CampusJ

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CampusJ Jewish Collegiate News was a website covering Jewish news on college and university campuses with a network of student journalists. CampusJ was launched in February, 2005 by editor and publisher Steven I. Weiss of Canonist. The last posting was dated May 20, 2007. By 2008 the site appeared defunct, and many of the sections had no new content for months.

Contents 1 Student writing staff 2 Syndication 3 Big stories 4 References 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Student writing staff

CampusJ's staff of student reporters covered the Jewish news on thirty or more campuses, including American University, George Washington University, McGill, Northwestern, Rutgers and Washington University, by reporting for campus-specific school homepages (blogs).

[edit] Syndication

A portion of CampusJ's content was syndicated by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.^[1]

[edit] Big stories

In the spring of 2005, CampusJ broke the story that The New York Times had negotiated a deal with Columbia University administrators to exclude student response in an article on academic bias in exchange for exclusive access to a report.^[2]

[edit] References

1. ^ A google news search that brings up several CampusJ articles syndicated by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
2. ^ Jewish Press article

[edit] See also

• J-Blogosphere

[edit] External links

• "Colleges Connect Online" The Forward, March 12, 2007.
• "Choosing the Right College — Tips for Jewish Students and Parents" The Jewish Press, December 6, 2006.
• "CampusJ — J is for Jewish" The Commentator, Yeshiva University, April 18, 2005.
• "Preparing Today's Student Journalists for Tomorrow's Journalism" The Jewish Press, March 2, 2005.
• CampusJ