2008 Woodie Awards
Collegiate Readership Program sees funding renewal for '07-'08
Steven Hoffman and Elizabeth Rapalee
Issue date: 9/7/07 Section: Campus
Charles Stevens, lecturer in both the international studies and American studies departments, believes links to outside information are only beneficial to those on campus.
"As citizens of a supposedly free democracy… I just don't think we have the luxury of not being informed," he said. "Not even in the 'Miami bubble.'"
First-year student Ginny Walters said a strong benefit of the program is having something extra to read around campus.
"It gives me something to read that's not assigned, that's not some sort of scholarly literature," Walters said. "I'm not a journalism or economics major, but I still want to know about the world. It's relaxation reading."
Despite the variety of ways students get their news, including increasing numbers of students reading papers online, many still see this program as relevant-as it gives a tangible piece of news to hold.
"I get a lot of my news online," said sophomore Stephanie LaCava. "But it's still really nice to be able to look over the headlines while I eat my Lucky Charms."
According to the USA Today education Web site, since its development in 1997 by Pennsylvania State University, the Collegiate Readership Program has expanded to include 400 higher learning institutions nationwide. Miami implemented the program in 1999.
"As citizens of a supposedly free democracy… I just don't think we have the luxury of not being informed," he said. "Not even in the 'Miami bubble.'"
First-year student Ginny Walters said a strong benefit of the program is having something extra to read around campus.
"It gives me something to read that's not assigned, that's not some sort of scholarly literature," Walters said. "I'm not a journalism or economics major, but I still want to know about the world. It's relaxation reading."
Despite the variety of ways students get their news, including increasing numbers of students reading papers online, many still see this program as relevant-as it gives a tangible piece of news to hold.
"I get a lot of my news online," said sophomore Stephanie LaCava. "But it's still really nice to be able to look over the headlines while I eat my Lucky Charms."
According to the USA Today education Web site, since its development in 1997 by Pennsylvania State University, the Collegiate Readership Program has expanded to include 400 higher learning institutions nationwide. Miami implemented the program in 1999.
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anonymous
posted 2/01/08 @ 5:22 PM EST
Gannet has a USA Today Collegiate Readership Program that has been cleverly marketed to colleges and universities across the country as a way to enlighten our students and improve the journalism skills of the campus newspaper writers. (Continued…)
anonymous
posted 2/16/08 @ 10:21 PM EST
If your school is approached by the Gannett/USA Today Collegiate Readership Program, I hope that you will consider this: They want to steal your college newspaper advertisers and financially beat your college newspaper down by drastically reducing your ad revenue so that they can take over your college newspaper and promote their corporate ideology. (Continued…)
anonymous
posted 2/17/08 @ 2:35 PM EST
Now Quadrantone is piling on to ensure that college newspapers will struggle to maintain their independence and editorial freedom
If your school is approached by the Gannett/USA Today Collegiate Readership Program, I hope that you will consider this: They want to steal your college newspaper advertisers! They will financially beat your college newspaper down by drastically reducing your ad revenue so that they can either take over your college newspaper if it has potential for profit or simply put it out of business. (Continued…)
steve croft
posted 2/19/08 @ 7:33 AM EST
The comments of "anonymous" are accurate and reflect the true motivation of Gannett and the large newspaper corporations
A. Rooney
posted 3/08/08 @ 12:01 PM EST
USA Today and other Newspaper conglomerate Collegiate Readership Programs have flatly denied in print articles that they want to steal your college newspaper readers. (Continued…)
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