Comments on: I need a hero! http://daveleejblog.com/2007/01/i-need-a-hero/ Fresh ideas for online journalism Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:48:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Julie Starr http://daveleejblog.com/2007/01/i-need-a-hero/comment-page-1/#comment-240 Julie Starr Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:25:40 +0000 http://www.dave-lee.org/jblog/?p=22#comment-240 Hi Dave, Three things. One, if you can't find a hero you'll just have to become one yourself. We're in a pioneering situation here after all. You are lucky enough to be joining the profession as it goes through one of its greatest periods of change. Two: you say you came out of journalism school hellbent on working in one part of the industry, but just two days ago you were looking for advice on setting up a basic news website and talking about using streamed images. Perhaps you're not as compartmentalised as you think? Three: I agree with you that building a website in Dreamweaver from scratch is not ideal for trainee journalists. But I'm aware of at least one course being designed in NZ that's focused on giving journalists web2.0 toolkits for newsgathering, multimedia storytelling and news distribution. It starts running next semester. More are sure to follow. Julie Starr Hi Dave,

Three things.

One, if you can’t find a hero you’ll just have to become one yourself. We’re in a pioneering situation here after all. You are lucky enough to be joining the profession as it goes through one of its greatest periods of change.

Two: you say you came out of journalism school hellbent on working in one part of the industry, but just two days ago you were looking for advice on setting up a basic news website and talking about using streamed images.
Perhaps you’re not as compartmentalised as you think?

Three: I agree with you that building a website in Dreamweaver from scratch is not ideal for trainee journalists. But I’m aware of at least one course being designed in NZ that’s focused on giving journalists web2.0 toolkits for newsgathering, multimedia storytelling and news distribution. It starts running next semester. More are sure to follow.

Julie Starr

]]> By: at dave lee - jblog http://daveleejblog.com/2007/01/i-need-a-hero/comment-page-1/#comment-238 at dave lee - jblog Thu, 12 Apr 2007 23:41:01 +0000 http://www.dave-lee.org/jblog/?p=22#comment-238 [...] A while ago, before the start of the current semester, I posted a blog outlining my worries and concerns over my online module. At the time I promised to put my argument to my online tutor and post the reply. [...] [...] A while ago, before the start of the current semester, I posted a blog outlining my worries and concerns over my online module. At the time I promised to put my argument to my online tutor and post the reply. [...]

]]> By: michalle http://daveleejblog.com/2007/01/i-need-a-hero/comment-page-1/#comment-237 michalle Mon, 05 Feb 2007 16:23:08 +0000 http://www.dave-lee.org/jblog/?p=22#comment-237 Hallo! ;) oh... what unhinged news! what do you consider about it? Hallo! ;)
oh… what unhinged news!
what do you consider about it?

]]> By: Old Skills : JBlog http://daveleejblog.com/2007/01/i-need-a-hero/comment-page-1/#comment-232 Old Skills : JBlog Thu, 25 Jan 2007 14:28:34 +0000 http://www.dave-lee.org/jblog/?p=22#comment-232 [...] I need a hero! [...] [...] I need a hero! [...]

]]> By: Adrian Monck http://daveleejblog.com/2007/01/i-need-a-hero/comment-page-1/#comment-231 Adrian Monck Tue, 23 Jan 2007 18:29:40 +0000 http://www.dave-lee.org/jblog/?p=22#comment-231 Heroes don't usually survive five minutes of real life encounter but off the top of my head in the UK you could try: Lindsey Hilsum Christina Lamb Deborah Davies Heroes don’t usually survive five minutes of real life encounter but off the top of my head in the UK you could try:

Lindsey Hilsum
Christina Lamb
Deborah Davies

]]> By: Invisible Inkling » Blog Archive » Journalism students need new heroes; Journalism heroes need new students http://daveleejblog.com/2007/01/i-need-a-hero/comment-page-1/#comment-230 Invisible Inkling » Blog Archive » Journalism students need new heroes; Journalism heroes need new students Thu, 18 Jan 2007 06:23:45 +0000 http://www.dave-lee.org/jblog/?p=22#comment-230 [...] Lee read Martin Stabe’s follow-up to “The conservatism of journalism students” and put out a call for more heroes in journalism. [...] [...] Lee read Martin Stabe’s follow-up to “The conservatism of journalism students” and put out a call for more heroes in journalism. [...]

