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Tonight I redeemed the greatest Christmas present from my son, Jake: tickets to see The Daily Show taping with him. It was fun and funny. But even better, it inspired me as a journalist. I left the studio determined to teach a course in journalism via jokes. (I’d call it Truth Through Humor, but that...

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Demo

by Jeff Jarvis on Jan 3, 2012 • No Comments

This is a demo post. I will kill it momentarily. I am showing how to blog to an unnamed strategic genius.

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So much for the penny press

by Jeff Jarvis on Jan 2, 2012 • No Comments

The New York Times raised its daily price to $2.50 today. I thought back to the penny press at the turn of the last century and wondered what such a paper would cost today, inflation adjusted. Answer: a quarter.So, in inflation-adjusted current pennies, The New York Times today costs 10 times more than...

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The 5 Tenets of Open Journalism

by MediaShift on Dec 30, 2011 • No Comments

I'm not a middle-of-the-roader and wasn't aiming for a compromise position with my discussion paper, "The Case for Open Journalism Now: A new framework for informing communities," published early this month by the University of Southern Ca...

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A new M.A. in entrepreneurial journalism at CUNY

by Jeff Jarvis on Dec 23, 2011 • No Comments

We got some big news at CUNY this week: We are approved to offer what we believe is the first MA in entrepreneurial journalism. Last spring, we already taught our first class of full-time entrepreneurial journalism students, awarding certificates. But now we also have the ability to award MA degrees to students who complete the...

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Daily Must Reads, Dec. 22, 2011

by MediaShift on Dec 22, 2011 • No Comments

The best stories across the web on media and technology, curated by Nathan Gibbs

1. Speaker of the House controls C-SPAN cameras (The Raw Story)

2. Gizmodo lists all the companies supporting #SOPA and ways to contact them

3. Facebook promises privacy changes after audit by Data Protection Commissioner of Ireland (The Irish Times)

4....

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Why not a reverse meter?

by Jeff Jarvis on Dec 19, 2011 • No Comments

As I ponder the future of The New York Times, it occurred to me that its pay meter could be exactly reversed. I’ll also tell you why this wouldn’t work in a minute. But in any case, this is a way to illustate how how media are valuing our readers/users/customers opposite how we should, rewarding...

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Scaling fact-checking

by Jeff Jarvis on Nov 28, 2011 • No Comments

Before Thanksgiving, CUNY’s Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism convened a meeting of three dozen journalists, technologists, librarians, entrepreneurs, and academics to discuss ways to scale fact-checking. The event was born out a conversation with Craig Newmark, who helped fund it. Improving trust in the press and battling disinformation are among the causes he supports. There are...

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In Journalism Class, Think Visceral

by MediaShift on Nov 16, 2011 • No Comments

"Beyond J-School 2011" is sponsored by the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, which offers an intensive, cutting edge, three semester Master of Arts in Journalism; a unique one semester Advanced Certificate in Entrepreneurial Journalism; and the CUNY...

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Venture Capitalist Fred Wilson: School’s Not Enough for Media Entrepreneurs

by MediaShift on Nov 15, 2011 • No Comments

This week on MediaShift, we're exploring the moving target that is teaching journalism. Stay tuned as we offer tips, tools and insights on educating tomorrow's journalists.

"Beyond J-School 2011" is sponsored by the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, which offers an intensive,...

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Journalism via jokes

Demo

So much for the penny press

A new M.A. in entrepreneurial journalism at CUNY

Why not a reverse meter?

Scaling fact-checking

In Journalism Class, Think Visceral

Venture Capitalist Fred Wilson: School’s Not Enough for Media Entrepreneurs

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