2018 Educators’ Meetup

The first hour of the annual Educators’ Meetup will feature presentations from the 2018 Tow-Knight fellows, part of the Disruptive Journalism Educators Network on Facebook. The six standout forward-thinkers were selected for their plans to research ways to elevate an area of journalism education, specifically:

• Creating a community reporting alliance by Amara Aguilar, University of Southern California
• Traumatic event coverage by Stephanie Anderson, Murray State University
• Reinventing the basics by Staci Baird, University of La Verne
• Community-first podcasting by Jonathan Groves, Drury University
• Alt J-School, innovative courses shared among universities by Erik Palmer, Southern Oregon University
• Intro to full-stack coding for journalism students and professors by Lisa Williams, Boston University
• CUNY’s Jeremy Caplan will provide a brief presentation called “The Entrepreneurial Undergrad: Tools & Strategies”

The final 30 minutes of the session combines a poster session with general and/or micro discussions on ways to evolve the ONA Educators’ group efforts. Presenters include:

• News in a Snap: Snapchat Discover is a new (ish) venue for legacy media and net-born newsrooms and they need to know more about how they use the platform. Peg Achterman, Seattle Pacific.
• Adaptation of Journalism Curricula in the Age of Digital Media: A qualitative multiple case study of small programs. Amanda Bright, Georgia.
• Transparency in Journalism: Gina Chen, Texas-Austin.
• Sexism on the Set: Gendered expectations of TV broadcasters in a social media world. Teri Finneman, Kansas.
• The Elusive Engagement Metric: A Hearken case study. Jacob Nelson, Arizona State.
• Networked News, Racial Divides: How power and privilege shape public discourse in progressive communities. Sue Robinson, Wisconsin-Madison.
• News/local news survey: Local news isn’t ‘fake’. Kristy Roschke, Arizona State.

The educators’ session is supported by the Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism at Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York.

This session is designed for:

• Any and all educators. Given the mix of networking and educational learning, you’re bound to take away some compelling ideas for research or advancing your classes and/or curriculum.

Featuring

Jody Brannon

Community Mngr/Chief News Evangelist, Bing News