Journalism Week 2010
Where the Jobs Are in the Changing Media Industry
Meet Our Guests:
Sunday
March 21
6:30 pm
March 21
6:30 pm
Monday
March 22
7:30 pm
March 22
7:30 pm
Tuesday
March 23
7:30 pm
March 23
7:30 pm
Wednesday
March 24
2:30 pm
March 24
2:30 pm
Wednesday
March 24
5:30 pm
March 24
5:30 pm
Thursday
March 25
11:30 am
March 25
11:30 am
| Sunday, March 21, 2010 | 6:30 pm | 205 Martin Hall
Open to all SOJ students.
Student and Alumni Panel Discussion
“Getting Started: Making the Most of Your Internship and First Job”
| Monday, March 22, 2010 | 7:30 pm | G21 Ming Hsieh Hall
Open to the public and all SOJ students.
Melissa Farlow
“Picture This: A Career as a Freelance Photojournalist”
| Tuesday, March 23, 2010 | 7:30 pm | G21 Ming Hsieh Hall
Open to the public and all SOJ students.
John Harris
“POLITICO: Revolutionizing Political Coverage and Journalism”
| Wednesday, March 24, 2010 | 2:30 pm | 205 Martin Hall
Open to all SOJ students.
Larry Powell
“Multicultural Messaging: Applying Your Skills in Today’s Diverse Market”
| Wednesday, March 24, 2010 | 5:30 pm | 205 Martin Hall
Open to all SOJ students.
Sara Goo
“Newsroom 2.0: New Skills for New Careers”
| Thursday, March 25, 2010 | 11:30 am | 205 Martin Hall
Open to all SOJ students.
Chris Martin
“Public Relations 3.0: It’s About Relationships … With the Public. Finally. Really.”
Each year, the School of Journalism hosts a week-long series of events aimed at exploring a current media issue. The annual “Journalism Week” features public and classroom presentations by national and regional writers, broadcasters, bloggers, photojournalists and strategic communicators.
Journalism Week 2010 will address career opportunities in today’s evolving media industry and how students can best position themselves as digital journalists and communicators.
Featured Webcasts
All events are scheduled to be webcast.
What our students are saying about Journalism Week...
- @mareedy Key Jweek takeaways: find your niche, be your own brand, know thy audience and help redefine the future #jweek
- We are all in Beta mode. You're not just in the media, you ARE the media! You need to reinvent it as you go. #jweek
- University Relations takes the story of the university directly to it's audience, WVU supporters who can't get enough news about WVU. #jweek
- Didn't mean to step on your tweet! What do you think of what VP Martin is saying? #jweek
- If you're a journalist, you need to be a marketer, if you're a marketer, you need to be a journalist-Chris Martin. #jweek
- Determine the kind of relationship you want to build, not the technology you need to use. It's not just about the toys! #jweek
- The most important thing you can do as a PR professional is to build a relationship with your audience. #jweek
- People's relationship to news and information is portable, personalized and participatory. #jweek
- Web 2.O represents the most dramatic revolution in the history of media since the invention of the printing press, not hyperbole! #jweek
- #jweek: Goo: Long-form journalism is not dead just beacuse of the web.
- New skills needed: the ability to build an audience, digital savvy-ness (what people want, how they use the Web) #jweek
- #jweek - Goo: You can create audience, as long as you know what you're going after.
- #jweek: Identify your audience and build your brand.
- #jweek - Goo: "I view my job as an air traffic controller."
- Cool chart--shows the new model of the "universal desk." stories are sent to various platforms, 24/7! #jweek
- New titles at the WAPO -search engine editor, multiplatform editor, interactivity editor #jweek
- Getting ready for Sara Goo of the Washington Post. So many good speakers, so little time! #jweek
- #jweek - Larry Powell: Think of the wolrd as your marketplace.
- Larry Powell: Think of the world as your market.
- I totally want to work for Mr. Powell! He's well spoken and has good, fresh ideas #jweek
- Knowledge of particular segments is very valuable to advertisers. A marketable skill! #jweek
- A lot of advertisers have made the mistake of stereotyping, versus understand the cultures they're targeting their messages to. #jweek
- I had no idea how much ethnic cultures will grow by 2050 its amazing! we should have a class focusing on it. #jweek
- Knowledge of different cultures is essential for strategic communicators. The US is becoming much more diverse. #jweek
- You more than any other generation have the world at your finger tips. #jweek
- Good student introduction! #jweek
- Getting ready for Larry Powell from Sanders/Wingo Advertising. #jweek
- Politico Session- WVU J-Week: http://wp.me/pLQv9-2n
- http://gavinwvu.wordpress.com/2010/03/23/politico-cofounder-john-harris-twitter-wvublogj/ #politico #jweek
- @brittanylnelson I'm impressed with the quality of questions and level of engagement. #jweek
- Some great conversation is developing out of the Q&A session, strong questions are being met with strong answers. #jweek
- The Q&A session is rather refreshing to see fellow college students engaging conversation #jweek #politico
- #jweek nice question @p4d3n Harris is really engaged.
