The Convergence Newsletter
From Newsplex at the University of South Carolina
Vol. II No. 1 (July 7, 2004)
Exploring the Meaning
of Media Convergence
The purpose of this newsletter is to provide an editorially neutral forum for discussion of the theoretical and professional meaning of media convergence.
We welcome articles on any topic directly related to media convergence, including academic research or information about convergence experiences in your newsroom. We also welcome information about conferences, publications and related links.
Holly Fisher
Editor
convergence-editor@mailbox.sc.edu
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Feature Articles
Newsletter marks first anniversary
New roles in converged newsrooms
Multiskilled journalists are prepared to tell stories
in many forms
Newsplex announces 2004 technology picks
Five steps to a convergent news lab
Election Connection covers conventions
Newsplex News
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Conference Information
Digital Revolution Conference
Digital Story Master Class
Society of Professional Journalists National Convention
Convergence: The Tour
Convergence for Teams: Visions & Values in Action
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Announcements/News
Writing a book about convergence?
Online newspapers tempt readers
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Newsletter marks first anniversary
One year ago this month The
Convergence Newsletter was introduced
as a new source of information and ideas about the expanding field of
convergent journalism. That first newsletter contained information on the IfraNewsplex
and its Affiliates Program, convergence and diversity, as well as updates on
conferences and seminars.
Since then, the newsletter
has addressed changing roles in newsrooms, reported academic research on
convergence and profiled those who have gone through convergence training at
Newsplex. The Convergence Newsletter
now has more than 500 subscribers, including students, journalists and
educators around the world.
I have to admit when I took
over as editor of the newsletter in January I knew convergence was a trendy
journalism buzzword, but I had to do a great deal of research in order to bring
myself up to speed with developments in the teaching and practice of convergent
journalism.
A newspaper purist, I have
often snubbed my nose at the idea of producing anything that might be
considered broadcast journalism. My experience with this newsletter has made me
change my tune, and I am seeing the value of using pictures, video and the Web
to tell a story.
In May I spent a couple of
days sitting in on a seminar at Newsplex for journalism professors. They were
immersed in new technologies and the concept of doing journalism for print,
broadcast and the Internet.
They soaked up the
information like sponges. I likened them to first-year journalism students
hungry to absorb as much as possible about their craft. We could barely tear
them away from their computers at lunchtime they were so immersed in their work.
Had you walked in uninformed you might have thought a huge story had just
broken in Columbia, S.C.
They scurried about putting
together packages on the State FarmerÕs Market, a colorful place within walking
distance of Newsplex. Using the newsroom rolesÑstorybuilder, newsresourcer,
multiskilled journalist and newsflow editorÑthese experienced journalists and
professors produced story packages that included writing for the Internet with a
video component. They left the seminar excited and eager to share these new
techniques with their students.
I understand how they feel.
I, too, get excited learning new skills that will enable me to share the news
with a larger audience in a variety of media. Even the purists have to realize
technology has changed us. By embracing convergence, we can make journalism
better. We can tell our stories in different ways and bring even more detail,
information and news to our readers, viewers and Internet surfers.
I hope you enjoy reading each
issue of this newsletter and that it contributes to your learning about
convergence and how best to use it in your newsrooms and classrooms. As we
embark on our second year, we will be looking at ways to make this newsletter
even better. Your feedback is valuable, so please feel free to e-mail me with
comments, suggestions and story ideas. As always, we welcome your article
submissions.
Happy converging,
Holly Fisher
Editor
convergence-editor@mailbox.sc.edu
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New roles in converged newsrooms
EditorÕs Note: In this issue we conclude our series looking at the four new roles in a converged newsroom as developed by IfraNewsplex director Kerry Northrup. Over the last three issues, The Convergence Newsletter has looked at the role the storybuilder, the newsresourcer and the newsflow editor have in a newsroom. The storybuilder supervises all aspects of an individual story, coordinating the reporters, photographers, and other personnel assigned to a story in the gathering of information and the distribution of the stories produced across media. The newsresourcer combines writing, editing and news judgment with the best of librarianship and information management to manage the wealth of information coming into the newsroom. The newsflow editor focuses on the content of a story rather than the delivery method. Similar to a managing editor or producer, the newsflow editor makes sure all elements of the story work together to create the best product. Our series wraps up this month looking at the multiskilled journalist.
