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Digital marketing 101

March 9th, 2011 · Comments Off on Digital marketing 101 · 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. Throughout the course of my blog, you have learned how tweet, how to use photography, how to vlog, and how to maintain your comments area. The last thing you need […]

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Briggs Ch. 11

March 9th, 2011 · Comments Off on Briggs Ch. 11 · briggs, Comm361, Student Blog Posts

Although most of the Briggs book focuses on aspects of digital journalism that display its strengths versus print, this chapter acknowledges something both good and bad for aspiring journalists: while print was at one time the only real legitimate news source, there are countless news sites online and it’s much harder to compete for an […]

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Soldier Transition Project

March 9th, 2011 · Comments Off on Soldier Transition Project · Comm361, Facebook, Student Blog Posts

For my online journalism course with Professor Steve Klein, I am required to create a multimedia project with several other classmates. We are able to chose our topics and choose our teams, keeping in mind stories that work well over multiple media outlets and keeping in mind the need for multiple skill sets. Several weeks […]

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‘Journalism Next’ Chapter 11 Summary

March 9th, 2011 · Comments Off on ‘Journalism Next’ Chapter 11 Summary · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

There is an age-old question popular in philosophical circles, and TV, that goes along the lines; “If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it, does it still make a sound?” Well in Chapter 11 Mark Briggs asks: “If journalists produce great stories and no one reads them, how can news survive?” […]

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Facebook Journalism On The Rise

March 9th, 2011 · Comments Off on Facebook Journalism On The Rise · Comm361, Facebook, Student Blog Posts

Facebook is not only a place to connect with friends, it is now more and more a way to connect with news. A recent post by Vadim Lavrusik on Mashable talks about this growing trend. Facebook journalism is on the rise because the social media site is b…

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Ch. 11 ‘Building a digital audience for news’

March 9th, 2011 · Comments Off on Ch. 11 ‘Building a digital audience for news’ · Comm361, social media, Student Blog Posts

The traditional business model for journalism is in disarray. That’s for damn sure true, with everyone having the ability to  write what they want on the Internet thanks to technology. To increase an online audience, a journalist needs to: Analyze what is published Determine what readers like and don’t like Do more of what readers […]

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Audience comments: the good the bad and the ugly

March 9th, 2011 · Comments Off on Audience comments: the good the bad and the ugly · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

“Being social with users is easier than ever before, and the more a social a journalist is with people, the more sourcrs a journalist can mine.” There is no denying that comments on news articles are a vital part of reporting today. Comments allow for a new way to connect with “the people formally known […]

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Ch. 10 ‘Managing news as a conversation’

March 9th, 2011 · Comments Off on Ch. 10 ‘Managing news as a conversation’ · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

The socialization of news is clearly the right direction for journalism. This statement holds particularly true with the increasing developments in technology day-by-day. The only problem is, how do journalists continue to do their job while remaining as objective as possible? It’s a lot like what Jon DeNunzio spoke about when he visited our class. […]

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‘JournalismNext’ Chapter 10 Summary

March 9th, 2011 · Comments Off on ‘JournalismNext’ Chapter 10 Summary · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

News is a conversation now, not a lecture, and there is no going back, says Mark Briggs in Chapter 10. Briggs acknowledges that some journalists would prefer a lecture style of news, but says that journalism is made better by audience participation. Th…

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JournalismNext (11): Building a digital audience for news

March 9th, 2011 · Comments Off on JournalismNext (11): Building a digital audience for news · Comm361, Facebook, Student Blog Posts

Track all that you publish Productivity is a key factor for managers when tracking a reporters’ ability to break news,  publish at a good rate, and gain an audience. What to track: Total news stories per day News stories by topic or section Total blog posts per day Blog posts by specific blog Slide shows […]

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