By Julie Peterson. The clash between news reporters, protesters and faculty at the University of Missouri has sparked a dialogue about First Amendment rights, media coverage of protest and why protesters might not want the news media in their midst. Read more...
Teaching open data journalism in HE
For the course "writing in the humanities" at Aga Khan University London the students are using open data sets to learn to write reports, essays and dissertations using the guidelines from the data journalism handbook and the open data handbook. More...
Recorded webinar on use of media in higher education
By . As well as a brief summary of the main topics, the webinar also provides my personal views on these topics, as well as answers to a range of challenging questions from the 45 participants, including participants from Argentina, Australia, Nigeria, South Africa, the U.K. and the USA. If you have been reading these two chapters, the webinar is a very useful extra resource. More...
New Column At EdSurge
The Conversation France : l’actualité vue par les universitaires
L'arbitre est-il un juge inflexible ou un être social influençable ? Peut-on être allergique au wifi ? A quoi sert l'école si Google nous dit tout ? Réponses dans les articles de The Conversation France. Nouveau média en ligne d'information et d'analyse de l'actualité, ce pure player a pour ambition de " donner aux universitaires et aux chercheurs une plus grande place dans le débat public ". Sa particularité ? Les articles publiés sont le fruit d'un travail collaboratif entre journalistes, chercheurs et universitaires. Voir l'article...
A propos des chercheurs : une agression médiatique
L’université de la Singularité, vous connaissez ?
En bref, il s’agit d’un concours organisé par Google, qui propose au gagnant 35000 $ de bourse pour 10 semaines de formation sur le campus californien de la Nasa. Sauf si vous êtes étudiants de Télécom ParisTech et que vous avez plus de 21 ans, aucune chance de prétendre au titre. Mais si on vous en parle aujourd’hui, c’est parce qu’en lisant cet article de Sciences et avenir jusqu’au bout, on comprend que peut-être « l’innovation high Tech à la française » mérite qu’on s’y intéresse ! Et ça, on aime bien le lire.
En savoir + :: 35.000 dollars pour aller étudier dans la Silicon Valley
The 6th Media & Learning Conference will be held in Brussels in March
The sixth edition of the Media & Learning Conference will be held on 10–11 March, 2016 in Brussels. More...
Academics: leave your ivory towers and pitch your work to the media
By Kristal Brent Zook. Publishing in academic journals is prestigious, but sharing your ideas with a wider audience is exciting and full of unexpected rewards. More...
The Conversation France now live
By and . On September 21, The Conversation will speak French. We publish four English-language editions in Africa, UK, the United States and Australia, and now The Conversation France.
TC-France will offer a new platform for scholars in France and the Francophone world to enter the public debate. This takes us another step towards building a global newsroom of academic knowledge and journalistic excellence. Led by a team of experienced journalists, TC-France has the initial support of more than 50 universities.
TC-France Editors Fabrice Rousselot and Didier Pourquery commenting on the launch said: “We are very excited to be part of The Conversation network and to launch TC France, as a unique opportunity for French academics to take part in a global debate about global issues. We will offer French audiences a different approach to day-to-day news — a new realm of topics, a fresh view on current debates and surprising insights.
TCF has funding support from Paris Sciences et Lettres Research University, Université Paris Sorbonne Cité, Paris Saclay, Université de Lorraine, l’Institut Universitaire de France and la Conférence des Présidents d’Université.
The Conversation has a monthly audience of 2.6 million users on site, with a reach through Creative Commons of 23 million. Keep in touch by subscribing to the TC-France newsletter, or follow on Twitter and Facebook. More...
