Questions and challenges for the modern journalism: How to maintain objectivity or credibility Legal and ethical issues with publishing freedom for everyone How to gather the audience With social networking tools and blogs embedded on news sites, conversing the news is possible. One can converse through comments or social networking (Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc.). This […]
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Tech Blog #5: Guest Speaker Jon DeNunzio
March 7th, 2011 · Comments Off on Tech Blog #5: Guest Speaker Jon DeNunzio · Comm361, social media, Student Blog Posts
Jon DeNunzio, User Engagement Editor at The Washington Post, visited our class for a lecture on how social media is impacting journalism today and how we can use it to our advantage. DeNunzio gave us a list of a few social media website worth looking into: BlackBirdPie Intersect UMapper Buzzfeed StartUpLi.st AllOurIdeas Twiigs He also […]
Project Storyboard
March 7th, 2011 · Comments Off on Project Storyboard · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
NAMI History Multimedia Project Our project’s goal is to recover NAMI Northern Virginia history and present it interactively. We will conduct interviews with past board members, do research about the institution, and gather information about its history. We will be using different online platforms to organize and present the information. Our project will be constructed […]
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Briggs Chapter 10 Summary: Managing News as a Conversation
March 7th, 2011 · Comments Off on Briggs Chapter 10 Summary: Managing News as a Conversation · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
“Now that news is a conversation, one of the greatest challenges facing journalists is how to manage, and leverage, that conversation.” How do journalists participate without sacrificing objectivity or credibility? What about legal and ethical issues? What happens if the audience doesn’t participate? […]
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C-SPAN Video Conference with George Allen
March 7th, 2011 · Comments Off on C-SPAN Video Conference with George Allen · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
Energy reform is one of the top platforms Senate hopeful George Allen brought up in a recent video conference. Allen, who served Virginia as a Representative, Governor and Senator over almost two decades, joined students participating from the George Mason University Video Studio along with Steve Scully, the political editor for the C-SPAN networks, and […]
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Tech blog item #6: Smart stuff
March 7th, 2011 · Comments Off on Tech blog item #6: Smart stuff · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
The period of September through December was a dry one for Mark Potts. There were no blog posts on his “Recovering Journalist” blog because he was just plain tired of “repeating himself over and over again.” He must have a point because sometimes, you just run out of things to talk about. However, his main […]
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Briggs chapter 10: managing news as a conversation
March 7th, 2011 · Comments Off on Briggs chapter 10: managing news as a conversation · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
According to Briggs, now that news is a conversation, one of the greatest challenges facing journalists is how to manage, and leverage, that conversation. To prove Briggs’ point, it is best to bring up a quote from one of the most famous journalists of all time, Edward R. Murrow. “The speed of communication is wonderful […]
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George Allen Video Conference
March 6th, 2011 · Comments Off on George Allen Video Conference · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
On February the 17th myself and 14 other lucky class members had the pleasure in participating in a video “Distant Learning” conference with George Allen, a US politician, who is running for Senate again. At first I was a bit … Continue reading →
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Briggs Chapters 10 and 11
March 6th, 2011 · Comments Off on Briggs Chapters 10 and 11 · Comm361, Student Blog Posts
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