Ever wonder where the ideas come from for the many stories we write throughout the year? Well, as you might expect, our sources are many. Faculty, staff and students sometimes approach us with story ideas. A caveat: We are paid not for the stories we write but for the stories we don’t write. That old more »
Categories: Campus life, Inside N&E, News hits, Podcasts 3 Comments
In typical Rochester fashion, “summer” struck unexpectedly a couple weeks ago. (I missed it, but where I was at the time—Philadelphia, for the Eastern Communication Association conference—it was even hotter.) Just as quickly, however, the warm days were replaced by more “seasonal” weather. Even so, RIT walkers, joggers and bicyclists have emerged from winter hibernation more »
Categories: Campus life 2 Comments
Dr. Richard Santana, associate professor and chair of English, recently stopped by Studio 86 to discuss his new book, Religion and Popular Culture: Rescripting the Sacred, with Will Dube and me. The book, co-written with Gregory Erickson of New York University, explores expressions of religion and morality in popular culture and their impact on the more »
Categories: Podcasts Comments OffLast time, I described the transmogrification of this blog (and this blogger) over the past few years and promised updates about early contributors Silandara, Becca, Pete and Brandon: Since leaving RIT in 2006, The Tiger Beat Blog founder Joanna Bartlett-Gustina has been working as a freelance copywriter and designer of brochures, direct-mail pieces, newsletters and more »
Categories: Blogging 3 CommentsWhere were you on Dec. 22, 2004? Though only a little more than four years ago, it’s a lifetime ago for The Tiger Beat Blog. At 4:41 p.m. on that day, this blog came roaring to life when Joanna Bartlett-Gustina (many remember her as “Silandara”) clicked “publish,” creating the first post. (Though perhaps it would more »
Categories: Blogging 2 CommentsWhether you know it or not, you’ve been “tweeted.” One hundred times. By us. Now, before you lodge a formal complaint with the Center for Student Conflict, you should know that to be on the receiving end of a “tweet” isn’t necessarily a bad thing. A “tweet” is a short message sent via Twitter, a more »
Categories: Blogging, Podcasts, PR musings 7 Comments