[NU Sports] Re: The Media (was: CFB Postseason...Survey Says...)

[Jonathan Hodges]

The current dean, who began work there a few years ago, shifted the focus of
the entire school more towards electronic media, to the dismay of many
traditional media stalwarts.

There was also a flap with the dean when he potentially fabricated a quote
from a student in a newsletter article which prompted a ton of debate (I
don't know if it was ever proven if he did or not - he claimed it was in his
notes which he threw away while the students that were in the class where
the quote originated claim they never made such statements).

Jonathan

On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 10:24 AM, <johnadeg at comcast.net> wrote:

> I recall (I think) that there was a flap at Medill because someone there
> wanted to put more focus on the electronic media I can't remember what the
> result was of that, but then I can't remember what I had for lunch.
>
> John DeGroat
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "SjT (Stephen J. Truog)" <sjtruog at yahoo.com>
> > > > A cheap shot, but we'll move on for now.:)
> > >
> > > No cheap shot.  If the discussion is the demise of the
> > > newspaper industry, liberal bias is a factor.  The
> > > difference between news and op-ed has blurred, and the
> > > overwhelming slant is left.
> >
> > Well, a cheap shot to start something ... but also a common
> misperception.
> > Newspapers were actually far more slanted during their past partisan days
> where
> > they would openly be aligned with a party or philosophy.
> >
> > And like I said, it doesn't really matter what the reporters are -
> stories are
> > selected by higher-ups, and most newspapers today are owned by large
> > corporations who, if anything, show a right-leaning tendency to the
> press.
> >
> > > In the course of publishing two books on the Civil War, I
> > > have been interviewed by newspapers several times by a
> > > variety of journalists.  In every case, it was clear within
> >
> > It all depends on the person and paper, obviously. But I stand by the
> broad
> > background journalists need to have (and used to get at Medill - dunno
> about the
> > new marketing-based approach there yet and how it translates to
> out-of-Medill
> > requirements).
> >
> > In my first job in Michigan (before Google was widespread), we got calls
> one
> > night at the copy desk for naming all the Supreme Court justices and
> settling a
> > debate between friends on who had more rushing yards - Emmitt Smith or
> Barry
> > Sanders.
> >
> > Not sure how many in the general public could get those off the top of
> their
> > head, but 2/3 of the copy desk that night had the answer.:)
> >
> > It would be nice if the "Medill F" (for name accuracy) still applied, but
> with
> > the emphasis on being first instead of being accurate, that has indeed
> fallen by
> > the wayside (not to mention staff cuts of copy editors).
> >
> > GO CATS!!!
> > -SjT
> >
> >
> >
> >
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