I am asking my academic peers the same question. What I hear most often is one word: "time." Especially in state schools, we are increasingly tuition-driven, which means that our classes are getti...

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	Money, training, equipment, facilities gear tools training equipment labs (Preview) This list is not going to surprise anyone, I'm sure. But to get right down to brass tacks, we might as well look these square in the face (mm, mixing my metaphors): It's hard to teach skills such as audio gathering, photojournalism and video shooting if you lack recorders, cameras, microphones, etc. O...	Mindy	6	1161	Feb 9, 2008 by Mindy
	I need ... (Preview) ... money. Money gives me more faculty, more courses and better equipment. I also need traveling training. It's really hard to get faculty out to opportunities. I'd like to see us able to bring those opportunities in house. I also need industry connections and ideas about what's coming and what...	kbculver	0	703	Feb 6, 2008 by kbculver
	What do College Educators Need Most? (Preview) Time to learn. Money for equipment. Training opportunities. Ideas for how to weave new skills into existing courses. Opportunities to spend summers/sabbatical years in a newsroom.	RKanigel	0	700	Feb 6, 2008 by RKanigel
	What the world needs now ... (Preview) Technical integration to be sure, so our students can at least visualize if not implement innovative multi-media journalism. But perhaps more than technical skills, what journalism educators need is the spark necessary to retain, indeed re-ignite, a sense of discovery so that the new journalis...	Scott	2	775	Feb 6, 2008 by Susan Knight
	College educators need guidance (Preview) I may be asking for the impossible, but I think we college educators need advice from a variety of professionals about what news media will look like in 15 years. It's easy for us to criticize ourselves for not adequately preparing our students for today's job market, but I don't always feel confident...	Dave Bostwick	1	697	Feb 6, 2008 by Susan Knight
	A new economic model (Preview) One of the biggest challenges teaching journalism right now is that the old advertising-based model for the industry just doesn't seem to cut it as everyone turns to the 'Net. This new period of uncertainty and newsroom cuts makes the 1980s era belt-tightening as everyone took their stock public pa...	Susan Knight	0	758	Feb 6, 2008 by Susan Knight
	Tools (Preview) What Needs Work Writing labs that were state-of-the-art classrooms a couple of years ago are out of date. Were trying to create multimedia labs on state budgets that are rife with rescissions and slashing. We also struggle with questions like: Should we require each student to purchase a DV came...	Susan Knight	0	668	Feb 6, 2008 by Susan Knight
	What do we need (Preview) Continuing education. I just got out of the biz in August 2001 and I already feel like I want to do an "adult internship" somewhere so I can pick up on the current state of affairs (outside of reading Romanesko) and ensure that what I am teaching is still relevant for my students.	donnapaz	0	686	Feb 3, 2008 by donnapaz
	We need a change in mindset (Preview) In a recent interview, WaPo's Rob Curley said the most important issue in journalism and specifically in journalism education is changing one's mindset. That resonates with me. We need to think differently about how we approach journalism education. Unlike some other schools and some of you, w...	rbraseth	2	706	Jan 31, 2008 by Sue
	Money, Cross-University Support (Preview) The one thing we do know is that everything is going to continue to change. An open mind-set and a willingess to spend money on the future is needed if students are going to be properly prepared for this crazy journalism thing...	stevefox	0	686	Jan 29, 2008 by stevefox
	What Do College Educators Need Most? (Preview) Since, as a journalist, I have been back in the college teaching world for only two years, I am asking my academic peers the same question. What I hear most often is one word: "time." Especially in state schools, we are increasingly tuition-driven, which means that our classes are getti...	Charlotte	4	745	Jan 28, 2008 by Jane
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