Briggs Chapter 5
Going Mobile: Mobile reporting. “According to an article in the Daily Telegraph, a London newspaper, children in the United Kingdom get their first mobile phones at age 8” said Briggs. Anyone one the ground can technically become a reporter at any given time that something newsworthy breaks out in front of them. A child could […]
Filed under Uncategorized | Comment (0)Skype session with Burt Herman
This is Burt. This is the website he co-founded. Courtesy of bertherman.com: He is an “Entrepreneurial journalist stoking media revolution. CEO and co-founder of Storify, building the future of journalism. Founder of Hacks/Hackers, bringing together journalists and technologists.” Great introducation on Burt- now for the BIG news! He skyped with us today from somewhere on the west coast. […]
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Microblogging: Write Small, Think Big News in 140-characters Photo credit: AntiqueImages BUY IT HERE! The twitter chapter! Basically I’m going to break it down for you in a few basic points. Real-time uses of Twitter: Evacuations Tradgedy Trial Coverage Broadcast news Start using Twitter, Tweet! Establish your goal Have a topic Make a network […]
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Have you ever heard the phrase, two heads are better than one? Briggs moved on in “Journalism Next” to crowdsourcing. What is crowdsourcing? “It is a relatively new term, coined by Jeff Howe in a 2006 article for Wired News. Think of crowdsourcing like outsourcing, the term it spun off from. Crowdsourcing harnesses the sustained […]
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Advanced Blogging The rules are different with blogs. Blogging reporters play off other information they find online, even linking stories and blogs that might have been thought of as competition just a few years ago. Three characteristics define a blog: Frequently updated (recently updated stuff on top) Entries are called, “posts” and each have a […]
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