Posts tagged with Journalism Next
March 22, 2012
Briggs Chapter Nine: Data Driven Journalism
This chapter took me back to my tenth grade year at Freedom High School. I was taking a Computer Information Systems class with my favorite teacher in the entire world, Kathryn Cossa. In that class I was taught many of the things that this chapter taught. It makes me feel like I’m ahead of the […]
Briggs Chapter Eight: Telling Stories with Video
Throughout the semester we’ve been learning about the importance of video in today’s media and journalism world. I came into the class with a decent pool of knowledge only to realize that there was so much more I could learn. Between this chapter and the workshop with Jake, I’ve learned what is and isn’t important […]
March 8, 2012
Briggs Chapter Eleven: Digital Audience
This chapter is essentially a supplement to the search engine optimization seminar I did with Aram. I found it interesting that so many of the topics overlapped. You know what they say? People retain information better when they’ve seen it multiple times, and this is certainly true for me and SEO. I sat through the […]
Briggs Chapter Ten: News and Conversation
I think that it is beneficial to have news as conversation. For so long the news was an unquestionable media. People just received, but very rarely were given the opportunity to contribute or state opinions. Outside of sending in letters to the editor. Maybe it’s just the 21st century kid in me that doesn’t like […]
February 22, 2012
Briggs Chapter Six: Visual storytelling with photographs
The saying goes that a picture is worth a thousand words. Pictures are an essential part of journalism because they allow the audience to have a visual representation of what they’re reading. As humans we are primarily vision based. Seeing something with our own eyes is more impactful than creating our own image mentally. Steve […]
Briggs Chapter Five: Going mobile
We live in a world where it’s possible to capture the best and worst moments of life. With items like tablets and smart phones, everyone has the capacity to report the news. A bridge collapse or Kim Kardashian falling off a curb. With these devices we have the power to dictate what is news. With […]
February 16, 2012
Briggs Chapter Four: Microblogging
This chapter on microblogging made me think back to the class where Steve Buttry came and spoke to us. He explained to us that stories could be told in tweets, 140 characters or less. That we, as journalists, are only limited by our own creativity and imagination when it comes to digital media. For me, […]
February 9, 2012
Briggs Chapter Three: Crowd-Powered collaboration
This chapter has introduced me to several new terms that I hadn’t heard before. The first being crowdsourcing. The concept of crowdsourcing is one that I was familiar with before. With websites like Tumblr and DeviantArt, it is easy to see how a community can out perform a paid employee. I’ve seen amazing mock posters […]
February 2, 2012
Briggs Chapter Two: Advanced Blogging
This chapter teaches you how to create and maintain a fully functional blog. I found this to be extremely helpful because I currently blog for an online magazine called Chaos where I post twice a week on the top trends of men’s fashion. After reading this chapter I’ve thought about reevaluating the way I write […]
Briggs Chapter One: We are all Web workers now
I like to think of myself as a very technologically driven person. My Macbook is always within arm’s reach as is my smart phone, but when it comes to the super technical things I tend to have a bit of a struggle. Case and point — the use of code. To clarify, I don’t have […]