- Harris says optimism is a journalistic value you needed to have with the way things are today. Noted! #jweek
- '' I think Optimism is a journalistic value. '' - John Harris @politico #jweek
- Challenge is how to define, defend journalistic values -JH #jweek
- Great advice for journalism and your own career: define your niche and dominate it. #jweek
- Define a niche and dominate it - JH #jweek #politico
- Politico makes money by people who pay a high premium to get their word out in DC. #jweek
- Politico had influence and access from the beginning - JH #jweek #politico
- Began to make a profit with their website in their third year in existence. #jweek
- I feel like I need to make my blog have more impact after this talk. #jweek
- Two ideas animate Politico: impact and efficiency #jweek
- No sports news at politico, so I'll have to go somewhere else for that lol #jweek
- Impact from business pov want advertising w/ content that`s being read #jweek
- Harris says everyone has to have an impact if you want to be heard. #jweek
- Politico - proudly a niche site that strictly covers politics based on impact and efficiency #jweek #politico
- Politico is a site people come to as a source for big policy issues. #jweek
- Love the SNL Wayne's World skit lol #jweek
- Wanted a brand new news org to compete w/ traditonal politics... credentials no longer are the most valued .. Oops #jweek
- Wanted a brand new news org to compete w/ traditonal politics... credentials no longer are the most valued
- In that case, I think my old roommates might be news tycoons. #jweek
- @travissaid agreed #jweek
- The Drudge Report has stories that drive conversations according to Harris. #jweek
- Value of stories isn't derived from the publication themselves, but the writer's work. #jweek
- Harris says the most creative stories are the ones that are read by the most people, not just the lead stories. #jweek
- Most emailed is different than most read. Email is more engaging -JH #jweek #politico
- Interesting Harris said journalism and reporting was getting kind of boring to him. He then decided to become an editor. #jweek
- @KelzAKARealTalk hahaha no, unfortunately it's j-week stuff this time. I know I blew up with idol stuff last week lol
- Surprising that Harris doesn't have twitter or even facebook, since he co-founded POLITICO (the most trafficked newspaper site) #jweek
- Heh, I think every guest speaker I've ever seen didn't go to school for Journalism. Interesting. #jweek
- What`s better institutional or entrepreneur age? #jweek
- Harris was a history major, not a journalism major when he graduated. #jweek
- Fingers crossed Harris is right about being able to make more money in this new era of journalism. #jweek
- Harris says he liked the institutional age. This new age gives people more of an impact and could make more money!!! #jweek
- #jweek There's been a change in gate keepers in Journalism - John Harris. Intersting to think newspapers used to be so influential.
- In this era millions of individuals now have the role of the previous few in media #jweek
- "Optimism is a core journalistic value."-John Harris. I agree, it's completely necessary! #jweek
- Back in the institutional age. Most of the top news reporters\producers decided what people should think is important. #jweek
- Institutional vs entreprenurial media - interesting explanations. Had no idea about the 2 categories...#jweek
- Harris says the most important thing in the institutional age is what came after their name. Ex: New York Times #jweek
- #jweek The future of print journalism job market is scary. Harris mentions Washington Post cut backs.
- Kinda funny lol. I hear everyone tell me why the hell are you doing this lol. It's nice to know a pro went through the same thing #jweek
- Harris knows a lot of people who graduated from WVU!!! Nice!!! #jweek
- Harris is now at the mic. Excited to hear what he says. #jweek
- #jweek John Harris is on after an excellent introduction. Anyone else get internet connection?
- @joshcopen u did! Got u getting Da Da's autograph. Who'd a though you'd b back on the MetroNews Network
- Politico has more people covering politics than most #jweek
- Dean Reed is reading Harris' resume and talking about his website politico. #jweek
- Awaiting the politico lecture for journalism week #jweek
- John Harris is going to talk about social media and how this industry is changing. #jweek
- J-week is about to start, get ready for some updates #jweek
- Celebrating #jweek patiently awaiting speaker John Harris
- RT @WVuncovered: Politico's John Harris will speak tonight at 7:30 in G21 of Ming Hsieh for #wvu's #jweek. Be there or be square!
- @mareedy "making" pictures, versus "taking" pictures a nicer way to refer to the activity #jweek
- #jweek Farlow: With any story, trust is vital.
- MF: Forget your preconceptions. Be open to what's in front of you. It might be better than what you ever imagined.
- MF: Plan ahead. You make your own luck.
- MF: the challenge is to make the ordinary seem extraordinary.
- MF;
- Shott Chair Lois Raimondo introduced Melissa Farlow
- @KimberlyWalkerB hoping for a big crowd #jweek
- #jweek Getting set up for another great JWeek event. Phtojournalist Melissa Farlow at 7:30 in Ming Hsieh Hall.
- @thebobthe bob, do we have wireless in the room, or do we need to Tweet after the event? #jweek
- @WVU_Ed glad you liked it! #jweek
- #jweek Melissa Farlow tonight at 7:30!
- #jweek you can produce the best content, but if no one sees it, it doesn't count
- #jweek don't feel as if the only internships worthwhile have to be in a large market
- #jweek everything has changed so much, that you have to find what you love to do
- #jweek grades aren't as important as experience
- #jweek seek out the services on campus and network with the alumni
- #jweek use every connection you have to get the job, but then prove yourself!
- #jweek. How hard you work in that first (internship/job) experience will make or "break" you.
- #jweek Be enterprising. Pitch stories as a free-lancer even as a student.
- #jweek elaine and jonathan talked up WV Uncovered.
- #jweek jonathan combines his passion for climbing with his love of photography.
- #jweek Our students are creating their own niches in the industry.
- #jweek Elaine McMillion says don't be afraid to take a year to find your job and passion.
- #jweek State Press Secy and Glenn Beck intern. What a start to the week!
- Our grads are rock stars!
- #jweek decent turnout tonight, even on game day.
- #jweek - http://journalism.wvu.edu/jweek2010
- #jweek - And so it begins.
- #jweek great students and graduates here tonight.
- #jweek Great line-up this week. Check it out.
- #jweek looking forward to hearing what our students have to say!
- #jweek Can't wait to hear what our grads and students have to say!
- #jweek -Thirty minutes and counting until the first J-Week 2010 event begins!
