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Mark Stencel

April 12th, 2011 · Comments Off on Mark Stencel · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

New Media, New Rules? Navigating NPR’s Multimedia Future BREAKLIGHTS MEAN listeners! Challange…. a lot of people when they get to work, they dont check out the website. Its hard enough to write a story for tomorrow news paper… its even … Continue reading

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Guest speaker: Mark Stencel

April 12th, 2011 · Comments Off on Guest speaker: Mark Stencel · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

Mark Stencel is the managing editor for digital news at NPR. He worked at the Washington Post for 12 years. NPR is a public broadcast outlet. It’s a non-profit. Non-profit is more as a tax status, the most money they make come from donations that local stations make. NPR keeps those organizations up-to-date. NPR loves […]

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Tech Blog #14 (Extra Credit): Guest Speaker Mark Stencel

April 12th, 2011 · Comments Off on Tech Blog #14 (Extra Credit): Guest Speaker Mark Stencel · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

Mark Stencel, Managing Editor for Digital News at National Public Radio, spoke to our class today about the challenges radio faces in the media today. Stencel first started working in online journalism back in 1991, when it was called “new media.” Check out his personal Twitter and his NPR bio. Stencel says that NPR has […]

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Briggs Chapter 8

April 12th, 2011 · Comments Off on Briggs Chapter 8 · briggs, Comm361, Student Blog Posts

Telling Stories with Video The digital video revolution: One person can now make and produce high-quality Web video with a $200 camera and laptop or desk computer instead of paying $35,000 for a camera and an expenisve editing station. Briggs went into highlights and explinations of: Capturing quick video highlights, not documentary projects. Managing digital […]

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Mark Stencel Visit

April 12th, 2011 · Comments Off on Mark Stencel Visit · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

Mark Stencel visted our class on April 12 2011. A highly credential individual Professor Klein tells us he’s a pioneer in news reporting. Stencel is a digital editor for NPR.

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Tech Blog #13: Guest Speaker Mark Stencel, Managing Editor for Digital News at NPR

April 12th, 2011 · Comments Off on Tech Blog #13: Guest Speaker Mark Stencel, Managing Editor for Digital News at NPR · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

The managing editor for digital news for National Public Radio, Mark Stencel, was with us in class today. “It’s kind of hard to say anything you’ve been doing for 16 years ‘new,’” Mark began. According to Mark, NPR only works nowadays because people are stuck in traffic for hours, especially in the District. People can’t […]

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Mark Stencel- Guest Speaker

April 12th, 2011 · Comments Off on Mark Stencel- Guest Speaker · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

Works with NPR: National Public Radio. Their audience has grown because more and more people are driving and getting caught in traffic. With nothing to do in the car, they tune into NPR. Use images in radio journalism by painting it in your head. Online, we need pictures that speak for themselves. Arts, entertainment, and […]

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Mark Stencel

April 12th, 2011 · Comments Off on Mark Stencel · Comm361, social media, Student Blog Posts

Mark Stencel came to speak to my class: Doesn’t use the term new media because he’s been working with it for 16 years Gave us an intro on NPR. Showed us his blog NPR’s national audience on the radio is growing when may other outlets are losing theirs. They’re doing a lot of experimenting with […]

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Tech Blog – CBS Tweet Week

April 12th, 2011 · Comments Off on Tech Blog – CBS Tweet Week · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

As I mentioned in a previous post, “Survivor” host Jeff Probst recently began to tweet along with the show. As a hardcore fan, I appreciate the gesture but remain unsatisfied with the lack of real details Probst provides. However, that didn’t stop CBS from declaring last week “Tweet Week” and enlisting more of its stars […]

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Tech Blog #3

April 11th, 2011 · Comments Off on Tech Blog #3 · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

What does a mobile journalist need? I’ve compiled 4 lists of things I think a mobile journalist needs: hardware, software, systems, and mindset. I’d welcome anything you can add to this. Using the information I have learned from class I will also add to this list. Mobile journalism – hardware Smartphone with camera, video, audio, […]

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