Tag: student journalists

Somewhere Between Ted Baxter and Ira Glass

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Somewhere Between Ted Baxter and Ira Glass is where you’ll find my ideal of a proper newscaster/reporter voice. I was a very young child watching the Mary Tyler Moore Show but I was savvy enough to be in on the joke. The bombastic baritone voice of news anchor Ted Baxter was a blustery cover for Read more about Somewhere Between Ted Baxter and Ira Glass[…]

A Cautionary Tale for Student Media Advisers

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Being an adviser to my university’s student run media organization involves more than pointing out AP Style and grammar issues. It’s an opportunity to assist students as they wrestle with ethical questions, explore issues about how and why to cover a story, and help them put what they learn in a classroom into practice in Read more about A Cautionary Tale for Student Media Advisers[…]