Former White House Chief of Staff Andy Card joined students from George Mason University in a C-SPAN video conference to discuss his political career. For more information on Card, check out his background here. Card began by explaining his relationship with the Bush family. He met George Bush Sr. at the height of the Watergate […]
Entries from April 7th, 2011
Video Conference Story #3 (Extra Credit): Andy Card
April 7th, 2011 · Comments Off on Video Conference Story #3 (Extra Credit): Andy Card · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
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Video Conference with Andy Card
April 7th, 2011 · Comments Off on Video Conference with Andy Card · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
Andy Card, former chief of staff to George W. Bush, discussed his position at the White House, his views on the September 11 terrorist attacks and his relationship brotherly relationship with Bush during a C-SPAN interview on April 7 with political editor Steve Scully and students from George Mason University, Purdue University and the University […]
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Tech Blog #4: Improving Engagement on Your Brand’s Facebook Page
April 7th, 2011 · Comments Off on Tech Blog #4: Improving Engagement on Your Brand’s Facebook Page · Comm361, online journalism, Student Blog Posts
Mashable.com features a new article by Lauren Drell titled “How To: Improve Engagement on Your Brand’s Facebook Page.” The advice comes from a new study of 200 large, well-established brands by Buddy Media. Advice for large brands: Be Timely – Posting time/day of week depends on when brand […]
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Guest Speaker: Mark Potts
April 7th, 2011 · Comments Off on Guest Speaker: Mark Potts · Comm361, Facebook, Storify, Student Blog Posts
Mark Potts, who is a reporter and editor for The Washington Post, came and spoke to our Comm. 361 class on March 29. He has been exploring the digital world for 19 years and is always looking for new tools to utilize. Copyright: newsonomics.com During Potts presentation, he gave us TONS of wonderful resources, helpful […]
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BJ Koubaroulis- Guest Speaker
April 7th, 2011 · Comments Off on BJ Koubaroulis- Guest Speaker · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
BJ Koubaroulis, a sports journalist for the DC and Northern Virginia, came to Kleins 361 class to emphasize the importance of videos. The new video era has ushered in a whole new wave of journalists, those who can write, take picture and most importantly edit video. Koubaroulis talked about how videos have taken his stories […]
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Kevin Anderson- Guest Speaker
April 7th, 2011 · Comments Off on Kevin Anderson- Guest Speaker · Comm361, Facebook, Student Blog Posts
Kevin Anderson, now working for Al Jazeera Arabic in Doha, Qatar, has over a decade of journalism experience under his belt. Along with jobs at The Guardian and BBC News, Anderson has been a digital journalist since 1996 and rode the .com boom to becoming the BBC’s first online journalist outside of the UK. Anderson’s […]
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Teaching Online Journalism: ‘a great flash infographic’
April 6th, 2011 · Comments Off on Teaching Online Journalism: ‘a great flash infographic’ · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
This post was about infographics. Currently, I am creating one for my Pop Culture Journalism class with a partner from an AVT class. This post was interesting because it showed what a good infographic looks like. I actually thought the infographic that was posted was a little too busy. But it was visually appealing. Here’s […]
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Guest speaker: Brad Kalbfeld
April 5th, 2011 · Comments Off on Guest speaker: Brad Kalbfeld · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
Brad Kalbeld has seen it all. From carrying a heavy typewriter around and a Telex machine, he now is able to hold a small tape recorder and — even better — can whip out his iPhone 4 to do the job for him. Kalbfeld began by showing the filtering that occurs from an event all the […]
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Brad Kalbfeld
April 5th, 2011 · Comments Off on Brad Kalbfeld · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
In today’s class, we heard from Brad Kalbfeld, who among other things, is the editor of the “Associated Press Broadcast News Handbook.” Kalbfeld brought us on a journey across the decades, showcasing his early reporting equipment (namely, a typewriter) and leading into how the advent of the iPhone has become a universal journalism tool. Through […]
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