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The first issue of the student paper is on campus. Similar:A picture of puffy white clouds floating in a blue skyAestheticsYou Can Smell Trump's FearLike all successful demagogues, Trump ha…CultureOur Publication Stands By the Decision to Give a Platform to the Sea Monster Trying to Dev…We understand many readers find the krak…AmusingNewsworthy vs snoozeworthyJerz > Writing > Journalism JournalismHiggs…

Critical Thinking Rhetoric

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Please Don’t Spam My Blog With Flattering Comments and Links to Your Homepage

If you have written anything you think my readers will appreciate, feel free to suggest it. Dankeschön. Similar:Controlling behavior of HQ CEO hijacks what should have been a puff piece about popular HQ…A few minutes ago I heard about HQ for t…BusinessSimulated iceberg, preserved artifacts and re-creations at the Titanic installation. …CultureThe Case for Slow Journalism:…

ABC is developing the steampunk adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Yes, really.

As gimmicky as “steampunk Huck and Tom” sounds, the characters actually may be quite well suited for steampunk. Twain’s novel Tom Sawyer Abroad was a play on Jules Verne-style adventure stories, and featured a mad professor and his absurd, futuristic airship. And Tom Sawyer had his own mystery story with Tom Sawyer, Detective. However, Twain…

Vote for Carolyn’s Headshot — Round 2

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Mars Panorama — 10yo with iPad Pretends Her Bed Is NASA Rover

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Choosing Carolyn’s Headshot

Which of these headshots do you like best? Let me know on Facebook. Carolyn Headshots. Similar:Where There's a Whip, There's a WayThe girl was singing lyrics she learned …AmusingA day may come when the strength of the girl fails and she must make more than one trip to…PersonalA snifter of brandy helps a supporting character…

Dozens of Plagiarism Incidents Are Reported in Coursera’s Free Online Courses

“If we really are trying to teach the world, including people from other cultures, we have to take a responsibility to educate people about plagiarism, not just vaporize people for it,” said Mr. Severance, who is also a clinical associate professor of information at Michigan, in an interview on Wednesday. —The Chronicle of Higher Education.…

Dennis G. Jerz | Associate Professor of English -- New Media Journalism, Seton Hill University | jerz.setonhill.edu

If in question, have more GOOD than BAD? University of Georgia Student Journalists Walk Out

My students and colleagues sometimes wonder why I don’t approve the Seton Hill student paper before it’s published, or give students grades on their published work. Student journalists at the University of Georgia resigned en masse rather than relinquish editorial control to an “editorial director” and nonstudent staff. In a draft outlining the “expectations of editorial…