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Entries from March 3rd, 2011
Use Twitter’s ‘Blackbird Pie’ tool to imbed Tweets
March 3rd, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
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Guest Speaker: Jon DeNunzio
March 3rd, 2011 · Comments Off on Guest Speaker: Jon DeNunzio · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
Jon DeNunzio, user engagement editor at the Washington Post, visited out COMM 361 class on March 3 to discuss the value of integrating social media into journalism. Why use social media? Receive consumer feedback Reach broad audiences Increase interactivity; users/audiences want to be part of the news It’s where the users are – cannot expect […]
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Tech Blog Post #6
March 3rd, 2011 · Comments Off on Tech Blog Post #6 · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
Is investigative journalism still alive today even with our current technological advances in social media? Investigative journalism can be described in many ways: “uncovering the hidden”; “expensive”; “difficult”; “requiring dedication”; “has impact”; “holding power to account” The hidden So does journalism become investigative when that newness involves uncovering the hidden? I would argue that it is anything […]
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STAR Workshop: Adobe Illustrator CS4
March 3rd, 2011 · Comments Off on STAR Workshop: Adobe Illustrator CS4 · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
Yesterday I went to a STAR Workshop at GMU to learn how to use Adobe Illustrator CS4. Although I have never used any Adobe software before and it was the first time I have even heard of the program, I signed up for the third level course and expected to ask many, many questions in […]
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Chapter 11 — Building a Digital Audience for News
March 2nd, 2011 · Comments Off on Chapter 11 — Building a Digital Audience for News · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
“Journalism needs to find new benefits from new marketing strategies and measurement tactics.” Briggs’ last chapter in JournalismNext focuses in on “the fundamentals of building an audience online”: Tracking one’s content Web analysts Search engine optimization (SEO) Effective headline writing for the Web Distribution through social media Our author begins by pointing out that “management […]
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Ch. 7 ‘Making Audio Journalism Visible’
March 2nd, 2011 · Comments Off on Ch. 7 ‘Making Audio Journalism Visible’ · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
When you view a news story online, you typically expect to see either pictures or video accompanying the story. But you don’t typically find audio accompanying those stories. “Somehow audio has been considered the ‘invisible’ medium,” said Karin Hogh, a podcast expert. “However, if done right, audio can be as powerful in journalism as written […]
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Chapter 10 — Managing News as a Conversation
March 2nd, 2011 · Comments Off on Chapter 10 — Managing News as a Conversation · briggs, Comm361, Student Blog Posts
“The socialization of news is clearly the right direction for journalism,” begins Briggs in his tenth chapter of JournalismNext. This chapter explores the idea of news being a conversation, rather than “a lecture,” and how conversing through social networking can add to one’s story. “Three areas of evolution suggest a brighter future for comments on news […]
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Audio Journalism-Chapter 7 Mark Briggs
March 2nd, 2011 · Comments Off on Audio Journalism-Chapter 7 Mark Briggs · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
Podcasts used to be an unknown feature on iTunes, but has now escalated into one of the most powerful tools an online journalist can use. Briggs explains how you can create full-featured segments that imitate radio episodes and post them on your blog for your followers. Audio Journalism is the next big thing for journalism […]
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