Andrew Conte, Ph.D., is the Associate Vice President and Managing Director for the Center for Media Innovation, housed at Point Park University. Conte spoke to CISLM to give an overview of his work at the center.
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A guide to better hiring (and getting hired) practices
Our hope is that this can shed some light and create more transparency for all in the hiring process, especially for candidates who may not have easy access to journalism professionals.
Q&A with international local news researcher, Agnes Gulyas
“There are already some really interesting findings as we try to identify the specific sort of political, cultural, economic and cultural factors that influence the challenges of local media in different countries.”
WUNC’s award-winning Youth Reporting Institute fuels the community-to-radio pipeline
WUNC’s Youth Radio Institute is leading young people interested in journalism into the field, with a goal to pass the mic and change the lens of who is an expert.
Q&A with media sociology researcher, Patrick Ferrucci
“Everybody changes and nobody’s really thought about, well, OK, maybe certain places can afford this, but a lot of places can’t. We romanticize change without really knowing if it actually matters.”
New fellowship program creates early career opportunities, strengthens local publications and fills news void in the Triangle
The fellowship partnership will help build a pipeline for early career journalists while filling news gaps in the Triangle with INDY’s strengthened reporting power.
Honor Knapp brings willingness to ask questions, inquisitiveness to CISLM
By Caitlyn Yaede Honor Knapp is not afraid to ask questions. The rising junior is studying public relations and communications, with a concentration in interpersonal and organizational communication and rhetoric. As a student in the Hussman School of Journalism and…
Breaking with Brett Jensen: The dangers facing print media
Erica Perel, CISLM Director, spoke about how concerned people should be about the future of (especially local) journalism + why it is important for young journalists to be flexible and creative as they enter the industry.
Q&A with Australian local news researcher, Kristy Hess
“There’s no one big solution for every country on the globe — it’s always quite context specific. Nonetheless, we can learn from each other.”
Q&A with local news researcher, Andrea Lorenz
“I think it’s exciting when people in their own community look around and wonder if they could have a better local news system than what they have and try to do something about that.”