Class Photo - COM 130

For any students still checking this blog, I thought I'd post the class photo we took on our last day. Enjoy your summer, and when you return, this website will have a new look!

Seth Godin "Tribes" TED Talk

Students - when things settle down after finals, and you're back home and relaxed, check out this video from Seth Godin. It's inspiring, and I hope it motivates you for the summer. If nothing else, spend some time on his website linked above, it's great material for anyone, especially communications folks. Enjoy!

COM 130, You Crack Me Up!

I keep FORGETTING to tell you how funny this video is - several of you posted it, and similar videos, in your Keyword Search: Social Media blogs. We didn't have much time to talk about it that day, perhaps because I was talking about Twitter too much, but anyhow, so I don't forget...how hilarious is this?



Also, Laura, thanks for the Tea Partay video, cracked me up too!

Media Talk Links: COM327

The new Amazon Kindle - NYT Story - CNN Story:


"Future of Journalism" Senate Hearing:
Huffington Post -

NECN Video:

YouTube - the future of entertainment?
ABC's new channel

LinkedIn.com - Plain English Video

What a Day to be at Lindenwood!

Nelly Visits Lindenwood

Wow - what a day here on our St. Charles campus! From Twitter buzz at lunchtime to a visit from Nelly, there was plenty to talk, er I mean, brag about today! First, check out a few photos from our scholarship event this afternoon with Nelly...

These two photos are with TV Reporting student Jessica Rogers; here she is interviewing him along side our local St. Louis media. The next is a shot of her shooting, what we call in TV, a "stand-up". Check out her report for LU-TV on her blog soon.

Today's event was sponsored by Lindenwood University's Black Student Union. It was a scholarship awards ceremony honoring two area high school students who will be attending LU next fall. Fox2, CW11, KSDK and the Post-Dispatch all covered the event. I'll be tweeting links to their stories later, so watch for those.






Twitter and Facebook Event

Also today, we set up a table outside of the cafeteria in the Spellmann Center to discuss Lindenwood University's new Facebook page, and our various school Twitter accounts.

Many thanks to our students Julie, Samantha, Chance and Andrew for helping inform others about Twitter and our school's social media efforts.

If you'd like to see more pictures from today's events, visit both @jillfalk's and @LU_Comm_School's Twitter pages - and sign up to follow us if you haven't done so already!

Here's a photo of TV Reporting student Alex Kerns interviewing Samantha about Twitter. Catch the full report on her blog next week.



Also, if you missed the official Twitter list on the postcard of who to follow on campus, here are the links:
@LUActivities
@LU_Comm_School
@LUWorkLearn
@LU_Lions

Tim Berners-Lee at Ted: Linked Data

Here's the video we watched in class today:

COM 130 - Gen Y Article Review

Don't forget, your next Gen Y Article Review blog post is due on Wednesday, 4/8. It's 350 words, 20 points, needs to be submitted to TurnItIn. You have two options for this assignment: you can select an article from our class reader like usual, or you can review this article from Newsweek about "Generation Diva".

I find it particularly interesting, since we will be hitting the advertising chapter soon. For those of you who have already taken COM 327 Media Literacy, this article should be very easy for you to review. For those that choose this article, your blog can be more of your reaction to the material covered, since it deals more with the very youngest of Generation Y, but mostly, Generation Z. Ladies, feel free to share your own personal experiences with this as well, since you might be able to relate to it more than the guys in the class.

For everyone else who sticks with a current events article from the class reader, make sure you do relate the article to how it impacts Gen Y.

See you on Wednesday! I guess we'll only be seeing each other once this week, since there isn't class on Friday.

COM 130, 9:00a.m. - 4/6 Cancelled

Survey of Professional Media is cancelled for today. Please check back later this afternoon for instructions about Wednesday's Gen Y Article Review Assignment. It is still due, but I'm going to give you an article review to look over if you haven't selected one already.

Twitter, Blogs and Wikis for Elementary School Students

I am absolutley floored by this article from The Telegraph! (Kudos to Jessica too for mentioning the issue in her blog). I'm floored in a good way, I might add! It's hard for me to imagine this "radical" idea of teaching our young people how to use new media and technology coming here to our U.S. schools anytime soon, but we can hope, right? (There is media literacy education going on though--but we need more!)

I've barraged you with talks of blogging, Twitter, and the like in my courses because as future media professionals, I believe it's important you learn about these platforms. You're already there for social reasons, how can you use new media to start building your personal brand and networking for your future career?

Gone are the days were we can just teach you about standard mediums like radio, newspapers, television. While all still exist, there's a convergence component to them that is the way of the future. Wouldn't it be beneficial to begin learning about new media in school?

My question to you though: is there an age cut-off for when these types of new media should be taught? Is a six-years old too young to be blogging and tweeting? What are your thoughts on this article?

COM 130 Job Hunt Challenge - In-Class 3/25

Today in Survey of Professional Media, we're doing something different! I would like you to get a sense of what job listings for radio, television, print, and associated internships look like. Using this jobfile link from the Illinois News Broadcasters Associaion, pick one ENTRY-LEVEL job or internship that you would be interested in.

Next, research the station, agency or company you have selected. Next, write a blog post about it, and provide links within your answers below.

• Where is the job/internship located?
• Who is the parent owner of the agency/station?
• What interests you about the job?
• What can you be doing while a student at Lindenwood University to prepare for a career in your chosen industry and at this station or agency?

Your blog is due at the end of the class today. You can earn up to 15 points for participating. When you're done, come back to the classroom and let me know you've finished. You do not have to worry about a word count, and you do not have to submit to TurnItIn.com.

*I realize many of you are interested in advertising, and posts on this jobfile do not include advertising. However, look under public relations, and see if there are any promotions-type jobs available. Most radio and television stations have a promotions department that takes staff and interns.

*Also, if you have a preferred place (meaning, you already know about it, you're not spending time looking for one today) of looking for a job or internship instead of the link I've provided above from INBA, feel free to use your own! Just make sure that you link back to it.

Enjoy!

We will discuss some of your findings on Friday.