"New Media Journalism": Master's degree awarded
The first graduates of the international continuing education program «New Media Journalism» received their master’s degrees on May 5, 2011.
The part-time 4-semester course is supported by the Leipzig School of Media/University of Leipzig, the Academy of Journalism (Hamburg), the Board of Trustees for Journalism Education (Salzburg) and the Maz, where the second course is currently underway. A third course is due to start in October 2011.
The graduates of the Master of Arts in New Media Journalism and their Master's topics:
Jan Derrer: Use and distribution of moving image and "multimedia" content. Using the example of four Swiss-German news portals
Roman Huber: Journalism is not everything. Reflections on ad-financed business models of news websites with the inclusion of entertainment offerings
Christian Liechti: Intensifying local (media) communication with new media. Supporting the introduction of the BZ community forum
Bettina Ramseier: Traditional television - a discontinued model. Studies on the use of moving images by Swiss young people and the consequences for traditional television
Samuel Reber: Paid content - who should pay for it?
Alexandra Stark: Journalism reloaded - what journalists need to learn for the future
Miriam Sulaiman: From gatekeeper to news guide - opportunities and risks of journalistic social media activities
Benjamin Wagener: Online first versus money first. Cross-media strategies of regional media companies
Tobias Wehr: Is it worthwhile for a media publisher to get into gaming? An investigation based on the case of Tamedia AG
Ilsabe Weinfurtner: The special interest platform Fussball.Passau: Who makes it, what it can do and the question of whether it works as a model for other topic platforms in local public life.
