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 […]
Entries Tagged as 'Steve Buttry'
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
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Tony Rico’s coverage on Storify
March 27th, 2011 · No Comments · Comm361, Steve Buttry, Storify
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Off The Written Path 2011-03-26 23:20:04
March 26th, 2011 · Comments Off on Off The Written Path 2011-03-26 23:20:04 · Comm361, Steve Buttry, Storify, Student Blog Posts
Tags:New Media·Tech Blog Posts
Steve Buttry and how I’m becoming friends with Twitter
March 24th, 2011 · Comments Off on Steve Buttry and how I’m becoming friends with Twitter · Comm361, Steve Buttry, Student Blog Posts
I have to admit Steve Buttry has inspired me. It was something he said: Feeling uncomfortable should be a red flag that you have to jump in I admit Twitter makes me uncomfortable. Twitter makes me afraid. And after hearing Steve say those words I realized I had to jump in. So I have. I […]
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Steve Buttry-Guest Speaker
March 22nd, 2011 · Comments Off on Steve Buttry-Guest Speaker · Comm361, Steve Buttry, Student Blog Posts
Steve Buttry has spent nearly 40 years in the newspaper business and, having successfully crossed over to digital journalism, is now the the Director for Community Engagement at TBD, a site that focuses on DC, Maryland and Northern Virginia news. Throughout his lecture today, he engaged the class with several sites that took a news story […]
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Guest Speaker: Steve Buttry
March 22nd, 2011 · Comments Off on Guest Speaker: Steve Buttry · Comm361, Steve Buttry, Student Blog Posts
Steve Buttry, Director of Community Engagement at TBD, came to speak to our Comm. 361 class today about utilizing social media and digital online tools across various platforms. Copyright: tbd.com Buttry started off his presentation by giving out free goodies from TBD. Hats and iPhone 4 covers with the TBD logo on them. Smart and easy advertising! He […]
Guest speaker: Steve Buttry
March 22nd, 2011 · Comments Off on Guest speaker: Steve Buttry · Comm361, Steve Buttry, Student Blog Posts
Steve Buttry, Director of Community Engagement at TBD, spoke to our Comm 371 class about the abilities and effects of video storytelling and how important of a tool it is to help show and explain events. As a writer, you have control of the story. The user can browse to the page they want to […]
Guest Speaker: Steve Buttry from TBD
March 22nd, 2011 · Comments Off on Guest Speaker: Steve Buttry from TBD · Comm361, Steve Buttry, Student Blog Posts
“Don’t let obstacles become excuses“ Always be a curious journalist. Even if you do not speak the language, find a way. If your lead does not fit in a Twitter status, it’s too long.
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Tech Blog #9: Guest Speaker Steve Buttry
March 22nd, 2011 · Comments Off on Tech Blog #9: Guest Speaker Steve Buttry · Comm361, Steve Buttry, Student Blog Posts
Steve Buttry Steve Buttry, Director of Community Engagement for TBD, joined our class today for a presentation on cross-platform journalism and the different tools and techniques that are applied to many articles and stories today. Check out his Bio, personal Twitter account, and blog, The Buttry Diary, here. Professor Klein noted that Buttry understands the social […]
Tags:cross-platform journalism·digital journalism·TBD·TBD.com·Tech Blog·The Buttry Diary·Twitter
