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Entries from April 14th, 2011

VC Story #2: — A Force to be Reckoned With: Former Chief of Staff to the First Lady Anita McBride In-Class C-Span Video Conference

April 14th, 2011 · Comments Off on VC Story #2: — A Force to be Reckoned With: Former Chief of Staff to the First Lady Anita McBride In-Class C-Span Video Conference · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

Former Chief of Staff for the First Lady Anita McBride video conferenced with us today, and, boy, has she worked in the White House for quite a while. McBride said that she never looked back after campaigning in 1980. Between 1987 and 1992, she was the Director of White House Personnel under both President Ronald Reagan and […]

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Video Conference Story #2: Anita McBride

April 14th, 2011 · Comments Off on Video Conference Story #2: Anita McBride · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

Former Chief of Staff to the First Lady Anita McBride joined our class via C-SPAN to discuss her work in the White House. Checkout some background information about McBride here and her work as a contributor at The Daily Beast. She is currently a professor at American University. As a veteran of three administrations, McBride […]

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Guest speaker: Mark Stencel

April 14th, 2011 · Comments Off on Guest speaker: Mark Stencel · Comm361, Facebook, Student Blog Posts

Mark Stencel’s journalism career began around 1995 where he worked at the Washington Post for 12 years (9 focusing in online things), The News & Observer in Raleigh, NC. He currently works for NPR (National Public Radio), has been there for just under 2 years and is the digital managing editor. NPR is a non-profit organization, so money […]

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Tech Blog – Making the Most of Your Journalism Internship

April 14th, 2011 · Comments Off on Tech Blog – Making the Most of Your Journalism Internship · Comm361, Steve Buttry, Student Blog Posts

Steve Buttry was a fantastic guest speaker, and appropriately enough his blog is just as chock full of great information, including a particularly helpful article on making the most out of your internship. I’ve never partook in a journalism internship, but I’m currently interning at Loudoun County Public Schools Television, and I’ve kept Buttry’s tips […]

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Video Conference with Anita McBride

April 14th, 2011 · Comments Off on Video Conference with Anita McBride · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

Anita McBride, former chief of staff to former First Lady Laura Bush, discussed the roles and challenges of being a first lady during a C-SPAN interview on April 14 with political editor Steve Scully and students from George Mason University, Purdue University and the University of Denver. Being the first lady is the “most important, […]

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It’s All About the Timing

April 14th, 2011 · Comments Off on It’s All About the Timing · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

Mandy Jenkins who is now D.C. Social News Editor at The Huffington Post wrote a very interesting post on her blog about the importance being the first person and/or news organization to get a story out first. What was really interesting was that Jenkins said that many reporters and journalists feel that there is a […]

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