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30 Years After Its Release, Nathan McCall’s Makes Me Wanna Holler Still Resonates

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Rather, my mother bought McCall’s book for herself because – like many readers – she was riveted by a report on NPR about McCall’s remarkable foray into the newspaper business after having served time in prison for robbing a McDonald’s. He survived prison but couldn’t hack it in a newsroom? I’m afraid they are.

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Calls for Change at Penn State

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

My colleagues and I picked up the mantel about five to six years ago.” But SpotlightPA, a nonprofit newsroom covering the state, found diversity programs set to receive the additional funding had actually been financially gutted by hundreds of thousands just months prior. In this regard, Penn State is not along.

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GPT-3 can reason about as well as a college student, UCLA psychologists report

University Business

Research by UCLA psychologists shows that, astonishingly, the artificial intelligence language model GPT-3 performs about as well as college undergraduates when asked to solve the sort of reasoning problems that typically appear on intelligence tests and standardized tests such as the SAT. Read more from UCLA Newsroom.

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Journalism schools could help save local papers (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

How about—I arrogantly suggested—Gannett donates the Register-Guard to our local journalism school? ” Another said, “Thank you for sharing your alarm about the demise of local news in our area and for suggesting some positive steps.”

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Texas A&M’s botched faculty hiring reaches top of the ladder, claims president’s job

University Business

Defined by their conservative ideals, the two associations weren’t thrilled to learn about hopeful hire Kathleen McElroy’s advocacy for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in the newsroom. This philosophy has become taboo in Texas since the governor banned such initiatives in higher education in June.

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Harnessing the Power of Student Stories

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Blog: Call to Action: Marketing and Communications in Higher Education With a 24-hour news cycle, shrinking newsrooms and lots of competition in higher education, breaking through the noise to gain national media attention is more challenging than ever. Before pitching a story, think about the visuals and resources you can provide.

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8 Career Fields Perfect for Virtual Internships

AIFS Abroad

The great thing about a remote internship is that you can choose not only what type of business you want to work for, but what country they’re based in. Journalism While on-site journalism still exists and is very important, it’s becoming more common that news outlets are less of a newsroom and more of an intricate series of virtual meetings.

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