Prof KRG

A practical resource for student journalists.

Lessons from #EditorTherapy on Attracting Advertisers

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I’ve never heard of the student media outlet that sells so much advertising that it just has too much money. Instead, most student media officials say their pubs produce less advertising revenue than ever before and the amount seems to decrease annually. The need for more revenue is the reason I invited my friend, Piper Jackson-Sevy, to be a … [Read more...]

February #EditorTherapy Schedule

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I've been a little lax with the #EditorTherapy schedule since the beginning of the year, mostly because there's just been so much going on. We've had an abundance of breaking news on college campuses of the level that it's also receiving national news coverage. That's a complex way of saying that student media have covered some huge stories in … [Read more...]

Why We’re So Worried and How to Combat It

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Will I wake up early enough tomorrow to go fill up my car before work? I can't forget that I also need to get my allergy shot before my morning class. How on earth am I going to meet all of these deadlines? Will my kids get sick again when they're already so far behind at school? How can I keep from getting sick myself? Am I already … [Read more...]

Why You Should Abandon Good and Bad

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I’ve decided that 2018 will be the year that I abandon the false dichotomy of good and bad, and I want you to join me. I decided that rating things either “good” or “bad” was illogical after listening to Heather Lanier's TED Talk, "'Good' and 'bad' are incomplete stories we tell ourselves." Lanier begins her talk with a 2,000-year-old Taoist … [Read more...]