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The State of the News Media report for 2006 is now available at Journalism.org. This is the third annual report from the Project for Excellence in Journalism, offering current analysis of the condition of major sectors of the American news media, including broadcast, print and online journalism. One new feature this year is “A Day [...]

The library has a 4-DVD documentary set that profiles the career of Edward R. Murrow, including commentary from top journalists on his impact on broadcast journalism and excerpts from some of his programs. The set consists of four parts, which may be reserved or checked out at Instructional Media Services (IMS) on Alden Library’s second [...]

As the new Quarter approaches, remember that you can add a librarian to your Blackboard course as a “coursebuilder.” Coursebuilder status lets us see most of your course such as assignments, etc. but not any sensitive information such as student grades. Here are some ways a librarian can assist with a Blackboard course:

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New York University Journalism professor Jay Rosen and some of his students have created a new weblog, Blue Plate Special, that will offer up “articles, features and blog posts on a single theme” every 7-10 days. First up: the state of newspaper blogging, including the post titled Facts about the State of Blogging [...]

The library systems department and web team have been working very hard on the new library website which will be up and running at the beginning of Spring Quarter. I think it looks great, and I can’t wait to use it. Some of the new features include tabbed menu pages and dynamic access to key [...]