Why Photojournalism Matters

World Series: Chicago Tribune & the Sun-Times. Staff Photographers v No Staff Photographers. Any questions? #photojournalism @briancassella pic.twitter.com/LHLQ1VFl1o — Jim Colton (@JimmyColton) November 3, 2016 Similar:The six wives of Henry VIII, in pie chart formIf you’ve ever wanted to see the reigns …AmusingVideo Tips for Students: Don't do what I'm doing!  You can't see my…

8 (Short Halloween film by Josh Reardon)

My daughter and I appear in this short film, one of a series of 13 Halloween movies created by Josh Reardon. Similar:Forward is the officers' wardroom. To the right is an airlock. Left leads to the on-call o… AestheticsHeadlines: Why editors matter in journalism.Headlines are important. (Send an editor…AmusingThey both reached for the gun.PersonalIf You're…

Page Layout 101: Proximity creates context. Don’t let this happen to you.

Similar:ChoiceScript tutorial for making casual, phone-friendly, stats-driven storygames. Choice o… https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis…AcademiaIn 2019, I have a college student who annotates readings like this!I asked students in my online “Dystopia …AcademiaMore bits of my summer project – another delightful span of a #neovictorian #steampunk con…AestheticsMonument Valley: Minimal story, but an engaging world and a satisfying ending.I was…

Two Artificial Intelligence (AI) Chatbots Talk and Argue with Each Other

Sounds like a typical grad school seminar. Similar:Seton Hill Student Journalists Launch Local Election Coverage Students in my journalism class are pu…AcademiaA student just booked an appointment to discuss picking up journalism as a second major. E…AcademiaAI coding assistants do not boost productivity or prevent burnout, study findsMy job is often to help students underst…BusinessI…

Practicing Intellectual, Evidence-based Disagreement

This is what a busy literature seminar on evidence-based disagreement looks like. I’ve asked the students to pair up to create a 2-3-minute podcast that demonstrates they can participate in a respectful, evidence-based disagreement over Poe’s “The Raven.” I asked each student to introduce the other student’s position, and to do so respectfully, without caricaturing…

Imagine, if you will, a Shakespeare course / Propos’d in blank verse like the Bard would write

Verses Proposing a New Course: “Shakespeare in Context” You’ll pick a modest count of Shakespeare plays– Say, five. Three weeks to each you’ll dedicate. One context week, one week on text, and next One week to multi-modally create A research paper, podcast, monologue, Or supercut of twenty diff’rent Lears Who curse their sixty daughters’ cruel hearts. Professional and student actors we will hear, In stagings mounted locally. What’s more, We’ll…

The Pepe the Frog Meme Is Probably Not Worth Understanding

“Life is short, much of Internet communication is more Dada-esque than denotative, and mastering dank memes has an effort-to-payoff ratio that really, truly is not worth it.” –NPR reporter Camila Domonoske, taking a cleansing breath before explaining the Pepe the Frog meme. Similar:Up the Long Ladder (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season Two, Episode 18) — The Enterprise Visits the…