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Entries from March 31st, 2011

Guest Speaker: BJ Koubaroulis

March 31st, 2011 · Comments Off on Guest Speaker: BJ Koubaroulis · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

BJ Koubaroulis, founder of Synthesis Media Productions, visited our class on March 31 to discuss the importance of video to enhance journalistic stories. Koubaroulis graduated from George Mason University in 2004 and eventually became a sports writer for The Washington Post. He emphasized that he fell in love with following high school level sports as […]

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B.J. Koubaroulis visit

March 31st, 2011 · Comments Off on B.J. Koubaroulis visit · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

Like most up-and-coming sports journalists, B.J. wanted to cover the biggest and best pro sports teams. But after covering high school sports, he fell in love with it because HS sports offers “the most access and the most real people.” Video has been a life-changing experience for him; one guy wih a camera can make […]

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3/31/11 BJ

March 31st, 2011 · Comments Off on 3/31/11 BJ · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

BJ Koubaroulis Notes! BJ gave advice to start at small paper a weekly paper to do an internship, you’ll learn much more when you are not in a huge company, and you can get more hands on and one on one experience. The Washington Post is too big of a company to be able to […]

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Guest speaker: BJ Koubaroulis

March 31st, 2011 · Comments Off on Guest speaker: BJ Koubaroulis · Comm361, Student Blog Posts, video

BJ Koubaroulis, former Mason student, wrote for Washington Post in the past, but now is the CEO of Synthesis Multimedia Productions/Koubaroulis LLC. He always wanted be a sports writer. He started covering local sports and started enjoying it. He got his learning experiences in small newspapers, he actually didn’t learn as much when he got […]

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Guest speaker: BJ Koubaroulis

March 31st, 2011 · Comments Off on Guest speaker: BJ Koubaroulis · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

BJ Koubaroulis, George Mason University graduate in ’04, began writing high school level sports, getting the most access and “real people” who enjoy doing what they’re doing. He had an early recommendation for us young journalism students: Work at a small place early to get learning experience and make mistakes. By doing so, you’ll gain […]

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Tech Blog #12: Guest Speaker B.J. Koubaroulis

March 31st, 2011 · Comments Off on Tech Blog #12: Guest Speaker B.J. Koubaroulis · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

Former George Mason University Communications major B.J. Koubaroulis spoke to our class today about video techniques and how video can really enhance the story you are trying to tell. Visit his personal Twitter account here and check out his blog here. Koubaroulis reccommends starting out small after you graduate and working in a place that […]

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BJ Koubaroulis

March 31st, 2011 · Comments Off on BJ Koubaroulis · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

This is pretty rad. He is a fellow grad from mason and covered high school sports after that. How will you differentiate yourself from the people next to you? Give them something they need! He started a video production company … Continue reading

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Lecture by B.J. Koubaroulis from The Washington Post

March 31st, 2011 · Comments Off on Lecture by B.J. Koubaroulis from The Washington Post · Comm361, multimedia, Student Blog Posts

Mason Alum! It’s not just basketball; B.J. Koubaroulis is continuing to make the Patriots look good! “A Washington Post sports writer/producer and CEO of Synthesis Multimedia Productions/Koubaroulis LLC,” Koubaroulis’ twitter biography defines him. His Twitter His blog His Facebook Synthesis Multimedia Productions He gradated GMU in 2004, “Like everyone, you expect to be covering the Yankees, and then […]

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Guest Speaker: BJ Koubaroulis

March 31st, 2011 · Comments Off on Guest Speaker: BJ Koubaroulis · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

Work at a small local newspaper, either weekly or daily, to get the experience and advice from people who have been doing the things you want to do. Now-a-days with media, media companies want to hire people that can do the job of 5 other people. If your not going to change, you are going […]

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Technology Inside Touchscreen

March 31st, 2011 · Comments Off on Technology Inside Touchscreen · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

We are in a big hype of touchscreen. Touchscreen not only eliminates moving parts in electronics, but also opens up unlimited possibilities for more intuitive interface. With rising of touchscreen technology, therefore, many electronics manufacturers have begun implementing it in exhaustive lists of new products. Consumers like them too, as they convince you that you’re in charge of everything […]

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