The webpage for the Convergence Reporting II course at Abilene Christian University
Priscilla Villarreal, 32, a Texas news blogger known as ‘La Gordiloca,’ has been charged with felony counts of misuse of official information for revealing the name of a suicide victim.
Source: Texas blogger ‘La Gordiloca’ arrested on two felony counts | Daily Mail Online
Print and audio journalism exist in the same world — but the terrain is different. Let this serve as your map.
Source: The journey from print to radio storytelling: A guide for navigating a new landscape | NPR Training
Most reporters and editors are liberal — a now-dated Pew Research Center poll found that liberals outnumber conservatives in the media by some 5 to 1, and that comports with my own anecdotal
Source: Former NPR CEO opens up about liberal media bias | New York Post
If you think technology has shaken up the news media — just wait, you haven’t seen anything yet. The next wave of disruption is likely to be even more profound, according to a study presented Saturday to the Online News Association annual meeting in Washington. News organizations which have struggled
NEW YORK (AP) — The latest WikiLeaks release shows CNN reaching out to Democratic officials to suggest questions for host Wolf Blitzer to ask Donald Trump in an interview, a practice the network defended Monday as “completely unremarkable” and sound journalism.
Source: WikiLeaks show CNN reaching out to Dems for Trump questions
Two students were arrested Tuesday by the Abilene Police Department for drug violations. The arrest reports will be made available to you. The search warrant, which I do not have, was signed by Justice of the Peace Mike McAuliffe, according to the arresting officer, specialist Josh Davis.
Your job is to write a news story about this arrest for distribution on acuoptimist.com.
In addition, you should write a one- to two-paragraph essay explaining to your Aunt Suzy why you would write such an embarrassing story for the newspaper.
The story is due at 4 p.m. to me by email. The essay is due at midnight.
When newspaper baron Joseph Pulitzer willed a fortune to Columbia University before his death in 1911, journalism was a vastly different profession than it is today. Most associations like the Amer…
Source: It’s time to reinvent the Pulitzer Prizes for this media age
Below I have assigned each of you a different journalist who’s name is in the annals of journalistic misdeeds. Write a 250-word paragraph on who they were and what they did wrong. We’ll discuss in class on Friday, March 11.
