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By: Alana Taylor

Alana Taylor — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:11:44 +0000

If I didn’t like NYU, I would have transferred and would not waste my time giving (what I deem constructive) criticism.

There is always room for improvement.

By: In Defense of Political Science « Steven White

In Defense of Political Science « Steven White — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 02:17:57 +0000

[...] 9, 2008 by stevenwhite Ned Resnikoff, in an opinion piece for NYU Local, writes: I used to be a Politics major, and it took only one class to change that: Power and Politics in [...]

By: dene chen

dene chen — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:50:13 +0000

I personally love our journalism department, but that doesn’t mean that I disagree with what Alana wrote yesterday. It’s true, we are rather married to the Old Media, but I think it is also because it is taught by people who have ran a good lap around Old Media, and are still doing so. Our adjunct professors are mostly editors, writers, and freelancers for magazines and newspapers, and they have made a pretty decent living out of doing that- so I can see why they won’t be rushing to talk about the learning points of gothamist.

However, all that being said, they have actually encouraged us to be aware of the changing face of the media. Every journalism teacher I’ve had have encouraged the class to not only know how to write, but also how to use a camera, and one have also suggested that with every article we write, it would be great if we could think of a multimedia component to add on to it, like a sidebar that shows a nifty timeline or whatever. Every single teacher i’ve had is not blind to that, and they are not close off the ideas either. they, themselves, just don’t necessarily do it in their work, because they are already established professionals and don;t need that extra edge to find a job in the industry.

yea, i just want to stress how much i have learned from the j-dept at NYU, but a lot of it has also been me seeking to do something more on my free time, like writing for TFR last semester, or helping a friend put together a literary-journalistic web-thingy (no definition for it, sorry- webzine is way too dorky sounding), or blogging here. But my jumping off point was my classes at cooper.

By: Ned Resnikoff

Ned Resnikoff — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:51:29 +0000

Interesting. That sounds like something worth submitting an opinion piece about.

(Hint.)

By: Josh Becker

Josh Becker — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:52:09 +0000

Aw, the old site.
And yeah. I think a major problem with this, though, involves–it’s everywhere–the Internet. The Internet has changed the way a lot of fields of study operate in the real world: politically, blogs have heralded a new global awareness while leading the way for the political-transparency movement (which shouldn’t have to be a movement at all, but you know, politicians like to keep secrets); the Internet has absolutely turned the field of journalism on its head; and even English majors now have greater options available to them after college (most of which involve not having money–some things never change) online. But I think the education world is still trying to figure out how to incorporate this new virtual frontier of ours into its dated but tenacious curricula. Unfortunately, students waste time, money, and years of education while this figuring-out takes place.

By: New piece on NYU Local « Ned Resnikoff

New piece on NYU Local « Ned Resnikoff — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:26:17 +0000

[...] 9, 2008 by Ned Resnikoff The money quote: My point isn’t that our whole school sucks – I kind of like it here. It’s that NYU, even moreso [...]