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Entries from March 5th, 2011

Audio breaking in to the visual and text based journalism market

March 5th, 2011 · Comments Off on Audio breaking in to the visual and text based journalism market · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

First we were forced to switch from the type-writer to the computer. Then came the transition from the print media to Internet media. Now we are being thrust in to a world of photojournalism, blog journalism, Twitter journalism, and most importantly: audio journalism. You might be asking yourself what is so great about audio journalism. […]

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Mashable.com Twitter’s most popular

March 5th, 2011 · Comments Off on Mashable.com Twitter’s most popular · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

Top 10 twitter this week Charlie Sheen has taken over Twitter and now has 800,00 followers! And that was just in 24 hours! All because 2 and half men stopped. Justin Bieber is so famous, I do not see what the big deal is about this kid. But he is ranked #2 for Twitter’s top […]

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Briggs Chapter 10

March 5th, 2011 · Comments Off on Briggs Chapter 10 · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

Managing News as a Conversation Blogs have become a journalism conversation blogspot twitter facebook myspace You can converse through comments. not so simple, sometimes mean and ugly Benefits: provide transparency enable an immediate feedback spread awareness of news coverage through word-of-mouth marketing New conversation is important: feedback keeping the reader involved keeping the public in-tune […]

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Briggs Chapter 8

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Telling Stories with Video Impact of digital video: youtube the only way to learn is to do make your mistakes as quickly as possible can tell a better story than writing perfection is not necessary great sometimes takes too long for what the story deserves quick and unpolished video content on news sites often draws […]

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Briggs Chapter 7

March 5th, 2011 · Comments Off on Briggs Chapter 7 · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

Making Audio Journalism Visible “Somehow audio has been considered the ‘invisble’ medium,” Karin Hogh “However, if done right, audio can be as powerful in journalism as written articles or even TV and videos.” Audio Journalism Presence: On location, a reporter can literally bring readers to the story. Being there boots credibility and interest. Emotions: has […]

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Briggs Chapter 6

March 5th, 2011 · Comments Off on Briggs Chapter 6 · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

Visual Storytelling with Photographs That old saying…”A Picture is worth a 1000 words”… that is this chapter. Digital Photography: Take as many pictures as you want immediately see what you have taken a pic of upload to share whenever and with whoever don’t buy film easy to edit pictures on a computer Get to know […]

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Briggs Chapter 5

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

Going Mobile Learning how to: What kinds of stories lend themselves to mobile reporting What technology you need How to use selected mobile publishing services for text, photographs, and video How professional news organizations use mobile to complement their existing publishing platforms. Mobile Journalism Journalism is not journalism until published. mobile journalism makes this immediate. […]

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Briggs Chapter 4

March 5th, 2011 · Comments Off on Briggs Chapter 4 · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

Microblogging “its a great way to she a link to the article you’ve written,” Alana Taylor. Microblogging is an instant messaging journal. Can be done by texting, instant messaging, e-mail, digital audio or by posting to the web. Compared to being in a big room with lots of people you like and that like you […]

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