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Chapter nine: Data-drive journalism and digitizing your life

March 25th, 2011 · Comments Off on Chapter nine: Data-drive journalism and digitizing your life · briggs, Comm361, Student Blog Posts

There are some things everyone should know about when it comes to data productivity and organization. What you need to manage + the right tools to manage = personal productivity We often feel the need to organize our digital data. Things like e-mail, contacts, to-do lists, calendars and word documents. Tools such as Google, Office […]

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Kevin Anderson

March 24th, 2011 · Comments Off on Kevin Anderson · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

Doha- working with algezeera arabic. Using the sources that you can rely on, people can tell their own story and be their own witnesses. “Know your sources before things start” He knew most of the bloggers in Egypt before the … Continue reading

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Skype Session with Kevin Anderson

March 24th, 2011 · Comments Off on Skype Session with Kevin Anderson · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

There’s no question that the job description for journalists often involves   travel. Covering a good story can take you to the other side of the world – just ask seasoned journalist, Kevin Anderson. Although is was born and raised in the U.S., his work at the Gaurdian and the BBC has taken him to London, […]

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ZeeMaps – a priceless tool for geographic journalism

March 24th, 2011 · Comments Off on ZeeMaps – a priceless tool for geographic journalism · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

The beauty of the new media age is that it can take a simple concept, such as a map, and use integrative technology to encourage user interactivity. One of the newest and most useful examples of this type of technology is the ZeeMaps program. By simply entering information into the entry boxes, one can easily […]

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Kevin Anderson Visit

March 24th, 2011 · Comments Off on Kevin Anderson Visit · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

Kevin Anderson spoke to our class Today March 24. He had a very interesting and different perspective compared to other speakers.  He gave the class good advice, and shared his own personal experiences which were fascinating. First word of advice: Be knowledgeable of your sources How he got where he is:                 1996: newspaper journalist. […]

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Tech Blog #10: Guest Speaker Kevin Anderson

March 24th, 2011 · Comments Off on Tech Blog #10: Guest Speaker Kevin Anderson · Comm361, Storify, Student Blog Posts

Kevin Anderson, a digital strategist and freelance journalist, spoke to our class today via Skype. He has worked for BBC, Al Jazeera English and the Guardian. Check out his personal Twitter account , his Muckrack account, and some of his work with Al Jazeera English here. When asked what tools are needed for a journalism skill set […]

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Skype Conference: Kevin Anderson

March 24th, 2011 · Comments Off on Skype Conference: Kevin Anderson · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

Anderson’s approach towards journalism: “People can tell their own story and be their own witnesses. For instance, know your sources before something happens.” Anderson was a BBC Washington DC corespondent when he was 26. Important to be sources you are using in context. Don’t paintball a bunch of twitter updates and call it a news […]

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Tech Blog #10: Guest Speaker Kevin Anderson, Al Jazeera English

March 24th, 2011 · Comments Off on Tech Blog #10: Guest Speaker Kevin Anderson, Al Jazeera English · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

Al Jazeera English, the world’s first English-language news channel headquartered in the Middle East, has a young employee, Kevin Anderson. He Skyped with us in class today! 🙂 Headquartered in Doha, Qatar, he chose Al Jazeera English because he “is trying to cover the Middle East from the Middle East.” ZeeMaps is a Web site that Anderson highly […]

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Guest Speaker: Kevin Anderson

March 24th, 2011 · Comments Off on Guest Speaker: Kevin Anderson · Comm361, Student Blog Posts

Kevin Anderson, a journalist for Al Jazeera-English, chatted with us via Skype today from Doha, Qatar. Anderson started out as a newspaper journalist and gradually moved onto online journalism. He was BBC’s first online journalist outside of the U.K. and was also the Washington correspondent for the BBC website. In 2010, Anderson took what he […]

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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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