Razorback Reporter Blog Features Student Work
By Dru Glaze
Lemke Ledger Staff
The Lemke Journalism Department is working to create a new curriculum for multimedia. Though the new curriculum has not yet been completed, the department has started to incorporate more multimedia.
UA professor Bret Schulte said that by adapting to the change it places the UA ahead of the curve among journalism departments.
Since joining the department in August, Schulte saw a need for a multimedia outlet.
“I saw a lot of students were not making the most of The Traveler,” Schulte said.
Since then he has been working to create a Web site to use as a platform for student works. The site, which will eventually be housed at http://www.razorbackreporter.com, is currently at http://therazorbackreporter.blogspot.com until the site is up and fully working. Schulte hopes to have the real site up and running by summer.
“The Web delivers news in multiple platforms, and now we can do the same thing here in our department,” Schulte said.
“Our students do great work,” he added.
He expressed that student work usually never makes it past a teacher’s desk. Schulte wants the world to see what the students are producing.
The Razorback Reporter is a place to hold all student work. Schulte wants works from all tracks of the degree program: AD/PR, Broadcast and News/Editorial.
Students have been able to publish their works with UATV, The Traveler and other outlets on campus in the past. The Razorback Reporter gives students across the board another outlet to publish their work.
“Getting published is why you do journalism,” Schulte said.
Any student in the department is welcome to publish on the site. The site can hold news and feature stories along with slideshows and various broadcasts.
“It’s a rush finding, writing and showing the world your stories, and I want our students to feel that adrenaline,” Schulte said.
Several students have already taken advantage of publishing their works on the site.
The name for the site was created in hopes of gaining more hits. When people search places like Google for "Razorbacks," the site will come up and people can see what it’s about.
The site also acts as a way to teach students accountability.
“Faculty can’t check everything,” Schulte said. "People can see for themselves and see if it’s correct.”
Schulte hopes the site will become an important tool for the multimedia courses that are currently being developed for the department.