Class of 2011

Class of 2011
The 19th Class of the Sports Journalism Institute outside of the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Fla. From back left: Tariq Lee, Ignacio Marquez, Chaunte'l Powell, Craig Malveaux, Patricia Lee, Liz Torres, Jay Lee. (Seated from left to right): Sarah Kuta, Chris Torres, Michael Martinez and Carron Phillips.

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Where Does Newspapers Fit?

Wednesday afternoon was full of new ideas and technology -- surprising yet openly accepted by print journalists such as myself. After learning about everything from the business of innovative streaming and platform technology from MLB.com's Jim Jenks, to multi-platform storytelling from Victoria Lim, to incredibly creative and helpful applications and programs from Poynter's Al Tompkins, the SJI class is ready to report in more ways than one. But where does the newspaper fit in? These new technologies have gigantic implications for the way we report and the people we reach. So do these technologies have the same implications for newspapers as television did for radio?

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