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Social Skills a Must for Job Hunting in 2013

In their roundup of do’s and don’ts for those applying for a journalism or communication position, Christine DiGangi of SPJ warns that a professional social media presence is no longer optional.

DO include links to your website, relevant online profiles and anything that helps an employer learn more about you. DO include your twitter handle alongside your name, email address and phone number. In this industry, it’s just as relevant as the standard contact information.

Read the full list of helpful tips here.

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Drone Journalism: Gimmick or Genius?

Neal Ungerleider of Fast Company unveils the latest buzz-worthy way that j-schools are trying to keep up with technology: Drones:

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Drone Journalism Lab and the Missouri Drone Journalism Program at the University of Missouri are the first two programs of their type in the nation. At both universities, journalism students are taught the basics of flying unmanned autonomous vehicles (UAVs), using still and video cameras to gather aerial information, the ethics of operating flying cameras, FAA regulations and safety, and how to interpret aerial footage. The goal is to turn information gathered from the air into workable stories.

Ungerleider throws a fairly important caveat in the last line of his story: “The use of drones for story-gathering in commercial journalism is currently prohibited by FAA regulations, but that is expected to change in coming years…”

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And Alexander wept, for there were no more worlds to conquer

Anyone seriously considering journalism or journalism education knows that this is an industry/discipline undergoing some thrilling and terrifying changes. This blog will track and discuss some of those changes and the impact they may have on journalists, students and educators.

And since this is the Internet, there will probably be some cats too.

Probably.

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