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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Guest Speaker: Mark Potts
April 7th, 2011 · Comments Off on Guest Speaker: Mark Potts · Comm361, Facebook, Storify, Student Blog Posts
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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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Steve Buttry-Guest Speaker
March 22nd, 2011 · Comments Off on Steve Buttry-Guest Speaker · Comm361, Steve Buttry, Student Blog Posts
Steve Buttry has spent nearly 40 years in the newspaper business and, having successfully crossed over to digital journalism, is now the the Director for Community Engagement at TBD, a site that focuses on DC, Maryland and Northern Virginia news. Throughout his lecture today, he engaged the class with several sites that took a news story […]
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Guest Speaker: Steve Buttry
March 22nd, 2011 · Comments Off on Guest Speaker: Steve Buttry · Comm361, Steve Buttry, Student Blog Posts
Steve Buttry, Director of Community Engagement at TBD, came to speak to our Comm. 361 class today about utilizing social media and digital online tools across various platforms. Copyright: tbd.com Buttry started off his presentation by giving out free goodies from TBD. Hats and iPhone 4 covers with the TBD logo on them. Smart and easy advertising! He […]
Guest Speaker: Jim Iovino
March 10th, 2011 · Comments Off on Guest Speaker: Jim Iovino · Comm361, Student Blog Posts, video
Jim Iovino, editor from NBC Washington, came and spoke to our Comm. 361 class today. He spoke to us about online journalism and how to make it better than the next person. Copyright: megancloherty.com Iovino started his journalism working as a writer for a newspaper in Pittsburgh, then transferred over to TV, then was a […]
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MediaShift: How an Atlanta Ice Skater Made a Viral Video Go Worldwide
March 1st, 2011 · Comments Off on MediaShift: How an Atlanta Ice Skater Made a Viral Video Go Worldwide · Comm361, Facebook, social media, Student Blog Posts
You never know when just an act of fun can turn into a social media frenzy. The article titled “How an Atlanta Ice Skater Made a Viral Video Go Worldwide“, byTerri Thorton, is an amazing example of how an innocent video placed on a social media outlet can go a long way in the world. The article […]
MediaShift: How to Integrate Social Tools into the Journalism Classroom
February 25th, 2011 · Comments Off on MediaShift: How to Integrate Social Tools into the Journalism Classroom · Comm361, Facebook, social media, Storify, Student Blog Posts
This couldn’t be a better article for the relevance of this Comm. 361 Online Journalism class. This article gives an excellent overview of some innovative websites that can be used for classes dealing with journalism. MediaShift is a website which tracks how social media, weblogs, podcasting, citizen journalism, wikis, news aggregators and online video are changing […]
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