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Red & Black: For years, students have had final approval of the paper. That's over now

Poynter :: Student journalists at University of Georgia newspaper The Red & Black walked out after the paper’s board put its adviser, Ed Morales, in charge of the paper’s editorial content. The students have set up a blog and a Twitter account, which was suspended but is now back in action. Karah-Leigh Hancock reports from Athens about how things went bad.

Timeline: "Students walk out on University of Georgia newspaper" by Andrew Beaujon, www.poynter.org

Also: Ed Stamper, "Board member of University of Georgia paper steps down after call for resignation" by Andrew Beaujon, www.poynter.org

Video statement from Red & Black publisher Harry Montevideo concerning resignation of student editors Wednesday (HT: redandblack.com):

Some universities require students to use e-textbooks

USA Today :: While several colleges across the country are pushing electronic textbooks, touting them as more efficient and less cumbersome than regular textbooks, students are reluctant. So some schools are simply forcing them.

A report by Yasmeen Abutaleb, www.usatoday.com

DiAngelea Millar: The last 'Money' intern at The Times-Picayune turns out the lights

Reynolds Center for Business Journalism :: Through my brief tenure at the paper during this summer I’ve been confronted by the reality of the journalism industry in one of the harshest ways imaginable. I know the business of journalism; it slapped me in the face this summer as the paper announced they were cutting printing back and firing reporters.

[DiAngelea Millar:] I’m the last Money intern the Times-Picayune will ever have.

A report by DiAngelea Millar, businessjournalism.org

DiAngelea Millar on Twitter

Free open source textbooks growing in popularity in college classes

Time :: Though paying for tuition and housing eat up more money, textbook costs are among the most groan-inducing expenses incurred by college students. With tools like Amazon and chegg.com, only the least resourceful of freshmen are blowing $200 for a brand new textbook these days.

[Victor Luckerson:] ... a new type of textbook is threatening to disrupt a $4.5 billion industry that has so far avoided the media upheavals experienced in music, movies and trade publications. Open-source textbooks.

A report by Victor Luckerson, business.time.com

Victor Luckerson on Twitter

HT: Kathy E Gill, here:

Open source academic publishing goes mainstream w/@time feature on textbooks. tip @zaibatsu #higherEd business.time.com/2012/08/10/fre…

— Kathy E Gill (@kegill) August 10, 2012

Does the digital age present a “do-over moment” for continuing education in newsrooms?

Knight Foundation :: Journalists want to learn new digital tools and techniques. Will they be comfortable learning those things digitally, using webinars, e-learning and self-directed classes? If online education is easier to provide than ever, are news organizations rising to the occasion?

Download the publication for free here knightfoundation.org

HT: Jeff Jarvis, here:

.@knightfdn report on using tools to train tools to journos: knightfoundation.org/publications/d…

— Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) August 9, 2012

Investing in the investigative in an age of alternative media

Polis LSE :: What happens to investigative journalism when traditional trade craft is disrupted by a diverse range of new platforms with different principles and practices? Polis Summer School student Rahul Radhakrishnan reports.

Rahul Radhakrishnan on Twitter

A report by Rahul Radhakrishnan (guest blog), blogs.lse.ac.uk

Check your tools: 9 top tips for the journalists of tomorrow

The Guardian Media Network :: We round up the best comments, questions and answers from our recent live chat on tomorrow's journalist – what tools and skills will they need to survive and thrive?

[Hannah Waldram] I was recently covering the English Defence League protest in the city centre – I was live tweeting, using Audioboo to get short clip interviews with the police, using Bambuser to live stream some video when the protesters broke the police line, while also taking still video on a Kodak HD camera which I knew I could edit and upload later using iMovie and Youtube. ...

Summary of a recent live chat - A report by Matthew Caines, www.guardian.co.uk

Low-priced tablets in emerging economies profitable for panel makers, say sources

Digitimes :: Panel makers are producing low-priced tablet panels for usage in the educational sector within emerging economies, according to industry sources. Sources said the makers believe tackling niche markets in emerging economies is more profitable at present as there is more growth compared with mature economies.

A report by Sammi Huang, Taipei | Alex Wolfgram, www.digitimes.com

Anna Sheinman: When (media) interns are unpaid, we all suffer

Huffington Post :: One friend has been offered a six month internship in New York at a renowned international publication - unpaid. Another is spending a month writing copy at a newspaper, and isn't getting travel expenses. Many others not only receive nothing, but learn nothing, spending their hours, often over many months, tidying fashion cupboards, answering phones, making sure the photocopiers haven't run out of paper. Media internships take 'making the tea' to the next level.

A report by Anna Sheinmann (freelance journalist), www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

Google revamps its workforce education programs

Wall Street Journal :: Google Chief Executive Larry Page has spent the past year trying to bring a renewed sense of urgency and focus to the search company, in what he calls putting "more wood behind fewer arrows." Playing a big part in that effort to battle threats from Facebook, Apple, and Amazon.com, is GoogleEDU, the company's two-year-old learning and leadership-development program.

A report by Joseph Walker, online.wsj.com

HT: Jeff Jarvis, here:

US corps spend $171.5b on training. News companies spend next to none. Google spends lots. Nuff said. online.wsj.com/article/SB1000…

— Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) July 7, 2012