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What type of story are you writing?

ShareIf you can’t answer that question before you begin typing, you need to do some more thinking, and probably some more reporting. It’s easy to throw words onto a computer screen without much thought of what you’re trying to achieve, … Continue reading

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College Media Matters Shines the Spotlight on UPIU

ShareCollege Media Matters, a blog written by Dan Reimhold, has just featured UPIU in its most recent post UPIU: “Building the J-Future” Atop Students Worldwide. The post highlights a handful of UPIU writers from around the world, as well as guidelines … Continue reading

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Going Global Podcast: Australian students cover sports, environment

ShareJournalism students at the University of Wollongong in Australia recently submitted their stories to UPIU. One story, Gary McDonald’s feature on his country’s soccer aspirations, was published on UPI.com. Click on the media player to listen to UPIU International Coordinator … Continue reading

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Aussie j-students discuss opinion in stories

Share Is it ever okay for a journalist to say what he or she really thinks? When can a journalist takes sides on an issue? Journalism students at Australia’s University of Wollongong discussed those questions during an online video chat … Continue reading

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J-students, Malaysia-style

ShareJournalism professors and students from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) gathered Tuesday morning for a video conference with UPI staff for an introduction to online journalism and to UPIU.com. Despite the ambition of many of the j-students in attendance to study journalism as part … Continue reading

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