Compulsory tech for journalism students

Adam Tinworth
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In a recent edition of This Week in Google (I’m catching up on my podcasts), Jeff Jarvis mentioned that they require journalism students at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism to come in with an Apple laptop and “strongly recommend” that they have an iPhone or Android device as well.

I know that a number of British journalism educators read this (and a number of their victi students do, too), and I’d be really interested to hear if they have a “required technology” list, too and, if not, why not…

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Adam is a lecturer, trainer and writer. He's been a blogger for over 20 years, and a journalist for more than 30. He lectures on audience strategy and engagement at City, University of London.

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Adam is a lecturer, trainer and writer. He's been a blogger for over 20 years, and a journalist for more than 30. He lectures on audience strategy and engagement at City, University of London.