With the advent of YouTube and other sites that allow users to easily share video, the format has become an essential part of journalism. There are several avenues to utilizing video, from comprehensive edited stories to raw footage of a story highlight. Briggs provides several tips on how to make the most of your videos: […]
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Briggs Ch. 8 and 9
March 24th, 2011 · Comments Off on Briggs Ch. 8 and 9 · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
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Digitize me, please
March 23rd, 2011 · Comments Off on Digitize me, please · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
“Its time for everyone to accept that the amount of information in our lives is going to keep growing” – Mark Briggs As the world is transitioning into socialization on the Web, it is also transitioning into a world of digital data. The amount of information we have at our fingertips through the Internet is […]
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Practice makes perfect: a beginner’s guide to videography
March 23rd, 2011 · Comments Off on Practice makes perfect: a beginner’s guide to videography · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
“The only way to learn video journalism is by doing it. It will take time and practice to master the fundamentals. But don’t let that stop you from trying to learn, because you must just DO IT, over and over, to get good at it. The best thing you can do is attempt to make […]
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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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Briggs 9: Dealing with data
March 22nd, 2011 · Comments Off on Briggs 9: Dealing with data · briggs, Comm361, Student Blog Posts
MORE AND MORE information becomes available online all the time, so more organization of the information is needed as well. The formula to find out what you need to do to organize is this: “what you need to manage + the right tools to manage it = personal productivity.” The best place to start getting […]
Steve Buttry’s visit
March 22nd, 2011 · Comments Off on Steve Buttry’s visit · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
STEVE BUTTRY gave us some free swag, not too shabby. He also told us to count the amount of media uses for the bridge collapse in Minneapolis. It was very intersting to see how you can creativly create an intro … Continue reading →
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Steve Buttry
March 22nd, 2011 · Comments Off on Steve Buttry · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
Visual storytelling was the focus of Steve Buttry‘s talk. He shared with us his blog, The Buttry Diary. He said he’d use some examples from his blog post from the previous time he talked to Klein’s class. He said he’d also use some new examples. He started with examples using maps as a gateway for […]
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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 […]