The most important characteristic of these new roles is that they do not necessarily reflect individuals or specific positions in a newsroom. Rather, each of the four represents a new set of responsibilities and activities in a newsroom. In Newsplex training, individuals are assigned to each role, but, in newsrooms, the roles may overlap across individuals or may be split, with two or more people combining to serve the role.
As you read these articles, please keep in mind that there may be other emerging roles that also should be profiled. If you have identified any other new roles, please let us know so that we can address those in a future edition.
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Multiskilled journalists are prepared to tell
stories in many forms
By Dr. Augie Grant, Associate Professor, College of
Mass Communications and Information Studies, University of South Carolina
The most recognizable new
role in convergent newsrooms is the multiskilled journalist. This term describes reporters who are
skilled at interviewing, collecting audio, video and still images, editing
those images, and writing stories for delivery across multiple media.
By definition, a person who
is assigned to do two or more of these tasks is a multiskilled journalist.
Focusing on these tasks, however, ignores the most important role of the
journalist in a converged environment: To be able to look at a story to
determine what materials need to be gathered for the various media that might
be used to disseminate the story.
Consider everyday situations:
The first one on the scene of any breaking story needs to be able to capture as
much information as possible, including pictures, videos, interviews, etc.Ñwith
the ability to clearly deliver the story right away. Freelancers have long carried
this combination of skills onto the battlefield and into remote regions,
sometimes being a sole witness to a story that can and should be delivered
across media. Even mundane coverage such as routine city council meeting can be
shared more widely if one or more of the reporters attending delivers a roundup
for a radio newscast after (or before!) filing the story for the next dayÕs
Metro section.
The first skill of the
multiskilled journalist is therefore to look at all the opportunities a story
represents for each of the media fed by the journalist. In practice, that means
the ability to identify all of the elements of a story, including interview
sources, photographic subjects, video opportunities, etc.
The next skill is the ability
to tell the story in the appropriate format, ranging from an inverted pyramid
for newspapers to a linear, broadcast narrative. Writing across media may be
one of the most difficult skills to master, but the task is made easier by the
presence of story builders, editors, and others who can help refine the story
for presentation.
Multiskilled journalists must
also have photographic skills, with the ability to capture both still and video
images. This does not mean each reporter must be an authority on photography
and other technical skills, but it does mean that, in the absence of a
photographer, videographer or audio engineer, the multiskilled journalist is
capable of capturing the images and sounds that will help tell the story.
Time is a critical variable
for multiskilled journalists. On the scene of a story, they need to know which
medium needs to be fed firstÑthe Internet, the radio station, the television
broadcast, or the newspaper. ItÕs not unusual for a journalist working for an
organization such as CNN to feed a live television report, record a follow-up
report, rewrite the script for the Web site, and then do a feed for a radio
network, all in the space of an hour or two.
In my experience, the most
exciting part of the roles training we provide at Newsplex is watching
experienced journalists and academics who have just been introduced to
multimedia reporting take on this role, delivering pictures and sound along
with text. The technical skills are absorbed and practiced almost automatically
as focus remains on the story and how to deliver it across each medium.
