Sunday, October 16, 2005

Convergence conference

Capping a busy Homecoming Week, we hosted a conference on journalism convergence this week at BYU. Quint Randle and I gave a presentation on the state of convergence at BYU. One of the first (if not the first) journalism programs in the U.S. to embrace the concept, we've now backed off. The print and broadcast sequences have been separated administratively (although they continue to share some key classes, such as newswriting and journalism research) and, more importantly, the labs are now separate. That, along with the addition of some very good lab supervisors has made all the difference: this past year the BYU broadcast program placed second in the nation in the Hearst competition and a drastic increase in placements.

A highlight of the conference was the podcasting workshop, conducted by Scott Lunt, one of our graduate students. He's also posted an excellent web site with hints instruction for new podcasters. Scott's a public broadcaster who is teaching a radio documentary class for us this semester. He's a very bright guy and we're lucky to have him in our program.

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