“There is no such thing as information overload, only filter failure”, stated Clay Shirky during a presentation at the Web 2.0 Expo in September 2008. According to Briggs there are two challenges to all this information: Personal: being able to take advantage of all the tools out there to manage your day. Professional: seizing these opportunities […]
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Chapter 9: Data-Driven Journalism and Digitizing Your Life
March 22nd, 2011 · Comments Off on Chapter 9: Data-Driven Journalism and Digitizing Your Life · briggs, Comm361, Student Blog Posts
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Chapter 8: Telling Stories with Video
March 22nd, 2011 · Comments Off on Chapter 8: Telling Stories with Video · briggs, Comm361, Student Blog Posts, video
Some things just can’t be expressed with words. That’s where the POWER of videos comes in. Copyright: avcreative.co.uk “The tools have changed, but the game remains the same: visual journalism is about telling compelling stories that connect an audience with subjects, people and issues.” – Mark Briggs First thing to know about making videos to […]
Chapter 10: Managing News as a Conversation
March 8th, 2011 · Comments Off on Chapter 10: Managing News as a Conversation · briggs, Comm361, Facebook, Student Blog Posts
“Now that news is a conversation, one of the greatest challenges facing journalists is how to manage, and leverage, that conversation.” – Mark Briggs According to Briggs, journalism now means 1) managing online communities as well as 2) participating in various social networks. Audiences being able to comment on stories online and voice their opinions is […]
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Chapter 7: Making Audio Journalism Visible
February 28th, 2011 · Comments Off on Chapter 7: Making Audio Journalism Visible · briggs, Comm361, Student Blog Posts
“Reporters and journalism students must stop thinking about sound as an exclusively radio format and adopt it as a reporting tool that can be learned and used to effectively deliver information to readers or listeners.” -Jim Stovall Audio journalism, very simply and obviously put, is getting journalism out through the means of audio. Audio allows the listener to […]