Few topics in convergent journalism have generated as
much debate as the Òmultiskilled journalist.Ó This position is sometimes
referred to as the Òbackpack journalistÓ and the Òone-man band,Ó with each of these
terms implying that one person can take on the roles formerly filled by two or
more individuals. (Martha Stone and Jane Stevens have shared an interesting
point-counterpoint on this subject in the Online Journalism Review. ÒBackpack
Journalism is here to stayÓ by Stevens at http://www.ojr.org/ojr/workplace/1017771575.php
and ÒThe Backpack Journalist Is a ÔMush of MediocrityÕ" by Stone
at http://www.ojr.org/ojr/workplace/1017771634.php)
There are certainly a few
journalists who are accomplished photographers, but the norm is notÑand will
never beÑa person who has mastered all the skills related to gathering
information. Indeed, many news directors/editors say they do not expect every
journalist to do everything. On the other hand, the norm in converged newsrooms
is likely to be that all journalists will share a basic set of technical skills
to enable them to be more effective in gathering information for distribution
across media when necessary or desirable.
That brings up the issue of
equipment. Electronic newsgathering equipment, from digital cameras to laptop
computers and cell phones is becoming more compact and less expensive, making
it easier to equip all journalists with cameras, recorders, and other tools
that contribute to the process of gathering news. Multiskilled journalists must
know basic equipment operation and composition in order to use this equipment,
but there is not a need for them to be masters of each craft. (It may also be
argued that photographers and audio engineers need basic writing and
interviewing skills as well!)
The lower cost and small size
of the cameras and other equipment used by these ÒbackpackÓ journalists enables
an organization to equip all of their journalists so that breaking news is more
likely to be captured any time, any where. (See the related article on Newsgear
later in this newsletter.)
Again, the primary concept of
the multiskilled journalist is not the mastery of a particular set of skills
but simply the mindset that the information being gathered will be distributed
through a variety of media, with recognition of the individual elements that
must be captured in order to bring the story to the consumer.
From a practical perspective,
there are few job listings today that require all of the skills discussed
above. But when choosing from available candidates, hiring decisions will more
often than not favor reporters who bring additional skills to the newsroom.
ThatÕs perhaps the best reason for making sure our graduates are ready for
converged newsrooms.
The multiskilled journalist
is the most traditional of the four roles in a converged newsroom that are
being explored in this series (http://www.jour.sc.edu/news/convergence/index.html).
Other roles are certain to be identified as converged newsrooms proliferate,
and these four existing roles are certain to change over time. The multiskilled
journalistÑthe eyes, ears, arms, legs and voiceÑremains at the heart of any
conception of converged journalism.
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Newsplex announces 2004 technology picks
Journalists interested in convergence enjoy learning
about how to write for the Web, how to package stories and the benefits of
telling the news across multiple media. But they also enjoy learning about the
ÒtoysÓÑthose gadgets and gizmos that have reporters abandoning the notebooks
and pens of yesterday and taking up the laptops and camera phones of the 21st
century.
Each year Newsplex Director
Kerry Northrup scours the land of technology armed with $10,000 and a desire to
arm a backpack with all the tools a journalist would need to cover a story for
multiple media.
The 2004 Backpack Edition
includes:
*Toshiba Portege M200 Tablet
PC with a full-size keyboard and good battery life, making it a great tool for
the multiskilled journalist.
*Apple iSight Video Conferencing
system makes desktop video conferencing easy for bureaus and source interviews.
*Sony DCR PC330 CameraÕs high
quality captures broadcast quality video and still pictures at newspaper
quality.
*Archos AV320 Video Recorder
is an all-in-one digital media tool used for Web-quality video, print stills
and audio compatible to Mac and PC.
*Nokia 6600 Imaging Phone can
provide audio and video for breaking news as well as low-resolution streaming
video over high speed networks.
*DaKine Pod 1 Urban Backpack is
rugged, stylish and durable, which makes it a great case for everything a
multiskilled journalist wants to tote around.
*Canon BJC-55 Portable
Printer has high-quality printing capabilities and an optional replacement for
the ink cartridge turns it into a scanner.
*Visioneer Strobe XP100
Scanner is extremely portable, allowing reporters to scan documents and image
at the news site.
Also included in this pack is
Serious Magic Visual Communicator Pro, a simple software suite that makes
packaging of news stories easier and less expensive than a full-scale recording
studio.
The entire listÑincluding
descriptions, Web links and pricesÑis available at www.newsplex.org.
