A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words A photograph can convey a story in a real and personal way that no amount of writing can. In todays world of smart phones everyone is a journalist, and everyone is a photographer. Readers have come to expect photographs supplementary to writing and its important that you are able […]
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Going Mobile A smart phone is the most useful tool a journalist can have in todays world. The news is happening all around you all the time, and a smart phone allows you to be prepared for it at any moment. You can easily share photographs and video as well as microblog as it is […]
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http://mashable.com/2012/02/20/burberry-tweetwalk-animated-gifs/ Burberry Understands Social Media The London-based fashion house has announced plans to debut their upcoming collection to fans via Twitter. Additionally, viewers will be able to embed a live streaming video of the fashion show on their Facebook walls (Burberry has also adapted an embeddable live stream video for Chinese social networks Sina Weibo and […]
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http://mashable.com/2012/02/17/social-media-bloggers-tips/ Although all of blogger Liz Wright’s ten tips seem beneficial, it is number five that really seems to stand out to me. #5 Pinterest is the hot new frontier for bloggers. In a world where a new social media forum seems to spring up on a weekly basis, it can be easy to get overwhelmed […]
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http://mashable.com/2012/02/20/afghanistan-twitter/ This article best exemplifies the pivotal role that Twitter has undertaken in the field of journalism. In particular, it discusses its role in reporting on the war in Afghanistan. Journalists like Mustafa Kazemi are able to report the news as it is happening, keeping their readers up to date with on the minute developments. […]
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http://mashable.com/2012/02/19/african-twitter-peace/ The Ever Evolving Role of Twitter Twitter was once a form of social media that, for many, represented the mindless cyber over-sharing of our generation. John Doe is eating the best sandwich ever #nobody cares. Today, twitter has evolved into a monumentally instrumental tool for sharing and gathering meaningful information. Celebrities, politicians, businesses, and […]
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Microblogging What It Is: Microblogging service allows users to instantly publish short texts, usually no longer than 140 characters, with links to other websites, pictures, and video. Most importantly, it can be done from almost anywhere, including a mobile device. EX: TWITTER What It Means to Journalism: Because it is so easily accessible, it allows […]
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Bringing Journalism Closer to Readers, and Readers Closer to Journalism 3 new reporting methods: Crowdsourcing: the term borrows from the concept of outsourcing. Reporters and news agencies open up the research process to the community, allowing them to assist in the process and provide insight and perspective not easily achieved by a reporter. The opinions […]
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What the Internet is Doing to Journalism In his article, Joel Achenbach discusses the transformation journalism and journalists have undergone in order to survive on an online platform What’s more important, newsworthiness or “eyeballs”? Many online journalists have compromised substance for whatever hot topic will pull in the most viewers. But what does that mean […]
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