Student news, I've always believed, is news in its purest. When I remember flipping through my campus daily in the dining hall before class, I remember thinking that most of what was on newsprint felt relevant to me. I knew the sources in stories and recognized the buildings in the photographs.
The same way that small town newspapers chronicle the history of a community, student journalists amplify the voice of a generation. When there's a protest on campus or reactions to world events, reporters from campus newspapers and magazines are often the first to cover it. When it comes to capturing the zeitgeist of America's youth, student bloggers are inevitably the best.
With the launch of our newest vertical, HuffPost wants to provide student journalists with a national stage to showcase their work. We've been partnering with campus daily newspapers and recruiting the best bloggers on college issues. But we also want to produce original news stories with our tested citizen journalism model.
Here's how it will work.
We're putting out a call for applications to join our citizen journalism unit. Specifically, we'll be bringing about 30 students, both photojournalists and videographers, to cover college issues for us. There will be weekly assignments, training events, crowdsourcing projects, and most importantly, daily access to HuffPost editors.
If you're interested in applying, just click JOIN NOW below. Tell us why you'd like to be a part of HuffPost's citizen journalism team. Applications will be due by at 5pm, Friday, February 26th.
Again, student news is news in its purest. And reporters on campus will soon be reporters on the streets. You are the future of the news.
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On a related note, please consider posting to this section of HuffPo the article previewed and linked to below. The article adapts and expands on my February 6, 2010 guest-entry on popular blog Zero Hedge. An excerpt from the article has been noted approvingly by Rolling Stone reporter Matt Taibbi.
My guest-entry on Zero Hedge:
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/guest-post-jobs-plan-wed-get-if-leading-innovation-scholars-and-growth-economists-werent-bei
Matt Taibbi's approving note (i.e., "call out"):
http://trueslant.com/matttaibbi/2010/02/17/feeling-low/comment-page-2/#comment-7336
The title of the article:
Catalyze the Creation of Many Jobs in the U.S.? End the Reign of America's Kleptobankers? The Fledgling Customized-Education Industry is the Best Bet to Do Both, Findings of Top Researchers Indicate.
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Among the researchers: Clayton Christensen, Paul Romer, Paul Krugman and Mancur Olson.
The full text of the article:
http://www.opportunitv.com/2010/02/17/canonical-findings-top-researchers-customized-education-catalyzing-creation-of-many-jobs-ending-reign-of-kleptobankers/
About me:
I have developed a business plan for establishing online markets that provide people with new and improved ways to customize education, and to showcase and earn money from expertise. The plan has been praised by analysts at Microsoft, Amazon.com and top venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson. The plan is adapted and expanded on at OpportuniTV.com.
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Best regards,
Frank Ruscica