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Five steps to a convergent newslab
By Dr. Augie Grant, Associate Professor, College of Mass Communications and Information Studies, University of South Carolina
Since we began publishing
this newsletter a year ago, the most frequent question IÕve received from
faculty is, ÒWhat software and equipment do I need to put in a convergent
newsroom?Ó HereÕs a brief summary of the way I most often answer that question:
1. First
and foremost, make sure more attention is paid to curriculum than to tools. The
underlying philosophy of delivering news across media is much more important
than any specific tool. For example, you can use standard Microsoft products
available in almost every writing lab, ranging from Word and PowerPoint to
Windows Moviemaker to do almost all the jobs that need to be done if you don't
have the resources to equip a lab.
2. The
acquisition tools come next. You have to be able to record still pictures, and
your options range from expensive digital cameras to inexpensive camera phones.
You have to be able to record audio and video, again with options ranging from
simple audio cassette recorders and still cameras to broadcast-quality video
cameras. You need to be able to generate graphicsÑalmost any graphics program
will do, but you have to have one (most people are using Photoshop today
because of its versatility).
3.
Editing tools are next. You need to have a tool to edit pictures
(Photoshop, again). Video can be edited on a range of programs from imovie and
Windows Moviemaker to FinalCut Pro and Avid Newscutter. Your best video editing option is the
tool you are already using in your broadcast news sequence, although it is
easiest to teach the basics of video editing on imovie or Moviemaker. Word is
an adequate text editor, but the newsroom software you are already using in
your broadcast and print newsrooms works as well.
4.
Finally you need to package the content for delivery. Visual
Communicator is the best package for non-broadcasters to use in creating
"broadcast-like" packages, but you should check with your broadcast
faculty first to get them on board. The quality of Visual Communicator is low,
but the output is perfect for the Web. You also need a Web editor, either
Dreamweaver or GoLive, depending upon what is used in the rest of your
operation. (I do not recommend FrontPage or Word for Web page editing.)
The key throughout is to have a clear picture of what
you see as the output of your convergent newsroom, and then make sure the tools
are there to teach the process of gathering, editing, and delivering the
content needed across all the media. In my opinion, enabling students to
experience each part of the process is more important than providing the
highest-quality output to individual media.
This response is based upon
the process of adapting Newsplex training to teaching environments. In my
discussions regarding convergent newslabs around the country, IÕve seen many
other approaches. If you would like to provide a different answer to this
question, we would love to include your thoughts in a future edition of The
Convergence Newsletter. Please email
your thoughts to convergence-editor@mailbox.sc.edu.
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Election Connection covers conventions
By Randy Covington, Director
of Advancement/Instructor, School of Journalism and Mass Communications,
University of South Carolina
Student journalists from around the country this
summer will use photo phones to cover the Democratic and Republican National
Conventions as part of the Election Connection, an innovative project funded by
Cingular Wireless and coordinated by the IfraNewsplex at the University of
South Carolina.
The students will cover official events, protests and
human interest sidebars. Their images and text will be posted to a mobile
weblog at www.RUCingular.com/election.
Cingular is underwriting the cost of the project, including providing stipends
to participating student journalists.
For the Democratic Convention in Boston, the Election
Connection reporting team will include four students from the University of
South Carolina, two students from Emerson College and two students from
Northeastern University.
At the Republican National Convention in New York,
four reporters will come from the Columbia University Graduate School of
Journalism and four others will come from the University of California at
Berkeley.
The work will be overseen by faculty members from the
University of South Carolina School of Journalism and Mass Communications. It
will be edited in Newsplex, a newsroom of the future in Columbia, S.C., that is
jointly operated by the USC journalism school and Ifra, the German-based press
consortium.
To cover the fall presidential election, Cingular
anticipates expanding the program to include other journalism schools, though
details are still tentative.
The Election Connection initiative follows an earlier
partnership among Cingular, TextAmerica, Newsplex and USC. Student reporters
used photo phones to cover the South Democratic Presidential Primary, posting
their pictures and reports to a mobile weblog (http://scprimary.textamerica.com).
