Dan Rather, former anchor of the “CBS Evening News” and special correspondent for HD Net, where he is the managing editor of “Dan Rather Reports,” sounded the death knell for the traditional evening news broadcast. “The evening news is what the Mafia would call a walking corpse,” said Rather. “It’s pretty much dead, but it […]
Entries from March 8th, 2011
C-SPAN Video Conference with Dan Rather and Tucker Carlson
March 8th, 2011 · Comments Off on C-SPAN Video Conference with Dan Rather and Tucker Carlson · Comm361, online journalism, Student Blog Posts
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Welcome to AllenTown
March 8th, 2011 · Comments Off on Welcome to AllenTown · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
For Senator-elect George Allen, freedom is the name of the game Former Virginia Senator George Allen is on the campaign trail again, only this time he’s hitting the digital realm as well. On Thursday, February 17, 2011, Allen joined students from George Mason University and the University of Denver in a video conference to be […]
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Briggs Ch. 10
March 8th, 2011 · Comments Off on Briggs Ch. 10 · briggs, Comm361, Student Blog Posts
Early in this chapter, Briggs writes: [M]any journalists (maybe most journalists) preferred news as a lecture. Only begrudgingly have they come around to the idea that a future in journalism means managing online communities and participating in various social networks. It’s a pretty damning accusation but one that I’m unfortunately all too familiar with. When […]
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Our Mindmeister for The Soldier Transition Project
March 8th, 2011 · Comments Off on Our Mindmeister for The Soldier Transition Project · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
The Soldier Transition Project aims to highlight and tell the stories of returning soldiers who are trying to readjust back into life as a civilian. As the techy in the group, I will be in charge of the web site development/layout along with helping other group members out with incorporating their sections into one area. […]
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Briggs Chapter 11 Extra credit!
March 8th, 2011 · Comments Off on Briggs Chapter 11 Extra credit! · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
Building a Digital Audience for News The fundamentals for this are the following: -Track your content -Use Web analytics -Get Search engine optimization -Use effective headlining for the web -Distribute through the social media You should always track what you … Continue reading →
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Briggs Chapter 11 Summary: Building a Digital Audience for News
March 8th, 2011 · Comments Off on Briggs Chapter 11 Summary: Building a Digital Audience for News · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
“Quality content published in some significant quantity, and engineered to be easily found in search engines, is a recipe for a successful digital publishing business.” Capture new online readership with useful and engaging tags Good writing still prevails Analyze what your readers like and don’t like, then […]
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Tech Blog #6: STAR Workshop #1 — Zotero 101
March 8th, 2011 · Comments Off on Tech Blog #6: STAR Workshop #1 — Zotero 101 · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
Course: RSCH 110-005, in Fenwick Library, Room A214. Described as follows: “Zotero is a Firefox browser based utility that makes capturing bibliographic content from around the Web a snap! Learn how to install and manipulate your own Zotero library.” Right now, Zotero only works through Firefox. It helps you “collect, organize, cite and share your […]
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Briggs Chapter 10
March 8th, 2011 · Comments Off on Briggs Chapter 10 · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
Managing News as a Conversation First of all, I find this book really hard to keep open when trying to reference to it. Other than that though, lets talk about this chapter. This chapter goes into about how journalist do … Continue reading →
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VC Story #1: A Well-Played Game — Gov. George Allen’s In-Class C-Span Video Conference
March 8th, 2011 · Comments Off on VC Story #1: A Well-Played Game — Gov. George Allen’s In-Class C-Span Video Conference · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
In a C-Span video conference with George Mason University students, former Virginia Governor and former U.S. Senator George Allen discussed what it means to relate the U.S. government to sports. This time, though, he’s stepping up his own game — to be reelected in 2012. Allen outlined to the class the reasons he believed he lost […]
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Video Conference with Former Senator George Allen (R-Va.)
March 8th, 2011 · Comments Off on Video Conference with Former Senator George Allen (R-Va.) · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
Former Senator George Allen (R-Va.), who announced that he will be running for his old seat in the 2012 Senate race, met with C-SPAN’s Steve Scully to discuss federal and state spending. Allen, who strongly believes that more decisions should be made by the people, said that the federal government should not be starting new […]
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