News is a conversation now, not a lecture, and there is no going back, says Mark Briggs in Chapter 10. Briggs acknowledges that some journalists would prefer a lecture style of news, but says that journalism is made better by audience participation. Th…
Entries from March 9th, 2011
JournalismNext (11): Building a digital audience for news
March 9th, 2011 · Comments Off on JournalismNext (11): Building a digital audience for news · Comm361, Facebook, Student Blog Posts
Track all that you publish Productivity is a key factor for managers when tracking a reporters’ ability to break news, publish at a good rate, and gain an audience. What to track: Total news stories per day News stories by topic or section Total blog posts per day Blog posts by specific blog Slide shows […]
Tags:Digg·Fark·Flickr·JournalismNext·MySpace·reddit·StumbleUpon·Twitter·YouTube
NAMI Northern VA: Project Update
March 8th, 2011 · Comments Off on NAMI Northern VA: Project Update · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
So we have been given the task by NAMI Northern VA to come up with a way to display the history and current information of NAMI. Right now here’s what we know so far: NAMI or the National Alliance on Mental Illness (Northern Virginia portion) started in the 1970′s when they were their own organization […]
Tags:
Chapter 7: Making audio journalism visible
March 8th, 2011 · Comments Off on Chapter 7: Making audio journalism visible · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
Summary: Audio can just be as compelling as video or photos in online journalism. Tone can convey emotions, and sound can be layered on top of a visual medium to effectively tell a story. Being able to capture, edit and broadcast an audio file should be in the tool box of any online journalist. If […]
Tags:
JournalismNext (10): Managing news as a conversation
March 8th, 2011 · Comments Off on JournalismNext (10): Managing news as a conversation · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
“The speed of communications is wonderful to behold. It is also true that speed can multiply the distribution of information that we know to be untrue.” News is distributed, as Edward Murrow stated above, by conversation. Here are some steps to achieve that: Making conversation News as a conversation has transformed journalism. Most significantly, it […]
Tags:
C-Span Interview: Dan Rather and Tucker Carlson
March 8th, 2011 · Comments Off on C-Span Interview: Dan Rather and Tucker Carlson · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
Dan Rather, former CBS anchor and current managing editor and anchor for HDNet, joined George Mason students Feburary 24th in a C-Span interview. Tucker Carlson, a correspondent for Fox News who is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Daily Caller, was also a guest on the show. Rather and Carlson spoke mainly of the state […]
Tags:
Everybody Loves Morehead: Geaks are Freaks.
March 8th, 2011 · Comments Off on Everybody Loves Morehead: Geaks are Freaks. · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
Geeks Are Freaks By Brandi Morehead / Sex Columnist There was a time when the first thing that came to mind when I heard the word “geek” was Steve Urkel. Now, it’s sex on a stick. Think about it. Guys that have that geek persona about them usually go above and beyond to catch a […]
Tags:
Dan Rather: ‘It’s My Job To Give People The Facts’
March 8th, 2011 · Comments Off on Dan Rather: ‘It’s My Job To Give People The Facts’ · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
In the middle of the turmoil after the assassination of the president John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963, millions sat in front of televisions to watch the announcement of the president’s death. There Dan Rather was in Dallas, Tx., suppressing all of his emotions to focus only on giving every little detail of the […]
Tags:
Comm 361′s new students: Dan Rather and Tucker Carlson
March 8th, 2011 · Comments Off on Comm 361′s new students: Dan Rather and Tucker Carlson · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
Dan Rather, a former CBS Evening news anchor and current host of Dan Rather Reports, was in a C-SPAN video conference with students from George Mason University, University of Denver, Purdue University and Georgetown University on February 24, 2011. Rather commented on his 50-plus-years in journalism, a career that includes coverage on pivotal American news […]
Tags:
A Spine Transplant- Dan Rather C-SPAN Interview
March 8th, 2011 · Comments Off on A Spine Transplant- Dan Rather C-SPAN Interview · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
“American journalism needs a spine transplant. We need guts and courage to come back into journalism,” announced Dan Rather to the C-Span viewers on February 24, 2010. Throughout the interview, Rather emphasized the point that journalism is different than it used to be, no longer do we have the checks and balance system that the […]
Tags:
