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We here at NYU Local tend to get really excited about New Media, and rightfully so - New Media is what this whole enterprise is all about. It’s about a total commitment to exploring the new world of possibilities for journalism that a web-based platform opens up. That leads us in a dramatically different direction than, say, NYTimes.com, which mostly exists to aggregate content that goes into the print version. Sure, they have some pretty good blogs (I’m a big fan of the Freakonomics blog) an

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A student at New York University provides a glimpse of the challenges facing media courses in a piece for PBS Mediashift. Alana Taylor, a junior double-majoring in journalism and history, makes a harsh assessment of the undergraduate journalism classes at the university. His disappointment is palpable as she writes that NYU focuses on learning about how to work your way up the traditional journalism ladder I was hoping that NYU would offer more classes where I could understand the importanc

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“Nowadays it’s essential for journalists to blog,” says Professor Mary Quigley to a class of 16 NYU journalism students. The class is titled “Reporting Gen Y (a.k.a. Quarterlifers),” and it’s one of the few NYU undergrad journalism classes that focuses on new media. I sit in Professor Quigley’s class unsure of what to expect. As a member of Generation Y, I am in touch with what my peers find popular — the Internet, iPods, flip-flops, cell phones, etc. — but as a social media maven on the Int

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