‘Take risks, learn from mistakes,’ says film-maker

Joffé spoke to several hundred students at the University of Navarra on Thursday. Film-maker Roland Joffé has a way of leading people on a mystical meditation to find out who they are and how they will communicate with the world. “The truth is that no one in this room actually knows where we are,” he told about […]

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Your career is an adventure: Be an adventurer

Last week the Department of Communication at the University of Navarra invited 16 alumni with interesting career paths to share their stories with the students.  I attended four of the sessions and heard a similar comment from each of the presenters: I never imagined that I would be doing the things I am doing now […]

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ProPublica pioneers investigative journalism for the digital age

PAMPLONA, Spain — Given all the trash, half-truths and outright lies published on digital media, people are placing a higher value on media that verify information and demonstrate high ethical standards. Paul Steiger, taking questions at U. of Navarra event Paul Steiger, founder and executive chairman of ProPublica, tells of a major donor to his […]

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An exercise on usability puts theory into practice

At the end of a semester-long course in digital journalism, I asked my students at the University of Navarra in Spain to say what they thought was the most interesting or useful part of the course. The survey was anonymous, so I give it some credibility. The question was open-ended. The second-most-mentioned item was a […]

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