When you view a news story online, you typically expect to see either pictures or video accompanying the story. But you don’t typically find audio accompanying those stories. “Somehow audio has been considered the ‘invisible’ medium,” said Karin Hogh, a podcast expert. “However, if done right, audio can be as powerful in journalism as written […]
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Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
Ch. 5 ‘Going mobile’
Being prepared by having some kind of mobile technology with you at all times is key to being a successful journalist and capturing news right as it happens. Because of the development in technology over the past few years, all a journalist needs at bare minimum is a cell phone. But that cell phone needs […]
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
Ch. 6 ‘Visual Storytelling with Photographs’
“A picture’s worth 1,000 words.” That’s the cliché that you’ve probably heard plenty of times through your life, but at times a picture is more effective at telling a story than words. Or as Briggs puts it, “journalism without photographs is like writing without verbs.” Briggs starts the chapter by outlining the technical side of […]
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
Dan Rather and Tucker Carlson C-Span
Dan Rather and Tucker Carlson spoke with George Mason students through video conference on Feb. 24, 2011 to speak about the state of journalism and where it’s headed. Rather, who was the news anchor for the CBS Evening News from 1981 to 2005 and is now the anchor of Dan Rather Reports on HDNet and […]