]]> By: Dave http://daveleejblog.com/2007/01/i-need-a-hero/comment-page-1/#comment-234 Dave Wed, 17 Jan 2007 20:45:59 +0000 http://www.dave-lee.org/jblog/?p=22#comment-234 Rick...I've e-mailed you! Rick…I’ve e-mailed you!

]]> By: rick waghorn http://daveleejblog.com/2007/01/i-need-a-hero/comment-page-1/#comment-233 rick waghorn Wed, 17 Jan 2007 20:31:53 +0000 http://www.dave-lee.org/jblog/?p=22#comment-233 Ask Mr Keeble if he pays a fee - the price of an Olympic Breakfast at the A17 roundabout, that sort of thing - and I'll come and speak to you, if it's of any interest. Rick Ask Mr Keeble if he pays a fee – the price of an Olympic Breakfast at the A17 roundabout, that sort of thing – and I’ll come and speak to you, if it’s of any interest.

Rick

]]> By: Innovation in College Media » Blog Archive » The swirling vortex of journalism ed http://daveleejblog.com/2007/01/i-need-a-hero/comment-page-1/#comment-236 Innovation in College Media » Blog Archive » The swirling vortex of journalism ed Wed, 17 Jan 2007 15:27:24 +0000 http://www.dave-lee.org/jblog/?p=22#comment-236 [...] There’s lots of interesting discussion going on about the state of journalism education, much of it crossing the Atlantic. Read these posts from Andy Dickinson, Martin Stabe, Kevin Anderson, and Andrew Grant-Adamson in the UK, practioners and academics all. Then read this from Dave Lee, a student in the UK. In the U.S., of course, there’s Mindy McAdams’ post from last week that started this ball rolling. Then there’s Bob Stepno. And don’t miss Ryan Sholin’s young gun words of wisdom. Or Matt Waite. Or Danny Sanchez. I’d like to see some thoughts from U.S. journalism students who write blogs. I know they’re out there. Link in, folks. This is your future we’re talking about here. Lots to read there. Lots to think about. But the very fact that there are so many people talking about these issues and sharing ideas with each other increases the possibility that we’ll all benefit. It’s that “wisdom of crowds” thing again. This whole conversation illustrates something Howard Owens mentioned in his interview with me. There’s a social nature to the World Wide Web that you have to be a part of to understand. And journalists need to increase their understanding. Share and Enjoy:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...] [...] There’s lots of interesting discussion going on about the state of journalism education, much of it crossing the Atlantic. Read these posts from Andy Dickinson, Martin Stabe, Kevin Anderson, and Andrew Grant-Adamson in the UK, practioners and academics all. Then read this from Dave Lee, a student in the UK. In the U.S., of course, there’s Mindy McAdams’ post from last week that started this ball rolling. Then there’s Bob Stepno. And don’t miss Ryan Sholin’s young gun words of wisdom. Or Matt Waite. Or Danny Sanchez. I’d like to see some thoughts from U.S. journalism students who write blogs. I know they’re out there. Link in, folks. This is your future we’re talking about here. Lots to read there. Lots to think about. But the very fact that there are so many people talking about these issues and sharing ideas with each other increases the possibility that we’ll all benefit. It’s that “wisdom of crowds” thing again. This whole conversation illustrates something Howard Owens mentioned in his interview with me. There’s a social nature to the World Wide Web that you have to be a part of to understand. And journalists need to increase their understanding. Share and Enjoy:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]

]]> By: Ed Walker http://daveleejblog.com/2007/01/i-need-a-hero/comment-page-1/#comment-235 Ed Walker Wed, 17 Jan 2007 13:40:38 +0000 http://www.dave-lee.org/jblog/?p=22#comment-235 Spot on Dave, we need be taught that the new breed of journalist is going to have to do everything. I think in a decades time we'll be looking at a very different industry, where the web, digital television and mobile technology is really at the forefront and newspapers become a reaction to the online presence. With Pluto, my student newspaper, our online presence has been launched but it is very hard to do something and keep something going with very few resources or support. Spot on Dave, we need be taught that the new breed of journalist is going to have to do everything. I think in a decades time we’ll be looking at a very different industry, where the web, digital television and mobile technology is really at the forefront and newspapers become a reaction to the online presence.

With Pluto, my student newspaper, our online presence has been launched but it is very hard to do something and keep something going with very few resources or support.

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