For more information, contact Randy Covington at Randy.covington@sc.edu or (803) 777-6898.
Or if you are going to be at the AEJMC Convention in Toronto, stop by the
Newsplex booth.
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By Julie Nichols, IfraNewsplex Projects Director
SteamÕ Ð Summer has arrived in South Carolina with strong sun,
high temperatures and dramatic thunderstorms. Although life on campus has slowed down for the summer, the
Newsplex staff is busy as ever with professional training and preparation for
the upcoming coverage of the Democratic and Republican National Conventions.
The most recent trainees in
residence were participants in IfraÕs Backpack Journalism course. Attending
from the Finnish publishing group Ilta-Sanomat were managing editor Kari
Ylanne, news editors Iina Artima-Kyrki and Timo Paunonen, staff reporter Tuomas
NŠveri, and sports writer Rami Tuisku.
Joining them from London was
Paul Roberts, production operations specialist with BBC Training and
Development, and broadcast news executives Rich OÕDell, president/general
manager, and Mike Garber, news director of WLTX-TV in Columbia, S.C., and
Darren Richards, news director of WFMY-TV in Greensboro, N.C. The seminar
concluded with a special backstage tour of CNN for the broadcast group hosted
by the delightful Marianna Spicer-Brooks, director of news standards and
practices for CNN News Group. Also addressing the group about convergence at
CNN was Manuel Perez and Annic Jobin of CNN.com.
John Stevens,
telecommunications manager for the IT Division at Rhodes University in
Grahamstown, South Africa, visited in June as well. John was on a 45-day tour
of the United States, gathering information on the latest developments in
journalism school technology for use in the design of a new building for the
journalism program at Rhodes.
The Newsplex staff was
delighted to hear that heÕd been directed to Newsplex over and over again during
his travels. We wish him the best of luck with the project, and canÕt wait to
hear about the results.
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Newsplex at the University of South Carolina Web site: http://newsplex.sc.edu
For information about our Academic Affiliates, visit www.newsplex.org/affiliates.shtml
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---------------Conferences
A Conference on The Digital Revolution: The Impact of Digital Media and Information Technologies
Oct. 14-16, 2004
Location: University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C.
The purpose of this conference is to provide a scholarly examination of the attributes and implications of the digital revolution, including discussions of social influences, media practices, integrated information systems, cultural issues, legal implications, information needs and effects upon consumers. A showcase of convergent media practices will run concurrent with the academic conference. Paper presentations will address theoretical and practical examinations of digital photography, video, information archives, telephony, consumer electronics and information infrastructure. The agenda for the conference will be published in the August issue of this newsletter.
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A Showcase of Digital Media and Information Projects and Practices
Oct. 14-16, 2004
Location: University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C.
The purpose of this showcase of digital media and information projects and practices is to provide a venue for scholars and professionals experimenting with digital media and information technologies to demonstrate their systems, processes, experiments and innovations. This showcase is the demonstration component of The Digital Revolution: The Impact of Digital Media and Information Technologies, an academic conference exploring practical, theoretical, phenomenological, critical and/or empirical approaches to digital media and information technologies.
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Digital Story Master Class
July 26-30, 2004
http://www.mediacenter.org/04/Digitalstory/
Reston, Va.
Geared toward online content managers, editors, directors, visual and graphic designers, and senior producers for any Internet site where compelling content is critical to success; traditional print and broadcast journalists who want to learn new ways to communicate with online audiences. Attendees will learn ways to push the creative, journalistic limits of the Internet to serve audiences better and an understanding of the latest trends and state-of-the-art tools in online story-telling and interactive communications.
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Society of Professional Journalists National
Convention
Sept. 9-11
New York City, N.Y.
http://www.spj.org/convention_preses.asp
Convergence 101 is one of the sessions presented as
part of a pre-convention training program Convergence 101 will look at ways to
ground convergence in good journalism and how to plan a multimedia story. The
full convention also will have sessions on convergence, including blogging
tools and a look at the best convergence models in journalism.
