Online Journalism

Brad Kalbeld has seen it all. From carrying a heavy typewriter around and a Telex machine, he now is able to hold a small tape recorder and — even better — can whip out his iPhone 4 to do the job for him. Kalbfeld began by showing the filtering that occurs from an event all the […]

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In today’s class, we heard from Brad Kalbfeld, who among other things, is the editor of the “Associated Press Broadcast News Handbook.” Kalbfeld brought us on a journey across the decades, showcasing his early reporting equipment (namely, a typewriter) and leading into how the advent of the iPhone has become a universal journalism tool. Through […]

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Brad Kalbfeld, former AP broadcast editor and foreign correspondent, started his presentation showing us a little bit of the things he used to report. He showed us his first laptop, his old typewriter, and his tape recorder. They all look really heavy and outdated. Today, we don’t use single-purpose devices. We need multipurpose devices, like […]

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Brad Kalbfeld, former AP broadcast editor and foreign correspondent, started his presentation showing us a little bit of the things he used to report. He showed us his first laptop, his old typewriter, and his tape recorder. They all look really heavy and outdated. Today, we don’t use single-purpose devices. We need multipurpose devices, like […]

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Brad Kalbfeld, former AP broadcast editor, visited class to speak about how technology has changed from the past to the present. He showed the typewriter he used and old school tape recorder he first used when he traveled with the Pope. He then showed the first laptop he used, which looked like a keyboard and […]

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Brad Kalbfeld, AP journalist and author of the Associated Press Broadcast Style Book, joined our class today to talk about the historical aspects of journalism and how it has changed/evolved in today’s world. Check out his Bio here. Kalbfeld showed us what a laptop and cassette player looked like from the 1980s — very bulky […]

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Brad Kalbfeld visited our online journalism class at George Mason on April 5th. Brad Kalbfeld has been a writer, reporter, editor and news executive for more than 36 years, including 22 as Managing Editor/Broadcast for The Associated Press He gave the history of journalism and reporting and his take on the future. Brads takes: Back […]

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Any old-school journalist will tell you that in order to successfully cover a multi-platform story, the key is in having the right equipment. While this used to mean having a full camera and tripod setup, a mic kit, and the right editing software, times certainly are a-changing. New media has sparked a new phenomenon coined […]

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Having worked across the media industry for the past 36 years, one could say that Brad Kalbfeld has seen it all. From the pre-computer era to Twitter-topia, the media and journalism industry has transformed in these recent decaded into a whole different animal – and in order to prevent being left behind, today’s reporters must […]

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