Points and Clicks is the administrator’s newsletter for the Intercollegiate Online News Network. The Points are things you should consider to improve your news website. The Clicks are good things that are happening with members of the network. In this issue: Excerpts (summaries); Multimedia editing; Workshops; Questions about JeffersonNet; Welcome to new members; ICONN NewsStream.
ICONN launches the ICONN NewsStream
The ICONN NewsStream, the news service of the Intercollegiate Online News Network, is up and running and providing collegiate journalists with new opportunities to practice and expanding online journalism.
Media law scholar discusses development of the First Amendment
Dwight Teeter, a professor at the University of Tennessee and noted media legal scholar, says the appearance of the First Amendment in the U.S. Constitution was the result of “political expediency” rather than any great expression of legal principle by the nation’s founders. Speaking in a series of videos on the First Amendment for the [...]
Seven good reasons to join ISONN
Why join the Interscholastic Online News Network (ISONN)? Jim Stovall, University of Tennessee journalism professor and ISONN’s executive director, says the main reasons can be summed up in just a few words: ICONN, easy, JeffersonNet, sharing, collaboration, revenue and free. “We’re hoping that teachers will see at least one of the reasons and say, ‘Yes, [...]
Day 2 workshop rescheduled for Monday, Oct. 25
The Going Online Day 2 workshop for Interscholastic Online News Network (ISONN) will be held on Monday, Oct. 25, at the University of Tennessee. The workshop is designed to assist high school journalism teachers take their print publication online or to start news web sites for their journalism students. The workshop will be held in [...]
ICONN NewStream
- Obama speaks at UNC Chapel Hill on college affordability
- Ron Paul supporters rally at Georgia Theatre
- Versatile iPad still dominates tablet-computer market
- CaliforniaAggie: More than 2,000 occupy UC Davis
- CaliforniaAggie: MA surpasses CA in energy-efficiency rating
- TNJN: $50,000 donation to University of Tennessee band
- The Grady Journal: Scan, plant, grow: Technology in the garden
- SFSU: California federal government aims to curb medical marijuana distribution
- Kennesaw Communication: Life after foreclosure
- Kennesaw Communication: Local, organic foods impact health, economy