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Feb
21
Briggs Chapter 5
February 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Journalism has truly seen it’s fair share of phases. It’s amazing that the cell phone didn’t really explode until the early 21st Century. Cell phone development has been rapid. Initially you could only make phone calls and then color screens were the new fad. Slowly cameras started to develop and could capture low quality video. […]
Feb
16
Briggs Chapter 1
February 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment
A lot of what we know about the internet just happened. There was that one grade school class that taught you www was the World Wide Web. If you had an aspiring career has a software designer or computer engineer you might have actually taken more interest in the subject matter. Personally, I just wanted […]
Feb
16
Skillset #2: Video
February 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Feb
16
Stick and stones may break my bones
February 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment
The Superbowl is a National holiday for most Americans. Some enjoy it soley for the competitive battle between two teams who have worked an entire season to play on the biggest stage. Other’s enjoy the day for the food and commercials. I had the privilege of watching the game with some young ladies who lost […]
Feb
14
Briggs Chapter 4
February 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment
The 21st century has seen alot of technological growth. The cell phone took strides and has been the foundation for quite a few platforms. I can remember when texting first hit the scene and you had to do your best to say what you need in 140 characters or less. Social media saw the power […]
Feb
9
(Whispers) The iPad 3 is coming!
February 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment
When I entered college I was all about saving money. I had a Toshiba laptop and a Blackberry smart phone. I knew people who had Apple products but they seemed a bit different. Think Different. Almost like they were apart of a technological elitist group that shared apps at Starbucks. Every time I looked on […]
Feb
7
Briggs Chapter 3
February 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Phil Meyer claimsc, “They are raising the ante on what it takes to be a journalist…and it’s going to get harder still.” Chapter 3 of Journalism Next explains 3 types of Crowd-Powered Collaboration. They are Crowd Sourcing, Open Source, and Pro-Am Journalism. Crowd Sourcing is essentially the community versus paid professionals. Wikipedia can be updated […]
Feb
6
Skillset #1: Storify
February 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment
[View the story “Lob City is FOR REAL ” on Storify]
Jan
31
‘Let’s Stay Together: Newspapers Forever’
January 31, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Professor Klein assigned a reading I saw coming. It’s from the Washington Post and is titled, “I Really Need You To Read This Article, Okay?” Long story short it Joel Achenbach writes about his thoughts on how relevant the newspaper was and is. I’m old school…you can send me a million documents through email, but […]