There were two things that struck me in a recent post in Mashable about the Washington Post Tumblr blog @innovations. One is that the blog explains how some stories are reported at the Post (which as a journalism student I think it’s awesome, check out this post about the design of the NCAA cover). The other […]
Entries from March 17th, 2011
Tumblr and the Washington Post
March 17th, 2011 · Comments Off on Tumblr and the Washington Post · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
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Briggs Chapter 8 Summary: Telling Stories with Video
March 16th, 2011 · Comments Off on Briggs Chapter 8 Summary: Telling Stories with Video · briggs, Comm361, Student Blog Posts
Video storytelling: “Whenever possible, let your story tell its own story: let the characters talk, let the events speak for themselves.” –Tim Peek The Digital Video Revolution: Cheap digital video cameras and free video-editing software ushered in the video age Impact: millions of amateurs worldwide publishing frequently Versatile form of journalism: VJs — […]
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Chapter 8: telling stories with video
March 12th, 2011 · Comments Off on Chapter 8: telling stories with video · briggs, Comm361, Student Blog Posts, video
In this chapter, Briggs makes a point in explaining that good video speaks for itself. No need to edit, do voice overs. No, nothing. Good rough video, and the audience will get the message. “Visual journalism is about telling compelling stories that connect an audience with subjects, people, and issues.” Some things are better to […]
Jim Iovino NBC Washington-Guest Speaker
March 10th, 2011 · Comments Off on Jim Iovino NBC Washington-Guest Speaker · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
Today in class, Jim Iovino from NBCWashington online spoke with our Comm 361 class about everything online and the inner-workings of nbcwashington.com. After working in print for sometime, Iovino took the online route and became a devout online journalist (like many of us students, he realized that print is a somewhat dying concept and that […]
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Guest speaker: Jim Iovino
March 10th, 2011 · Comments Off on Guest speaker: Jim Iovino · Comm361, Student Blog Posts, video
http://the20.nbcwashington.com/ One word: video. Pat Collins always finds an interesting angle on a story that no one else will have. It’s all about the basic journalism. Good reporting and a good angle=always important. What’s unique about it? We all know media will be covering the same stories. The website tries to find an unique […]
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Guest Speaker: Jim Iovino
March 10th, 2011 · Comments Off on Guest Speaker: Jim Iovino · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
Jim Iovino, managing editor for NBC Washington, is visiting our COMM 361 class today. Iovino graduated from Penn State with a major in Communications. He first started work in the newspaper industry, jumped to television, and is now doing online journalism. He graduated from Penn State University with a major in communications. He started working in the […]
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Jim Ioveno
March 10th, 2011 · Comments Off on Jim Ioveno · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
Jim Ioveno Most stories break on website. Developed story is given later that day in the newscast -purpose: immediacy. -information travels extremely fast- you want to break the story first. Pat Collins- “Snow reporter” “Incredible reporter because he can get whoever he talks to say something interesting” -Find an angle to […]
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Guest speaker: Jim Iovino
March 10th, 2011 · Comments Off on Guest speaker: Jim Iovino · Comm361, Facebook, Student Blog Posts
With the world turning to the internet, NBC Washington takes their television content and puts it on their website. The sooner you get stories out on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, etc. the more people will acknowledge you as a consistently good reporter. Thus, you will receive more traffic and gain attention. You want to be the first to say […]
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Tech Blog #8: Guest Speaker Jim Iovino, News 4
March 10th, 2011 · Comments Off on Tech Blog #8: Guest Speaker Jim Iovino, News 4 · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
News 4 employee Jim Iovino was with us in class today! At the start of class, he brought up this video of News 4 weatherman Pat Collins interviewing “Sandwich Girl“: On that day, every other channel is covering the storm — how could they make it interesting? Or, at the very least, MORE interesting than […]
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Tech Blog #8: Guest Speaker Jim Iovino
March 10th, 2011 · Comments Off on Tech Blog #8: Guest Speaker Jim Iovino · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
Jim Iovino, Managing Editor of the website NBC Washington, spoke to our class today about different types of cross-platform journalism. Iovino began his career in print journalism, but soon switched to online journalism due to the downsizing of newspapers and other print content. Most of the news content on the NBC Washington wesbite is original, however some stories […]
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