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Graduate student writes page-one story for Boston Globe
Marino Eccher, a graduate student, wrote a front-page article in the Boston Globe on Nov. 10 about US Rep. Stephen F. Lynch's role in engineering federal grants for a community health center where his wife, Margaret, works and to a substance abuse center where she is a board member. The story is headlined, "Lynch's wife tied to agencies he won grants for." The report was prepared in the investigative reporting seminar under the direction of Prof. Walter Robinson. Read the story.>>
New minor offers journalism students more instruction in interactive media
Undergraduates majoring in journalism now have a new minor designed to offer them interactive media skills and theory for the changing landscape of journalism in the digital age. The new Creative Industries minor has a track or "suite" of courses designed specifically for students in the School of Journalism. Students choosing the minor will take Online Journalism and Reinventing the News offered by the School of Journalism. Most students will select Creative Industries minor requrements - IM1110 Interactive Media and Society, IM2100 and IM2200; the Digital Narrative Sequence, and IM2300 Managing Media Development. View course descriptions for Creative Industries Minor.>> For more information contact Prof. Terrence Masson at 617.373.7645 or send an email to t.masson@neu.edu.
Prof. Schroeder's op-ed column on mayor/senate debates in Globe
Prof. Alan Schroeder had an op-ed column the Boston Globe, October 29, headlined "No Debate: Liven up these forums." The piece discusses the recent series of mayoral and senatorial debates in Massachusetts, and how creative formats might make for more interesting events. He says, "Dull debates do no favors to anyone - not to the politicians who take part, the voters who watch, or the media who cover the story." Read the column.>>
Globe firefighter disability story credits investigative reporting seminar
Reporting done in Prof. Walter Robinson's investigative reporting seminar has led prosecutors to file federal charges against two former Boston firefighters as part of a probe of pension abuses and a Fire Department clerk who allegedly lied under oath. The Globe's reporting began with two stories in January of 2008. Read this story.>> Read more articles about this issue.>>
N.Y. Times Co. and the Boston Globe
Two professors from the School of Journalism were quoted in the separate Boston Globe and N.Y. Times accounts on Oct. 15 about the N.Y. Times Co.'s decision to retain ownership of the Globe. In making the announcement it had rejected two bids, the Times Co. cited its improved financial standing. In the Boston Globe article, Stephen Burgard, director of the school, said the Times Co. apparently found the bids too low to accept, and discussed the paper's positioning in the new media environment.
In the New York Times article, Prof. Dan Kennedy said he believed the Times’ decision to retain ownership might be better for employees and executives of the Globe, who would face uncertainty under a new owner. He said the New York Times Co. needs to rebuild "credibility with the employees and the community."
Undergrad Michele Richinick turns assignment into a Boston Globe article
Digging through public records for a class assignment, Michele Richinick, an undergraduate journalism major and student in Prof. Walter Robinson's investigative reporting seminar, found tax information on Christy Mihos, a Republican gubernatorial candidate. Her discovery about Mihos's tax woes led to her Boston Globe article, "Mihos falls short on tax lien explanation," published on September 29. Read the story.>>