Tag: Columbia
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On the first day of film school at NYU…
…one department head or another asked the 140 freshman wanna-be Spielbergs/Godards/Raimis* in the room to raise their hand if they wanted to be a Director. Many, including me, raised our hands. The faculty response: “You’ll be lucky if four of you make it.” (I’m paraphrasing. This happened in 1994.) When I talk to journalism students,…
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NYC24 Free Speech Online Wiki
A Columbia University new media class is looking for editors for a wiki about free online speech and the law. Specifically, it’s about bloggers getting sued, so if you’ve got the recent law chops, chime in and help these students demonstrate what a wiki NYC24 Free Speech Online Wiki