Events

SPJ conference confronts the future of journalism

Steffen Schmidt, Carolyn Washburn and Michael Bugeja tackled the future of journalism at the spring regional SPJ conference held at Iowa State on April 5. Bugeja, the director of the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication, said that the Internet and cell phones are bringing people of the world closer than they have ever been, creating “a place without space.” Others talked about how the news media is looking for new ways to hold onto their audiences in a rapidly changing environment ...
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Goodman, Ochberg highlight First Amendment Day activities

The sixth annual First Amendment Day will feature a lecture on censorship by press law expert Mark Goodman and a panel led by psychiatrist Frank Ochberg on the stresses associated with covering stories that put journalists in harm’s way.

First Amendment Day 2008 will be on April 10 at Iowa State University. It is sponsored by the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication, the First Amendment Day Committee, the Leo Mores Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, the ISU Committee on Lectures and the Iowa State Daily ... Read more