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Thursday, October 21, 2004

Re: The Reports of My Demise & New Journalism for the "New China"

5:14 PM

I have not posted anything to these pages in almost two weeks. However, I have not been on vacation. I have been deeply involved in two exciting projects that have consumed all of my time outside of the classroom--yes, my teaching schedule is fixed and is not easily altered.

While news from the literary project I have previously alluded to is exceedingly positive, I still cannot make any public announcement upon the process.

I do not have any restrictions regarding the second project. With great pride and joy I can tell you that next week a new weblog will join the Chinese Blogosphere. "WOW: We Observe the World," will be a combination blog and online news magazine produced by the Journalism Department of Beijing Foreign Studies University. The site will not be a place for lyrical prose from wistful Chinese college students. It will be a real news entity written by young adults majoring in journalism. Many of them already have experience working in media.

From the perspective of young Chinese adults, WOW will cover international, national and local news. Real news. It will also feature sections on LifeStyle, Sports, Books, Movies, Music and the Fine Arts. While I am the faculty supervisor for the project, student journalists will produce the content.

Needless to say, WOW is somewhat of a first for Chinese universities and Chinese journalism. My hope is that it will be only the first of many.

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5 Comments:

This sounds very interesting. What will the site's address be?

Matt from METANOIAC!

By Anonymous, at 6:59 PM

It's good to see you're back. I'm looking forward to this new addition to the blogosphere.

Chris Waugh

www.livejournal.com/users/chriswaugh_bj/

By Anonymous, at 9:37 AM

Joseph,

This is incredibly exciting news! I look forward to the student-run site. By the way, in Hong Kong, professors like you are also launching a similar effort. But their focus is on alternative media with an social activist bend and their work is mostly in Chinese. You can see their course wiki here (in English and Chinese) at: http://wiki.heterotopias.org/index.php/MCS_course_for_Lingnan

Some pretty interesting reading materials over there and I am learning lots.

My very best wishes for you, Ellen and your students,
Andrea
t-salon.net

By Andrea, at 2:32 PM

Dear Matt, Chris and Andrea,

Thank you for your kind words of support and enthusiasm for WOW. The response to just the above brief announcement has been incredible. We have already received requests for interviews from mainstream media.

I am reluctant to post the URL at this moment because the site is already "up" but still under going last minute construction. We should be "open" to the public by Monday, or Tuesday at the latest.

Again, thanks to everyone who has responded in one fashion or another to the coming debut of WOW.

All the very best,

Joseph

By Joseph, at 1:00 PM

Can't wait to see WOW. But I also hope you start blogging again soon. Take care.

By richard, at 1:03 AM