[AEJMC Newspaper Division list] An apology about the Journalism Resource post

[Reader, Bill]

Chris -- No apologies necessary. It provides a very interesting case study, and I found the sales pitch, the poorly constructed site, and the responses to be mildly entertaining. I, for one, am glad that you shared it; now we can be on guard against that and similar sites of questionable integrity that could harm our collective cause. 

Peace,

Bill R.

On Nov 30, 2011, at 8:39 AM, Roberts, Chris wrote:

> Greetings:
> 
> I made a mistake this week when I allowed that TopjournalismSchools post onto our listserv. The spammer's email lied about creating a site to be a "truly effective Journalism education resource," and I figured it was something that people would want to see it because it mentioned many of our schools. 
> 
> I fell for it. My crap detector wasn't working, and in my haste I didn't run a whois search.
> 
> My apologies for wasting your time. (Feel free to use me as an example in your classes for the "you can't trust the Internet" lecture.)
> 
> Lots of people have commented -- but the listserv apparently did not post many of the messages I approved, which is something we'll look into.
> 
> On the bright side, this is the most traffic our listserv has generated in months. Please use it. My TA and I updated the listserv's address list this month to more closely match our membership roll.
> 
> Meanwhile, keep a good thought as Vice Chair for programming Jin Yang and I go to Louisville, Ky., where we participate in planning the programming for AJEMC 2012 in Chicago. We'll report back once the dust from Saturday's chip auction has settled.
> 
> Chris Roberts
> Division Head, Newspaper and Online News Division, AEJMC
> Assistant professor
> Department of Journalism
> The University of Alabama
> 
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> 
> 
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