For 2.7 Class

Why the Car of the Future Will Be Powered by … Gasoline

At Under $19K for a Nissan Leaf, Does the Math on Electric Cars Finally Add Up?

Electric-Vehicle Acid Test

What Would Make an All-Electric Vehicle Appeal to the Masses?

More Lessons to Consider

About the TIME cover story The High Cost of Care:

“What I learned in doing the piece,” [Steven Brill] says, “is what I always tell my journalism students: opinions and policy debates are boring and meaningless without looking at the facts, without doing the grunt work of real reporting.”

“The Reality of Earning Money Online” from The Simple Dollar:

The only way to make money consistently online is to produce a lot of content on a very consistent basis.

AdAge Q&A with Josh Tyrangiel:

“We hire for talent and for temperament.”

For 4.5 Class

Folks:

Please read (or in one case, watch) the posts below before class on Thursday, 4/5. Also, prior to class, create a quick blog post listing your personal “Top 5 Career Lessons” taken from these sources. You don’t need to expand on the ideas in your post (a simple list of 5 sentences is OK), but be ready to defend your choices, which we’ll discuss in class on Thursday.

How to Get a Real Education. Sorry! Link doesn’t work. But if you Google “How to Get a Real Education,” a Wall Street Journal story dated April 9, 2011, should pop up. If it does, give the story and read.

Columbia Journalism School Henry Pringle Lecture: Nate Silver

LinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman: How to Build Your Career in the Networked Economy

About Presentations on Bloggers

In class today, we’re going to nail down the subjects for each student’s first in-class presentation. From now and until you give your presentation (and hopefully afterward as well), I want you to keep up regularly with what your presentation subject posts. Read the site daily, and if you miss a day, go back and read what you missed.

Let’s Talk About Twitter

Is Twitter full of too many jokes?

Is Twitter too unhinged?

Is Twitter reflective of public opinion?

Do you love or hate Twitter? Or do you love and hate it at the same time?

Are these Twitter guidelines helpful?

Possible Options for Class Presentations on Bloggers

Hi Folks! Take a look at these news sites. They’re examples of the kinds of bloggers I’d like you to cover in your second class presentation.

Let’s Listen to an NPR Story

Why Buying a Car Is So Awful

For Class 2.27

After PBR: Will the Next Great Hipster Beer Please Stand Up?

Snowboarding May Have Reached Its Peak

About First Class Presentations

For the first class presentation, each student will cover a news (or at least “newsy”) online publication. You should create a post on your blog to guide us through your presentation, and include at least three links in the post.

Suggested Headlines

For Julia:
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade gives UMass Marching Band their Big Break in the Big Apple
The Big Apple Welcomes the Minutemen Band
Millions Will Be Watching: Will UMass Deliver?
No rain on their parade: Minutemen Band marches to New York City for Macy’s Thanksgiving spectacle
UMass marching band in the big time for the first time: Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

For Jackie:
Zippity Do “Car”
UMass Students can zip away with a Zipcar, but do they?
Zipping Around With ZipCar
Rental car system zips into UMass – but has it caught on with students?
Everything you need to know about Zipcar

For Taylor:
Intramurals Go Extramural With UMass’s Pick Six
Intramural Team Steps up to Competition
UMass Amherst’s Undefeated (Flag) Football Team
Pick Six picks away at the competition: UMass recreational flag football team takes on national championship
UMass intramural football team poised for championship: this year’s score: 359 to 0

For Ben:
No Religion? No Problem
Will Secular Safe Zones Make UMass a Safer Place for Students?
Secular Safe Zone Helps the Non-religious
An Area for Freedom of Non-Religion
Giving secular students safe zones of their own

For Jake:
Amherst’s Best Kept Secret: Harp’s Karaoke Community
Karaoke Night Has Become a Hobby for Regulars
An Unusual Hobby: Sober Karaoke Singing
Karaoke Culture
Karaoke tsunami: how this Japanese entertainment has swept the nation and the world

For Jason:
YCMP: Why It’s Making Me Plea
UMass Meal Plans: Enough Bang for Your Buck?
What Your Meal Swipe is Really Paying For
Is your meal plan a deal for you … or a steal for your university?
UMass Dining: award winning, but worth the cost?