40 lectures for journalism students

Here's a helpful resource for would-be journalists, a website that presents 40 Important Lectures for Journalism Students . They are available to view and download from OnlineClasses.org , a free-to-use site that means you can learn in your own time without the need to attend a college or university. They are not straightforward lectures delivered to camera. Some are recordings from various events, and gathered from a variety of sources, while others are in text form. I dipped into a couple and discovered something of a mixed bag. Alisa Miller's talk on the paucity of international news in the United States media was entertaining and eminently watchable. Why newspapers matter , a panel discussion, was more of a trial. What makes the news? was an adult learning teaching guide that had more to do with media studies than journalism. The emergence of citizen's media , an MIT communications forum, lasts for almost two hours - but the contribution by Dan Gillmor , author of We the Media (some six minutes in) is worth viewing. I haven't managed to see more but I would guess that enthusiastic j-school students - not to mention news bloggers - would benefit from viewing a lot of the content. Hat tip: Jasmine Hall/ OnlineClasses.org