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Comment on Oh so not teckie by Scarlett Heydt

Scarlett Heydt — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 04:16:05 +0000

As a journalism student, I too ponder some of the skills my school insists we spend so much time on, and the ones they never teach us. I think it’s silly to try to teach college students about Facebook when some people still don’t know how to make a public records request. There’s a lot of overlap in many of my classes but definitely some gaps too.

Comment on Media Law Musings by marducey

marducey — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:53:34 +0000

Yikes! That didn’t take long. That’s a good example of the fear companies like Zazzle have of facing a lawsuit from Pixar or Mattel. Good luck. And thanks for stopping by my blog.

Comment on Media Law Musings by Tom W. Bell

Tom W. Bell — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:39:45 +0000

Alas, my friend, you prove all to prescient. Zazzle.com pulled the shirt almost immediately and I’m currently trying to getting them to see reason.

Comment on Group aims to help mid-career journalists, students by gjmcrae

gjmcrae — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:14:35 +0000

Very interesting blog i would like your take on the upcoming draft. I would like to have my works published

Comment on Playing the J-School Name Game by marducey

marducey — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:09:13 +0000

Thanks, Gina.

I’m going to pass all these great tips on to my student.

Thanks for taking the time to respond.

Comment on Playing the J-School Name Game by Gina Chen

Gina Chen — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:18:21 +0000

Honestly, it’s not just that she went to SUNY Brockport …Undergrads (and grad students) at Syracuse are having the same problem. It’s just a tough time.

My suggestions:
1. Go to grad school if you want. (I don’t really think the problem is the school; it’s the economy and the turmoil the industry is in). Grad school can enhance your resume, skills, and give you good networking tools.
2. Start a blog and brand yourself even if you don’t make money off it. Pick a topic and become an expert on it.
3. Free-lance, free-lance, free-lance! You might not be able to live off it right now, but it will give you the clips to get you the job when the industry rights itself.
4. Be sure you know technical skills — not just journalislm (web design,video-editing, coding, html.) This could get your foot in the door somewhere.
5. Network, network, network. Make sure you’re on Linked-In, particurlary, but also network in real life. Go to symposium at area colleges, and introduce yourself to the speaker afterward.
6. Don’t give up. If you’re good, something will work out eventually. It just may take longer than it seems like it should.

All the best to your student.

Comment on Prosecution of the Innocence Project by marducey

marducey — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:06:38 +0000

Your blog looks great! I will be following. Thanks for commenting and pointing it out.

Comment on Prosecution of the Innocence Project by sheldon toplitt

sheldon toplitt — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:47:55 +0000

Interesting blog. We’re in the same biz. Check out my blog, http://theunrulyoflaw.blogspot.com.

Comment on About by marducey

marducey — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:33:02 +0000

Emily, that is great! I’m happy to hear this. Please keep in touch!

Comment on About by Miss Em

Miss Em — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:16:43 +0000

Hi, Professor Ducey! I thought I would let you know that ever since taking your class I’ve been hooked on exploring some blogs of interest. Tonight I finally decided to jump in! Hopefully this time I’ll keep it up.

Hope you’re doing well!

-Emily