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January 24, 2006
University group challenges campus MSM
A Michigan State University instructor and her students have created the SpartanEdge, a new web site to challenge the MSM – in this case, the State News.
In an interview with Editor and Publisher, instructor Bonnie Bucqueroux says the site will feature video and podcasts and demonstrates the future of journalism. And the future of journalism (and all other media as we know it) obviously includes blogs. The site includes 17 blogs and four forums so far, including Bucqueroux's publisher's blog. One blog that has raised ire is the Spartanette, whose upfront blog has tongues wagging on and off campus.
Launched on Jan. 16, SpartanEdge and two other campus publications are requesting that the university-subsidized State News drop its requirement that student reporters promise not to write for other campus publications, at the risk of being fired.
It will be interesting to see if SpartanEdge keeps its edge and how the campus paper will respond.
Posted by at January 24, 2006 01:10 PM
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