I’m putting the finishing touches on my Sports Writing syllabus. Is there any point including a unit on game stories? My thoughts, posted on YouTube.
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Feb. 14, 2013: New Books in Journalism: Eric Deggans
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Jan. 3, 2013: "DRAMA! DRAMA! DRAMA! (drama)"
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Aug. 26, 2012: Mass communication research, applied
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July 16, 2012: Is information, like food, a basic right?
July 16, 2012: Five Tumblrs I Like
June 15, 2012: Political journalism fast: 8 days and counting
June 6, 2012: Facebook for kids: what's in it for the parents?
May 25, 2012: There are always casualties in a revolution
May 24, 2012: Facebook IPO: an eavesdropped conversation
May 16, 2012: What does it mean to own a book?
April 25, 2012: Apple, iPad, and the great brainwashing
March 15, 2012: Running Diary: Page One: Inside the New York Times
Feb. 5, 2012: Josh Hamilton apologized because he thinks he had to
Dec. 29, 2011: Twitter and rural publications
Dec. 22, 2011: Tim Keown, time to study your history
Dec. 6, 2011: Cynicism confirmed
Nov. 28, 2011: Non-Sequitur: Life > Klout
Oct. 31, 2011: Seven takeaways from the 2011 IHSPA State Conference
Oct. 26, 2011: Siri is trying to get me laid
Sept. 2, 2011: Questionable decisions at ESPN shift from anomaly to trend
Aug. 27, 2011: Storify: ESPN's ethnic reclassification of Michael Vick
Aug. 21, 2011: Do game stories belong in curriculum?
July 18, 2011: Using social media means letting go
July 13, 2011: Lighten up, Doyel: Let Heath slide
June 22, 2011: Journalism programs and a living curriculum
June 20, 2011: Grantland, Bill Simmons and RSS
May 23, 2011: Outside sources needed
May 2, 2011: More reaction to ESPN and Mark Ingram
April 29, 2011: ESPN, Mark Ingram and emotional ambush
April 8, 2011: Mark Cuban makes point he wasn't trying to make
March 31, 2011: An unexpected take on cyber bullying
March 16, 2011: Context won't save Jalen Rose from Grant Hill
Jan. 2, 2011: Selective reporting
Nov. 17, 2010: Mike and Mike and Tiger Woods
Nov. 6, 2010: The mirage of unbiased journalism
Oct. 28, 2010: Here's to small victories
July 6, 2010: Media Bypass: Journalism beyond journalists
June 10, 2010: Bias in journalism is OK, if …
June 1, 2010: Begging to pay for good journalism
May 21, 2010: AP Style: irrelevant, distracting, just plain silly
May 15, 2010: Journalism ≠ newspapers
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April 25, 2013: Interview with John Bloom
April 4, 2013: Interview with Robert W. McChesney
March 11, 2013: Interview with Henry Jenkins and Sam Ford
March 4, 2013: Interview with C.W. Anderson
Feb. 14, 2013: Interview with Eric Deggans
Jan. 29, 2013: Interview with Mark Deuze
April 25, 2013: Interview with John Bloom
April 4, 2013: Interview with Robert W. McChesney
March 11, 2013: Interview with Henry Jenkins and Sam Ford
March 4, 2013: Interview with C.W. Anderson
Feb. 14, 2013: Interview with Eric Deggans
Jan. 29, 2013: Interview with Mark Deuze
Dave
I'm a PhD student studying mass communication at the University of Iowa; director of the University of Iowa Summer Journalism Workshops; and board member, Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism.
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