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NEWS21 – preparing the U.S. students for the global economy Presentation by Hubert Humphrey Alumna Aleksandra Dukovska – October 2011
Background story - News21.com
News21 – multi million dollar experiment
Supported by Carnegie Corporation and Knight Foundation
Talk on important issues
Spin out stories with multimedia tools
Innovative launch in 2005 with five universities
Now – 12 universities lead by ASU
Think differently about news to inform public
ASU, MARYLAND, NEBRASKA - FOOD SAFETY
BERKELEY – BAY AREA FOOD SAFETY
COLUMBIA – ELDERLY IN AMERICA
NORTH CAROLINA – POWERING A NATION
NORTHWESTERN & USC – RENEGADE EDUCATION
SYRACUSE – HISPANIC CHANGE IN PENNSYLVANIA
WHY ON THE WEB PLATFORM?
NUMBER OF NEWSPAPERS IN THE USA AND PUBLISHED BOOKS
2000 1,480 282,242
2009 1,302 1,052,803
USA MEDIA HABITS Newsweek 7/26/2010
DAILY GOOGLE SEARCHES ANDREVENUES OF VIDEO GAMES
2000 - 100M -$7,8B
2009 – 2B –$ 19,66 B
ACTIVE BLOGS - TEXT MESSAGES
2000 – 128K 2009-141M
2000 – 400K 2009- 4,5M
TOOLS USED BY NEWS21 NEWSROOMS TO CREATE ONLINE CONTENT
SPRING TRAINING AT ASU WALTER CRONKITE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM
EXAMPLES OF MOUNTHLY TRAFFIC
VISUALIZE AND RESEARCH STORIES ON THE AMERICAN SOCIETY PRESSING ISSUES
HOW IS IT FUNCTION?
DEAN CHOOSE TOPICS
PREPARATION, READINGS, CONFERENCESS IN THE CLASS WITHIN THE UNIVERSITIES
ORGANIZATION AND RUNNING THE SUMMER INCUBATORS
NEWSROOM ASU 2011This slide explains the stages of organizing the NEWS21 in practice each year since 2006. This year Fellows from ASU, Maryland and Nebraska worked on the food safety national project.
KEY FINDINGS OF THE NEWS21 HOW SAFE IS YOUR FOOD?
Foodborne illnesses sicken one person in six
48 million in the USA each year
US Food and Drug Administration – 24 million agency regulated product will enter the USA – Inspect only 1,59% of them
3MILLION Americans
sickened by contaminated meat and poultry
NEWSROOM BERKELEY 2011This slide explains work of the News21 Fellows at the Newsroom at the University of Berkeley, California this year. Berkeley school of journalism hosted Erasmus student from Denmark, Germany and United Kingdom. The Berkley News21 Fellows worked on the Ration project about the food safety in the bay area.
RESULTS
EMPLOYMENT OF NEWS21 FELLOWS COMPARED TO OTHER STUDENTS
PUBLISHING IN THE MAINSTREAM MEDIAThis slide shows the articles of NEWS21 Fellows published in on MCNBC.com, online edition of Washington Post and on the Iwatch, on line site of the Center for public integrity from Washington DC.
PLACEMENT ON NON PROFIT HEALT ONLINE SITES
References:
2. Bill Pliske, Britton Halle (2011, October 2).How safe is your food?. In News21.com. Retrieved October 18, 2011
1. Jody Brannon, Editorial Directors/Professors Summit. (201O, November 5-6) Learning from 2010/Preparing for 2011 – Power Point Presentation
3. Does Illegal Immigration makes us safer? (n.d.) In News21.com. Retrieved October 17, 2011 from http.//asunews21.com/
4. Photos on slides: 6, 13,16,18 by Aleksandra Dukovska
5. Connell, C. (2009, September). News21: Are Next Generation Journalists the Future for a Profession in Transition? Carnegie Reporter, 5(3), 2-6