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Convergence: The Tour
Oct. 19-22, 2004
http://www.mediacenter.org/04/Convergence/index.cfm
Location: TBA
Visit three of the most fully converged multi-platform newsrooms in the world in this convergence tour hosted by the American Press Institute. Meet executives and rank-and-file staffers who ÒdoÓ convergence, see firsthand what convergence is all about and learn what it takes to build a converged news operation. Attendees will gain a better understanding of the costs and benefits of the various convergence models and of the nuts and bolts of structuring a convergence partnership. Tuition is $2,100 or $1,890 if you register by the Aug. 19 early-bird deadline.
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Convergence for Teams: Visions & Values in Action
http://www.poynter.org/seminar/seminar_view.asp?int_seminarID=3128
Oct. 24-29, 2004
St. Petersburg, Fla.
A Poynter Institute program
Companies are eager to build and discover ways to share their journalism on television, radio, in newspapers and on the Web. But many fear they will damage their core values or water down their reputation for excellence. Converged newsrooms need a practical plan that will help them strengthen their journalism, maintain their standards and reach more people. You will see the plans and best practices of other converged newsroom around the country. As a team, you will evaluate your own convergence efforts and make specific plans to move forward and you will get feedback from your newsrooms about what is working and what needs work in your convergence plan. You also will explore the ethics and leadership issues that arise when newsrooms converge.
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---------------Announcements/News
Writing a book about convergence?
The Convergence Newsletter will be publishing an
article in the August issue about books that address the subject of
convergence. If you have written or are in the process of writing a book about
convergence and would like The Convergence Newsletter to feature your book,
contact Holly Fisher, editor, at convergence-editor@mailbox.sc.edu.
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Online newspapers tempt readers
Source: BBC News (http://news.bbc.co.uk)
By Peter Feuilherade (June 1, 2004)
The number of newspaper
websites around the world has doubled since 1999, a study has found.
There has been a tremendous
boom in the consumption of online editions.
Timothy Balding, director
general of World Association of Newspapers said web audiences for newspapers
have grown by 350% over the last five years.
He was addressing editors and
executives from hundreds of newspapers who are meeting for the society's annual
congress in Istanbul this week.
The rapid growth of broadband
in many countries means people are spending less of their leisure time watching
television, preferring to surf the web instead.
This led to more visits to
newspaper web sites, according to research by the World Association of
Newspapers and ZenithOptimedia presented at the Istanbul gathering.
Read the full story at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3767267.stm
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---------------Interesting Links
Power Users Ð The National Association of Newspapers released a
2004 follow up to its 2002 profile of online newspaper consumers. This study
looks at the strength of the audience and explains shifting habits in a
broadband world. Working with MORI Research, ÒPower Users 2004Ó reveals that
Internet operations should determine new ways to address users' interest in
utility services, breaking news and shopping options. Read the executive
summary at http://www.digitaledge.org/download/Power_Users_2004_summary.pdf
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Pop pop fizz fizz Ð Originally from Ohio, I spent 22 years referring to
carbonated beverages as Òpop.Ó Then I moved to West Texas and discovered ÒpopÓ
is your dad and fizzy drinks are ÒCoke,Ó regardless of whether youÕre drinking
Coke, Pepsi or Sprite. Then I moved to South Carolina where ÒCokeÓ or ÒsodaÓ is
the term of choice. How does this relate to convergence? IÕm not sure that it
does except to illustrate a neat example of how to use the Internet to tell a
story. For example, East Central University has a great map that breaks down
what each county in each state says when it wants a cold drink, located at http://www.popvssoda.com/countystats/total-county.html.
(Thanks to www.cyberjournalist.net
for the tip.)
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The Convergence Newsletter is free and published by The Center for Mass Communications Research at the University of South Carolina, College of Mass Communications and Information Studies. It may be redistributed in any form Ð print or electronic Ð without edits or deletion of any content.
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