Tony Rico’s coverage on Storify
March 27th, 2011 · No Comments · Comm361, Steve Buttry, Storify
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Tech Blog #1: Copyright Law
March 27th, 2011 · Comments Off on Tech Blog #1: Copyright Law · Comm361, online journalism, Student Blog Posts
Creative Commons
Kaiser Wahab’s Mar. 24 article “How the Web Has Changed Our Perception of Copyright Law” on Mashable.com discusses the slow pace of legislation and how private and government interests are aggressively “pushing the envelope” to combat the continuing problem of copyright infringement on the Internet.
“Hurt Locker” lawsuits: example of file sharing suits where content creators file claims against individual defendants
- Filed on behalf of producers against thousands of anonymous downloaders
- “U.S. Copyright Group Law” firm subpoenaed ISPs to discover downloaders’ true identities
Courts forced to address following issues:
- Should courts file suits against thousands of geographically disperse defendants?
- Privacy: Do courts have authority to force others/ISPs to reveal defendants’ identities?
- Mass Joinder: Can courts join thousands in a single suit when facts are different for each one?
- Amount/size of monetary awards? — movement to lower damages since many people sued don’t profit from infringement — juries still awarding plaintiffs large settlements
U.S. Government Position:
- “The violent pace at which the Internet can facilitate infringement demands swift and coordinated enforcement.”
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
+ Last year began obtaining warrants to shut down domain names hosting/linking to infringing content/products
+ Raised concerns due to innocent sites being shut down and lack of due process (no notice of seizure warrants)
+ Introduced last year in Senate
+ Allows Attorney General to bring a shut down order against any domain name “dedicated to infringing activities” – how do you define this standard?
Conclusion:
- “Copyright enforcement is the battle front du jour”
- Government expermenting with aggressive enforcement strategies at expense of free speech, due process and fair play
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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
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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 Live and Zoho can help us organize our data.
Google helps organize our contacts, e-mail, documents calendar and allows us to share our data and files.
Office Live provides us with Word, Excel and Powerpoint, applications that organize data.
Zoho is a full suite of productivity and collaboration tools, most of them free. Zoho provides tools for everything, plus Wiki, customer relationship management and much more.
Now, how does this apply to journalism?
Data-Driven?
Well, all journalism is driven by data. We used databases, spreadsheets and other forms of organized data to write our articles. Any assignment can be broken into data points, including this very blog.
Data-driven journalism is important because news organizations used web sites as data destinations. They can use depth, customization and searchability to archive news stories. Other kinds of databases used in news sites include public employee salaries, a list of top employers and property tax assessments.
Gazetteonline is a great web site that displays data-drive journalism.
Data-driven journalism helps reporters do their jobs by sorting out and displaying data in a simplified way. It allows reporters to share their data and tell their stories in more creative ways.
One way is by using a collaborative map such as MindMeister to display a storyboard. Map Builder also allows similar use.
Data-driven journalism is one of the most important tools in online journalism and it can certainly sets no limit in allowing what journalists can do when it comes to telling their stories.
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 chaos.
How did he get contacted by the group?
In 1996 he tranfered from newspaper to an online journalist. Then he moved up along the hierarchy to become a bbc online journalist, the first, to be out side england.
what tools must we have in our journalism skill “case”?
Major diff between when he was at school and now is that he had to work hard to get internships and build up your clipfile. The other thing is that you will land that first job if you take the initive now, start doing multimedia story telling. Have it ready and start practicing for what employers are looking for.
He also summed it up that basically need another Iphone 4… still bummed someone stole mine!
Storify can be useful, but make sure you add context. VERY IMPORTANT
Role of SM in today’s society:
Network journalism… content must be available and take content to where people are congregating online.
Covering the middle east… from the middle east
“this is the asian century”
“its going to be interesting to see how we navigate this next generation of journalism”
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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, UK, as well as all over Europe and Asia. With his newest conquest taking place at Al-Jazeera, Arabic, Anderson has found himself in the Middle East covering politics and conflict. Despite the change in media outlets, Anderson says that he uses many of the same skills that are used in traditional journalism, only with a digital twist.
For more information about Anderson and his experiences in the media, click here to access his Linkedin information and blog, the Strange Attractor.
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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 create an interactive map for their online needs. Not only is ZeeMaps user-friendly, the best part is, it’s free! (Great for struggling journalists).
To see an example of an in-progress ZeeMap, click here.
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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. Online journalist.
2 years later BBC journalist outside the UK. Washington correspondent.
Tools/ skill sets needed to have as a journalist:
- Build a clip file
- Early initiative
- Set up blogs
- Take pictures
- Much easier to do these things this day and age.
Video Interviews:
- Natural sounds
- I want to hear the games. (With regard to my groups project on the special needs hockey team
- It puts you in the middle of the story
His take on storify: Can be dangerous without context. Make sure you bridge the social media with the story.
Role of social media in journalism today: Network Journalism
- Content on website must be taken to where people are congregating online (ex Facebook)
- Don’t expect them to come to your site
- Use networks to find sources (Ex. Twitter)
Student Question: What’s experience preparing for overseas
A. “I can demine a field with a Bic pen”————————-AWESOME
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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 in the real world, Anderson says an important part of landing a first job is to take the initiave now by setting up a blog, taking pictures, and doing multimedia journalism. Anderson says to also start thinking about the best way to tell stories through this type of social media.
Anderson also notes that Zeemaps is a great tool for projects as well. He suggests that when doing video recording, make sure to get some of the background noise from the setting where you are reporting to make the audience feel like they are in the middle of the story. Audio is one of the most important things when shooting video, but often is forgotten the most. Shaky video is forgiven, but terrible sound quality is not.
“Social media without context doesn’t do the audience any favors,” says Anderson. In other words, make sure that when using platforms such as Storify, you are able to explain the various social media content that is being used.
With there being an increase in more citizen journalists, it can be hard for trained journalists to make their mark. Regarding this situation, Anderson says, “If we amplify every voice, it just becomes noise.” It is still important to make editorial choices when dealing with articles and newsworthy items.
“We’re entering a fascinating time, and how we navigate that is going to be very interesting, especially as journalists. It’s a tough time in journalism. You’ve got to start somewhere. Where you start doesn’t determine where you end up,” says Anderson.
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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 story.
Network to journalism is the role of social media today. Use networks to find sources.
“Can de-mine a field with a Bic pen”
- If we amplify every voice it just becomes noise.
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