Re: [asa] A University First

How does this relate to science and faith?

Gordon Brown (ASA member)

On Sat, 12 Sep 2009, David Clounch wrote:

> Under the topic of 21st century communications and the academy:
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> This week the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota,  became the
> first US University to switch to a totally online newspaper. And it is the
> first such paper to be part of the AP.
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> http://www.tommiemedia.com/
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> They are now training journalists to be "backpack journalists"  who work in
> all media types.  The 100% online paper allows the university to deal with
> breaking stories instead of summarizing stories at the end of the week.  By
> not bearing the cost of printing  hardcopy newsprint  they were able to
> double their paid staff.
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> A senior reported they couldn't give away 2000 copies to an 11,000+ student
> body. But they have had tremendous input from the students now. And the
> students are able to participate and give them feedback, which was not
> happening previously.
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Received on Sat Sep 12 16:05:55 2009