Leading the way

New J school dean’s career has put him at the leading edge of media change

Rick Alloway and Charlyne Berens sat down with the college’s new dean, Gary Kebbel, in May, to explore both the past and the future of both media and journalism education in general and of Kebbel’s career in particular. This is

A Way Forward: Solving the Challenges of the News Frontier

Big ideas are floated at NYC conference sponsored by the Carnegie-Knight Initiative on the Future of Journalism Education

By CHARLYNE BERENS

Ideas? Oh, yes! Firm answers? Not so much.

Panelists and speakers at the Feb. 12 conference at the Paley Center in New York City brought innovative ideas and thoughtful speculation to bear on…

By Kaitlin Arntz
J Alumni News staff

Lois Olson’s excitement was unmistakable. The professional photographer paid rapt attention as Joseph Knecht discussed how he successfully started his own business.

“Can we film you?” she asked jokingly.

The “Creative Thinking…

Buffett encourages publishers to challenge traditional assumptions

Howard W. Buffett, policy adviser with the Domestic Policy Council at the White House and grandson of the legendary investor, Warren Buffett, was the keynote speaker at the April 2010 Nebraska Press Association convention in Kearney.