Two decades after editing his university newspaper, Jeff Guin looks back on the newsroom as an early laboratory for experimentation, leadership, criticism, and institutional memory. Long before social media gave those instincts a digital form, the experience taught him to study what came before, preserve what mattered, challenge inherited practices, and give a new generation room to make the institution its own. The piece connects journalism training directly to his later approach to digital work.
Tag Archives: Journalism
Posts about journalism practice, newsroom culture, reporting, media leadership, and the relationship between journalism and public-facing heritage communication.
Presentation: Web 2.0 and the new World Wild Web of Journalism
A 2008 journalism keynote arguing that social media was shifting reporters from gatekeepers toward participants in ongoing public conversation. The platforms and “Web 2.0” vocabulary have aged, but the central questions—voice, audience, responsibility, participation, and new forms of gatekeeping—became enduring features of digital media.
Thanks for the Legacy
The first Voices of the Past blog post honors Natchitoches preservation advocate Saidee Newell, whose ability to recognize people’s talents and mobilize them in service of cultural heritage left a lasting local legacy. Written just after a presentation about social media and preservation, the piece connects her curiosity about reaching younger generations with the purpose of the new site: using heritage journalism and emerging media to continue the work of connecting people to preservation.