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Entries from February 25th, 2011

Briggs Summary – Chapter 6

February 25th, 2011 · Comments Off on Briggs Summary – Chapter 6 · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

Visual storytelling with photographs The digital age has allowed photography to transform into a craft that used to be reserved for professional photographers only. Now that film is not the primary medium for capturing images, memory cards and advanced point-and-shoot cameras allow anyone to play the role of photographer. Some of the benefits of digital […]

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Briggs Review 6: Photojournalism

February 25th, 2011 · Comments Off on Briggs Review 6: Photojournalism · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

Just the same way that anyone can be a journalist, anyone can be a photojournalist (just take a look at Flickr). You just need to be at the right place at the right time with either a camera or a cameraphone. But news is different things to different people, so any picture could potentially be […]

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MediaShift: How to Integrate Social Tools into the Journalism Classroom

February 25th, 2011 · Comments Off on MediaShift: How to Integrate Social Tools into the Journalism Classroom · Comm361, Facebook, social media, Storify, Student Blog Posts

This couldn’t be a better article for the relevance of this Comm. 361 Online Journalism class. This article gives an excellent overview of some innovative websites that can be used for classes dealing with journalism. MediaShift is a website which tracks how social media, weblogs, podcasting, citizen journalism, wikis, news aggregators and online video are changing […]

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Chapter 6: Visual Storytelling with Photographs

February 24th, 2011 · Comments Off on Chapter 6: Visual Storytelling with Photographs · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

“Journalism without photographs is like writing without verbs,” Mark Briggs said. Photographs are important in journalism, and in all other aspects, because they are able to expand on a story in a way that words cannot. In order to fully express an idea, journalists must understand how to capture the perfect image. When possible, shoot […]

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Tech Blog – Live Blogging

February 24th, 2011 · Comments Off on Tech Blog – Live Blogging · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

In my summary of the fifth Briggs chapter, I mentioned how my friend Brian Chan did live blogs of sporting events at UNC Charlotte (he also did them in the past for Mason). Alas, via the trackback he saw my comment about his lame jokes and got ticked off. There is a downside to linking to […]

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Video Conference: Governor George Allen

February 24th, 2011 · Comments Off on Video Conference: Governor George Allen · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

“If the French can do it, so can Americans” Our video conference with Governor George Allen was a great experience. Former Senator George Allen (R-VA) Governor Allen stressed the importance of, “do not spend what you don’t have.” “Defense wins championships” Campaigning and advancing ideas is how we can get this country back to work. […]

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Briggs 6

February 24th, 2011 · Comments Off on Briggs 6 · briggs, Comm361, online journalism, Student Blog Posts

Visual Storytelling with Photographs Even if you don’t have aspirations of becoming an artist with a camera, as a journalist you should understand how digital photography works. Journalism without photographs is like writing without verbs. More time leads to better photos. If you want to improve your photography skills, the first step is to find […]

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Briggs Chapter 5

February 24th, 2011 · Comments Off on Briggs Chapter 5 · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

Going Mobile: Mobile reporting. “According to an article in the Daily Telegraph, a London newspaper, children in the United Kingdom get their first mobile phones at age 8″ said Briggs. Anyone one the ground can technically become a reporter at any given time that something newsworthy breaks out in front of them. A child could […]

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‘Journalism Next’ by Mark Briggs: Chapter 6 summary

February 24th, 2011 · Comments Off on ‘Journalism Next’ by Mark Briggs: Chapter 6 summary · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

Summary: Digital photography is crucial for journalists… Learn the basics. Digital photography: Digital cameras are much less limiting than film cameras A megapixel represents one million pixels. The higher the megapixel the tighter you can crop in on an image and the bigger you can make the photograph without getting all those visible squares The […]

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Briggs Ch. 6

February 24th, 2011 · Comments Off on Briggs Ch. 6 · briggs, Comm361, Student Blog Posts

The adage that a picture’s worth a thousand words has, alas, proven untrue whenever I try to submit a 1250-word paper to a professor with just a photograph and three paragraphs. But when it comes to online writing, not including pictures is a capital offense (and I’ll plead guilty to occasionally committing the crime). A […]

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