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The End of an Apathetic Era

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ September 17, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Ever since the stampede of excited young voters turned out on caucus day in Iowa, I’ve been convinced that this election will be the one that delivers on the elusive promises of youth turnout and marks the arrival of a new generation. Whether it’s attributable to the intolerable state of American domestic and international affairs, [...]

E&P: News Orgs Should Capitalize on Young Voter Enthusiasm

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ September 9, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

A new study from Medill’s Media Management Center details recommendations to news organizations on how to harness enthusiasm for the presedential election into loyal young news consumers. I weigh in, and also talk with The Nation’s Ari Melber and Congressional Quarterly’s Andrew Satter.
“The thing that stood out most to me in the study was the [...]

Post-Convention Wrap Up: Our Responsibility to Help Barack Achieve His Vision

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ August 30, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

When I watched Obama’s keynote address at the 2004 convention from my then-apartment in Chicago, tears streaming down my face because someone had finally articulated what it should mean to be an American citizen, like everyone else I thought: “This guy should be President.” To be sitting four years later at his electrifying acceptance speech [...]

E&P: The Pew Study Doesn’t Tell Whole Story on Young Readers

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ August 25, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

In today’s Editor & Publisher I argue that younger readers are spending less time on news sites because of social networking, mobile-dependency and an affinity for Colbert-style news.
“Defenders of the millennial generation’s civic engagement had some explaining to do last week after a recent Pew study indicated that a third of us don’t seek out [...]

Today’s E&P: Young Journos and The Social Contract 2.0

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ August 18, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Forgive my lengthy absence; I was out of town at my ten year high school reunion!
In this week’s Editor & Publisher column I discuss the murky intersection of journalism with activist bloggers and social networks.
For better or worse, journalism is inherently fused with technological evolution and this alignment will have redefining implications for young journalists. [...]

E&P: Do Young Journos Have a Future? And Will It Be Dumb?

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ August 11, 2008 ⋅ One comment

This week’s edition is up. Remember, you can’t leave comments on the Editor & Publisher site yet, but you can leave them here or email me.
It’s baffling how many journalists, who comb through countless angles to produce a thoughtful story, are actually one-trick ponies. Of course, there’s a reason why Scarlett Johanssen’s CD of Tom [...]

Responses to -31- Debut

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ August 5, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

-31- began with a bang this week and I hope the conversation will continue as the project grows. As noted in this Poynter emedia tidbit, we won’t be able to have comments on the entries until the fall when Editor & Publisher adds some blogging functionality, but we’ll work around it until then.
I did receive [...]

Save the Crossword Puzzle!

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ July 24, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

That’s all we ever heard several years ago when I was the opinion page editor of the UCLA Daily Bruin after we redesigned the student newspaper: “I can’t do the crossword puzzle during class anymore!” (Is zoning out on a lecturer really as deplorable if you replace it with an intellectual undertaking? There’s a conundrum.)
Fortunately [...]