When I was a graduate student in Administration and Supervision in the College of Education at the University of Kentucky, one of my professors told of a recent trip he had taken to France where he had visited schools and met with national education officials. He was in the office of one of the top […]
When I read Mallary Jean Tenore‘s story on the Poynter Web site that the Associated Press now has an AP Stylebook app, I was ready to go the App Store and download it. I’ve been waiting for an AP Stylebook app. The app seems like such a great application for media professionals, media students and […]
I’d certainly join in singing Happy Birthday to Google, which is 11 years old today. I discovered this little piece of Internet history when I went to the Google Web site today to do a search and did a double take on the spelling of Google. Googlle?! Surely Google didn’t have its own name misspelled. […]
The University of Florida’s University Athletic Association is out to tackle anyone who is making money — or could be benefitting — from the use of Tim Tebow’s recognition as #15 of the Gator football team. The UAA always has been vigilant in protecting “the” Gator logo, UF brand lettering, etc. On game day, officials […]
The budget cuts that have hit media organizations across the country continue with another announcement yesterday — this one from St. Petersburg Times editor Paul Tash. Jim Romenesko’s blog at Poynter posted Tash’s memo to the St. Pete Times company staff announcing a 5 percent salary cut for all employees beginning Nov. 2. The second part […]
The topic for today’s lecture was writing personality profiles, as that is the writing assignment for the next two writing labs. We discussed interviewing techniques and story structure. We used someone almost everyone has read a profile of — UF’s quarterback Tim Tebow — to provide an example of focusing the profile and collecting anecdotes […]
The winds of change continue to blow through the media industry. A major announcement was made yesterday by RTNDA. The current name — Radio and Television News Directors Association — will be changing on Oct. 13 — from RTNDA to RTDNA. The new name will be the Radio and Television Digital News Association. The timing […]
I teach a course that has about 250 students each semester. That’s about 500 students a year. And they’re everywhere. Not just in the auditorium. I enjoy running into my current and former student on campus. With almost 50,000 students on campus, UF can be a big and impersonal place. So hearing, “Hi, Dr. Dodd” […]
It seemed like almost every student on the UF campus had an mp3 player and was listening as they walked across campus or waited for class to start. So I decided that I wanted to learn how to create audio files so I could start a podcast for one of my courses, Writing for Mass […]
I read William Pannapacker’s essay “Online Learning: Reaching Out to the Skeptics,” on The Chronicle of Higher Education online and was reminded of a key aspect of making online learning work for faculty — starting with a bite-sized learning concept. The meat of Pannapacker’s essay is the last half when he talks about steps faculty […]
Julie Dodd 