Over break, an article that I wrote on the digital future of college newspapers was published by Inside Higher Ed, an online newspaper on issues facing higher education.
The article discusses some of the ways in which The Miscellany News has been trying to take advantage of the internet, in the same way that professional news organizations like CNN.com and The New York Times have been. For the first time, our staff has been experimenting with videos, slideshows and voiceovers. All of this content is posted on a special multimedia section of our Web site, here. Pretty nifty for a student paper.
As people are consuming media in so many different ways these days, it's important that the youngest journalists stay ahead of the curve as much as possible. Admittedly, our video skills still leave quite a bit to be desired, but we're getting there. The hardest part? Holding the camera steady...
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