Several weeks ago I wrote a review on Mindy McAdams article “Is your story actually a story.” In said article I discussed McAdams beliefs on novice journalists and how they have difficulty finding actual stories. I never, however, came to a conclusion on how to create or what constitutes a good “story.” In her more […]
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Response to “Mindy McAdams: reports vs. stories” review
April 4th, 2011 · Comments Off on Response to “Mindy McAdams: reports vs. stories” review · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
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Timelines: bringing interactivity to reporting
April 4th, 2011 · Comments Off on Timelines: bringing interactivity to reporting · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
“A timeline is a useful — and helpful — type of information graphic, and fairly common in journalism,” Mindy McAdams When creating packages for the Internet, we often become caught up in using a one size fits all formula of a written story by accompanied several photographs, a video, or maybe even a short sound […]
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Tech blog item #10: B.J. Koubaroulis
April 3rd, 2011 · Comments Off on Tech blog item #10: B.J. Koubaroulis · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
In class this past Thursday, guest speaker BJ Koubaroulis had plenty of great things to say. There were a lot of valid points he made, as it is tough to know when to start. Koubaroulis is a correspondent with The Washington Post and the Play-by-Play Voice of High School and College Sports for Verizon FiOS1 Sports. He […]
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Tech blog item #9: The New York Times’ Porous Paywall
April 3rd, 2011 · Comments Off on Tech blog item #9: The New York Times’ Porous Paywall · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
According to Mark Potts’ “Recovering Journalist,” there’s a rule today that every media-business blogger has to weigh in on the New York Times’ finally announced online subscription plan. In this blog article, Potts goes over this plan, and looks at an analysis done by Felix Salmon. The New York Times introduced this plan on Thursday. The […]
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George Mason University and the Use of Social Media in the Case of Abdirashid Dahir
April 3rd, 2011 · Comments Off on George Mason University and the Use of Social Media in the Case of Abdirashid Dahir · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
Abdirashid Dahir on Dipity. A recent post by Mindy McAdams about the use of timelines in journalism had me wanting to try out the idea. I thought the recent case of George Mason student Abdirashid Dahir would lend itself to a timeline. How quickly events happened after the Sarah Evans Facebook post would help to […]
Tech Blog #3: What’s in Store for Apple in the Next 35 Years?
April 2nd, 2011 · Comments Off on Tech Blog #3: What’s in Store for Apple in the Next 35 Years? · Comm361, online journalism, Student Blog Posts
In 1976 Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne founded a small company named Apple Computer. For its first 35 years, Apple was the underdog to its rival Microsoft. In his article on Mashable.com, “35 Years & $317 Billion Later, Apple Intends To Dominate a Post-PC World,” Ben Parr shares some little-known facts […]
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Tech Blog #8
April 1st, 2011 · Comments Off on Tech Blog #8 · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
4 uses for Foursquare for journalists Foursquare is primarily for letting your friends know where you are and figuring out where they are. Its basically a location-based social networking game. Secondarily, it’s for collecting points, prize “badges,” and eventually, coupons, for going about your everyday business. I have been using foursquare for just over 3 weeks […]
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Guest Speaker: BJ Koubaroulis
March 31st, 2011 · Comments Off on Guest Speaker: BJ Koubaroulis · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
BJ Koubaroulis, founder of Synthesis Media Productions, visited our class on March 31 to discuss the importance of video to enhance journalistic stories. Koubaroulis graduated from George Mason University in 2004 and eventually became a sports writer for The Washington Post. He emphasized that he fell in love with following high school level sports as […]
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B.J. Koubaroulis visit
March 31st, 2011 · Comments Off on B.J. Koubaroulis visit · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
Like most up-and-coming sports journalists, B.J. wanted to cover the biggest and best pro sports teams. But after covering high school sports, he fell in love with it because HS sports offers “the most access and the most real people.” Video has been a life-changing experience for him; one guy wih a camera can make […]
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3/31/11 BJ
March 31st, 2011 · Comments Off on 3/31/11 BJ · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
BJ Koubaroulis Notes! BJ gave advice to start at small paper a weekly paper to do an internship, you’ll learn much more when you are not in a huge company, and you can get more hands on and one on one experience. The Washington Post is too big of a company to be able to […]
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