Category Archives: Digital journalism education

Discussion forum is a major component of online education, so how can instructors imbues critical thinking in the discussions? I want to share the critical thinking exercises that I use in a lecture course and a production course, both are … Continue reading →

More than 70 inches of snow have fallen in Boston in just a little over two weeks. Winter’s sudden wrath is taking its toll on the people living in New England. Continue reading →

I want to share some assignments that I developed for Introduction to Social Media Marketing, which is a 3-week open online course at MulinBlog Online J-School. If you are an instructor of social media, please offer some comments and share … Continue reading →

My experience teaching at West Virginia University tells me that hybrid format works well for digital journalism courses. I want to share with fellow instructors how we structure a dual-instructor hybrid course and our experience teaching it.

A full-fledged niche content site can train students in key areas of digital communication: content production and curation; community building; social media marketing; and campaigns and ecommerce.

In less than two years, the social media curriculum at University of Wisconsin-Platteville went from non-existent to achieving national recognition for offering the “best hands-on experience.” All levels of administration have positively commented on the curriculum, especially the emphasis on … Continue reading →

By implementing a well-thought-out social media strategy, a student-run content publishing site can bring free publicity to the sponsoring program and give students working knowledge of social media marketing. This post discusses four issues regarding a hands-on teaching approach for … Continue reading →

Instructors preparing for digital journalism courses may borrow some ideas from similar courses taught at peer institutions – here is a collection of such courses that I came across as they link to posts on my blog as tutorials or … Continue reading →

In two recent developments, j-school at West Virginia University dropped “journalism” from its name, and j-school at University of California at Berkeley cut its sponsorship of a community news operation so as to focus on journalism. So, what shall we … Continue reading →