Feb 21
Steve Myers writes about a new social media tool called “Seriously Rapid Source Review” (SRSR) which tries to filter out important, legitimate tweets. The software creators came up with 741 words that could likely be used in a newsworthy tweet and made it easy to search with those words. There is a formula in place […]
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Feb 21
John Paton worked in the “Golden Era of journalism” and explains how newspapers and their executives have changed. He goes on to say that he has to learn so many new things this day in age with new technologies, social media and new people in the business. The article describes how the Internet is taking […]
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Feb 16
This is a video I made for my Broadcast Journalism class for the Occupy event in Washington D.C.
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Feb 16
This is a practice exercise for recording with an iPhone.
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Feb 16
Let’s hope we don’t see any more of this!
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Feb 14
Mark Brigg’s Journalism Next talks about how less is more in the blogging world. It is better to have a shorter post that gets straight to the point than a long post that In blogging, be concise.
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Feb 13
Jim Romenesko posted a list of frequently asked questions for Gannett about what journalists can do with their iPhones to further their careers. This is a very interesting topic because of the dynamic, ever-changing technologies of distributing news. Journalists must keep up with the most current and upcoming trends so that they do not get […]
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Feb 13
Jim Romenesko recently compiled two essays reviewing Richard Tofel’s e-essay, “Why American Newspapers Gave Away the Future”. The first review, by Jeff Jarvis, complains that Tofel is wrong for wanting journalism to stay the same. Jarvis thinks that journalism is forever changing and needs to be able to grow. He is upset that Tofel wrote: […]
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Feb 13
The Washington Post newspaper is turning more and more into an online paper. News is released much faster and is instantaneous when released online. People no longer have to wait for the paper to be delivered to their doorstep or go to the store to find out about the news, rather they are able to […]
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