It may be getting repetitive at this point to say once again how crucial it is to implement technology into modern journalism, but it remains the vital takeaway point of the Briggs text. One aspect of this is mobile journalism. If cell phones allow people to receive calls and access their email anywhere at any […]
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Briggs Ch. 5
February 22nd, 2011 · Comments Off on Briggs Ch. 5 · briggs, Comm361, Student Blog Posts
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Chapter four: Microblogging
February 15th, 2011 · Comments Off on Chapter four: Microblogging · briggs, Comm361, social media, Student Blog Posts
Twitter. It’s the one thing that comes to mind when you hear the word microblogging. In what way can we possibly cover news in less than 140 characters? What is microblogging? It’s the idea that lets individuals write and share small content of news online via short sentences, images or video links. It is an […]
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Briggs Ch. 4
February 15th, 2011 · Comments Off on Briggs Ch. 4 · briggs, Comm361, Student Blog Posts
In this Briggs chapter about microblogging, the first site that came to mind was Discographies, a clever Twitter feed that reviews a musician’s body of work in 140 characters. It’s a concept so simple, so appealing and frankly, so maddening that years of hard work and transformation can be boiled down to a few sentences. […]
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Chapter three: Crowd-powered collaboration
February 15th, 2011 · Comments Off on Chapter three: Crowd-powered collaboration · briggs, Comm361, Student Blog Posts
In chapter three, Mark Briggs focuses on the new types of reporting methods that are becoming more prevalent in this day and age. Crowdsourcing Coined by Wired News’ Jeff Howe in 2006, this term basically means distributed reporting. It is using a lot of news sources at a given time to help research a specific […]
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Chapter two: The basics of blogging
February 14th, 2011 · Comments Off on Chapter two: The basics of blogging · briggs, Comm361, Student Blog Posts
In Mark Briggs’ second chapter “Advanced Blogging,” he focuses on the essentials of blogging. His main points of the chapters are summarized as the following: Good blogs are a continuing conversation: If you write a blog, it is necessary to create a reader’s base to get some feedback. This enables you to continue the conversation […]
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Chapter one: We are all web workers now!
February 10th, 2011 · Comments Off on Chapter one: We are all web workers now! · briggs, Comm361, Student Blog Posts
I have taken three classes with Professor Steve Klein, one for every semester I have been at Mason and the one thing that has stuck with me all this time is that he has always emphasized the FOUNDATIONS of writing for journalism. Whether it may be writing a story, doing carpentry work or climbing a […]
Briggs Ch. 3
February 8th, 2011 · Comments Off on Briggs Ch. 3 · briggs, Comm361, Student Blog Posts
As anyone can have their own blog, it’s only fitting that news itself has become a much more collaborative process given all the new technology that bridges the gap between citizens and the media elite. Even sites as prominent as CNN now rely heavily on readers submitting news stories and videos. This global sharing process, […]
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Briggs Summaries
February 3rd, 2011 · Comments Off on Briggs Summaries · briggs, Comm361, Student Blog Posts
Introduction Although print journalism is hardly the dominant force it once was, journalism is arguably thriving more strongly than ever. The Internet and cable networks have provided a goldmine of opportunity for budding journalists, but with it are new and ever-changing demands from audiences. A news site cannot simply get by on posting traditional news; […]
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