The Red and Black. Draftmemo.pdf. Red & Black Alumni Statement to Board. The former staff of The Red & Black. Red Dead (redanddead815) sur Twitter. RAW: Grady Newsource Reporter removal from Red & Black. Former Red and Black student staff return to newspaper building, several statements released. Witness describes confrontation between Grady NewSource Reporter and Red & Black Publisher. Students walk out on University of Georgia newspaper. Athens Banner-Herald | The Red & Dead | Student Press Law Center | The Red & Black 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: On Aug. 6, Kent Middleton, head of the journalism department at UGA’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication and a member of The Red & Black’s board of directors, sent out an email detailing the upcoming changes to The Red & Black. Among those changes were appointing Morales the editorial director, hiring new non-student marketing and product managers, a multimedia director, a business manager and a creative director. Red & Black: Student journalists walk out in protest of new measures restricting the UGA paper. Red & Black editors stage walk-out, start new publication. UPDATE, 11:05 p.m.: Charles Russell, a member of the paper's board of directors, posted the following statement in a Facebook group for Red & Black alumni: "Dear Red and Black family members--I am more glad than you know to see you raising questions about what's going on right now at an organization we all love dearly.
As a current member of the volunteer board of directors, I promise you all that the intent of the board is to support and preserve the purpose for which the paper exists: operating a publishing company excusively for literary and educational purposes, including the promotion of educational skills in journalism through the publication and distribution of a collegiate newspaper and other publications in and about the University of Georgia. You all know me, and I hope, still trust me. As long as I'm drawing a breath, I will work to preserve our purpose for being. Student editors’ concerns have been growing for the last month, after changes to the professional staff.
Top Red & Black editors rehired. Top Red & Black editors rehiredAugust 20, 2012 GEORGIA – Five days after resigning in protest over concerns about editorial control, The Red & Black’s top editors have been reinstated by the paper’s board.
Polina Marinova and Julia Carpenter were the only candidates running to be the paper’s editor-in-chief and managing editor, respectively, in a search that was opened up to the student body. The pair’s reinstatement was a reassurance to newspaper staffers who feared the board would be reluctant to rehire those who initiated the walk-out. “It finally feels like we’ve been heard,” Marinova said.
Board vice chairwoman Melita Easters described the meeting with the two editors as “cordial” and said she is pleased that both will be returning to work at the paper. Ed Morales's Response to Red & Black Board Statement. @redandblack. @YasminYonis. Polina Marinova (polina_marinova) sur Twitter. Julia Carpenter (juliaccarpenter) sur Twitter. Redandblack's Profile. Revolution in Georgia: Student Newspaper Goes Digital First.
The Red & Black, one of the largest and most-feted college newspapers in the country, recently dropped a bombshell on its readers and the student journalism community.
In a wraparound section of a special issue published on the first day of the new school year, the University of Georgia student newspaper revealed it will be switching from a daily to a weekly print edition. According to Ed Morales, Red & Black’s editorial adviser, staff are simultaneously rolling out a digital-first workflow and publishing philosophy. The publication’s website will now be the “main arm for delivering the news of UGA to the masses.” In his announcement message on a popular college media advisers’ list-serv, Morales dubbed the whole shebang Red & Black 2.0. To be clear, this is a huge move within college media. As the paper explained on the front page of its introductory wraparound, “Forget everything you’ve ever thought about newspapers, because we’re redefining how it works. National Pacemaker Awards. The National Pacemaker Awards are awards for excellence in American student journalism, given annually since 1927.
The awards are generally considered to be the highest national honors in their field, and are unofficially known as the "Pulitzer Prizes of student journalism. "[1][2][3][4] The National Scholastic Press Association administers the contest for high school programs, while the Associated Collegiate Press administers the college and university contests. Pacemakers are awarded annually at the JEA/NSPA National Conference (for high schools) and the ACP/CMA National College Media Convention (for colleges) in the following categories: Newspaper, Online, Yearbook/Magazine, and Broadcast. Newspaper Pacemakers[edit] ACP, NSPA and the Newspaper Association of America Foundation have co-sponsored the Pacemaker competition since 1961.