MANDY JENKINS, SOCIAL MEDIA PRODUCER FOR TBD (a local news site), visited my Communications 361 class (Online Journalism) today to share her experiences in her field. I appreciate what she had to share with us and attained some useful advice. In College Jenkins said that “reaching out and connecting with people individually” helped her land jobs early and […]
Entries from February 10th, 2011
Guest Speaker: Mandy Jenkins
February 10th, 2011 · Comments Off on Guest Speaker: Mandy Jenkins · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
Tags:
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 Review 3: Connecting With Your Audience
February 10th, 2011 · Comments Off on Briggs Review 3: Connecting With Your Audience · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
IN THIS CHAPTER I LEARNED more about audience participation in contemporary news organizations and blogs. Crowdsourcing is when journalists give audiences tasks (sometimes paid and sometimes not) just like a professional reporter. For example, if a scandal occurs involving, lets say, mortgage rates, then the community affected will be able to give more vital information […]
Tags:
Briggs Review 2: The Essence of Blogging
February 10th, 2011 · Comments Off on Briggs Review 2: The Essence of Blogging · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
Gather ’round as I tell you how I learned the true meaning of blogging…
Tags:
Briggs Review 1: Basic Coding
February 10th, 2011 · Comments Off on Briggs Review 1: Basic Coding · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
BRIGGS’ FIRST CHAPTER DABS in HTML and other computer terms that I was not very familiar with, and so I have compiled a list summarizing them: RSS: I’ve known for a long time that RSS feeds existed, but I didn’t know much about what they were. RSS feeds are short summarizing paragraphs of news or other information […]
Tags:
