Posts tagged with Briggs
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 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 […]
Briggs Introduction
For me the entire introduction had something of a hidden doomsday feel to it. So often I hear people speak about print media as if the internet was a cancerous cyst that has doomed the world of journalism. I shouldn’t say doomed, rather it has changed the entire game. The world of journalism has been […]
