Have you “been fed” today? If not, login at YouTube or Facebook to get filled in!

The brainchild of a student/faculty collaboration, “The Feed” is a new video news program on campus that’s broadcast via the web. In the five editions published to date, reporter Lorin Richardson (junior communications major) has interviewed students, faculty and staff on topics including the new front entrance, the campus no-smoking initiative and Sept. 11 memorial activities. Filming occurs on Wednesdays, and the Feed team boasts nearly 400 video views and 150 friends on Facebook.

Assistant professor Michael Scully initiated the project to introduce new media journalism to campus:

“For the last 10 years, the news industry has been attempting to publish news on the Internet in a thoughtful way; and it’s been trying to reach the very fickle and illusive 18- to 25-year-old demographic. As a college professor, I’ve learned that most students are addicted to Facebook and that publishing news inside this media community would help solve both those problems.”

In addition to Ms. Richardson, the current student team includes field producer Michael Hurley and cameraman/editor Phil Yacouby; Professor Ted Delaney provides technical support. If all goes to plan, Professor Scully hopes to launch a full-blown New Media class next spring that will feature 18 students working in teams of three to produce video news packages.

Check out “The Feed” at www.youtube.com/user/thefeedRWU.