Student Media in the News

College media pays tribute to Dan Reimold

Dan Reimold, journalism professor, student media adviser, reporter and author, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, Aug. 21. The college and professional media community have offered tributes to Dan’s leadership and cutting-edge work in the college media field. A few are included here.

• Radio Survivor
• Nieman Lab
• Jim Romenesko
• The Poynter Institute
• Associated Collegiate Press
• College Media Association

Dan’s website, College Media Matters, remains an excellent source of archived information about the college media world. Gifts may be made in Dan’s memory to Saint Joseph’s University, 5600 City Avenue, Philadelphia, Penn., 19131.

WKNC hosts Radio Ride

WKNC’s hosted the first Radio Ride, analleycat-style bike ride and scavenger hunt around the NC State campus and downtown Raleigh on Saturday, Aug. 29. Racers biked roughly 15 miles stopping in at checkpoints to either get their lists signed-off or participate in activities like a CD corn-hole toss.

Read more from the WKNC blog.

NPR Next Generation in Minneapolis accepting applications

For the National Student Electronic Media Convention, CBI will be partnering with Minnesota Public Radio News (MPR News) and NPR to sponsor another Next Generation Radio project that coincides with the annual convention. Selected students will have the opportunity to learn from professional journalists during a week-long program in Minneapolis, Oct. 19-24, 2015.

Next Generation Radio is a digital-first, multimedia journalism and professional development project for undergraduate and graduate students who are focused on journalism and broadcast media.

For more information, visit the project webpage on the CBI Minneapolis site.

WSIA among student organizations left unfunded

CSI [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”][College of Staten Island] President William Fritz has decided to reject the election results of last May’s Student Government due to multiple complaints of candidates cheating, leaving the college unrepresented, and high-profile campus organizations unfunded.

Candidates for Student Government were accused of campaigning illegally, some even bringing laptops directly to students all over campus and inside the college’s dorms so that they could type in their SLAS and vote for them on the spot, two sources told The Banner.

Read more from The Banner.

One year later: The GPB takeover of WRAS

For a period of time after the announcement, students joined with WRAS alums, who created a non-profit organization Album 88 Alumni and created a Save WRAS page with bumper stickers and T-shirts. They held fundraisers and protests on Georgia State campus and at GPB headquarters in hopes of generating enough public outrage to snuff out the partnership. It didn’t work. Management held firm. GSU students not directly affected shrugged. Life moved on.

Read more from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

New England Public Radio Berkshire Bureau to hire Berkshire Community College interns

The college, through this funding, will be able to send three paid interns to work with Frenier.

“This really ties so beautifully with what’s happening with 1Berkshire,” college President Ellen Kennedy said of the job training benefits that come with the internship program.

Read more from iberkshires.com.

Space is still available in the CBI NSEMC Pre-Convention Workshop

Registration is open and spaces are still available in the CBI NSEMC Pre-Convention Workshop for New and Emerging Advisers, to be held Wednesday, Oct. 21, from 1-4 p.m., at the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis.

Student media advising is a unique niche with few, if any, resources on your campus to turn to for advice. CBI is offering an in-depth pre-conference workshop geared specifically for new advisers. During this intensive three-hour interactive workshop we will discuss the role of the adviser and its challenges; how to manage, recruit, train and motivate millennials; and touch on what you need to know about technology, FCC law, campus relationships and the business side.

Speakers include legal consultant and expert David Oxenford, plus veteran advisers Warren Kozireski, Jamie Lynn Gilbert and Ed Arke.

For more information, visit the Pre-Convention Workshop page on the the CBI Minneapolis site.

Plus Radio Survivor podcast episode 12, a Spinning Indie visit to KWVA and David Oxenford addresses specifics of public files at college stations.[/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]