BJ Koubaroulis, former Mason student, wrote for Washington Post in the past, but now is the CEO of Synthesis Multimedia Productions/Koubaroulis LLC. He always wanted be a sports writer. He started covering local sports and started enjoying it. He got his learning experiences in small newspapers, he actually didn’t learn as much when he got […]
Entries Tagged as 'Online Journalism assignments'
Guest speaker: Mark Potts
March 29th, 2011 · Comments Off on Guest speaker: Mark Potts · Comm361, Storify, Student Blog Posts
Mark Potts works in the digital world for the past 20 years, and tries to take full advantage of all internet resources. He started showing us some good examples and resources: Wikipedia: you can find anything, and it’s built by the crowd. It’s looked down upon, but it’s a great way to find an overview […]
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Chapter 8: telling stories with video
March 12th, 2011 · Comments Off on Chapter 8: telling stories with video · briggs, Comm361, Student Blog Posts, video
In this chapter, Briggs makes a point in explaining that good video speaks for itself. No need to edit, do voice overs. No, nothing. Good rough video, and the audience will get the message. “Visual journalism is about telling compelling stories that connect an audience with subjects, people, and issues.” Some things are better to […]
Guest speaker: Jim Iovino
March 10th, 2011 · Comments Off on Guest speaker: Jim Iovino · Comm361, Student Blog Posts, video
http://the20.nbcwashington.com/ One word: video. Pat Collins always finds an interesting angle on a story that no one else will have. It’s all about the basic journalism. Good reporting and a good angle=always important. What’s unique about it? We all know media will be covering the same stories. The website tries to find an unique […]
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NAMI Northern Virginia history project
March 10th, 2011 · Comments Off on NAMI Northern Virginia history project · Comm361, social media, Student Blog Posts
This is our mindmeister map for NAMI Northern Virginia history 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 […]
Chapter 11: building a digital audience for news
March 8th, 2011 · Comments Off on Chapter 11: building a digital audience for news · briggs, Comm361, social media, Student Blog Posts
http://www.pathinteractive.com/blog/2009/12/seo-image-optimization/ You’ve created your blog. You tweet about it, you put on Facebook. You want people to read it. Not enough? You’re not having the traffic you wish you had? Mark Briggs is here to help you. And I am too. First, you need the measure your blog’s traffic. Who is reading your blog? What […]
Chapter 10: managing news as a conversation
March 8th, 2011 · Comments Off on Chapter 10: managing news as a conversation · briggs, Comm361, social media, Student Blog Posts
News is becoming social. The internet is interactive, and allows the news to become a conversation, other just being information. With news gaining this character, there are some concerns about ethics, credibility, and being objective. As journalism, we have no control of what the reader, and now writer, is going to say about your piece on […]
Guest speaker: Jon DeNunzio
March 3rd, 2011 · Comments Off on Guest speaker: Jon DeNunzio · Comm361, social media, Student Blog Posts
Jon DeNunzio is going to talk about integrating social media into your journalism. He learned a lot, and still learning. National Park Fan Tweets experiment in the Washington Post is a good example. Some experiments and good tools to try: http://media.twitter.com/blackbird-pie/ www.storify.com http://intersect.com/ http://www.umapper.com/ www.twiings.com http://www.allourideas.org/ http://startupli.st/ Why we use social media: It’s where users are It […]
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C-SPAN: Dan Rather
March 1st, 2011 · Comments Off on C-SPAN: Dan Rather · Comm361, social media, Student Blog Posts
Tweet Dan Rather, former news anchor for CBS Evening News, joined students participating in the George Mason University Video Studio on C-SPAN conference on Feb. 24. Rather talked about the changes and challenges journalism is facing. The distance learning course produced by C-SPAN gives students an opportunity to talk to guests via video conference. Journalism is about […]
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