Brad Kalbfeld, former AP broadcast editor, visited class to speak about how technology has changed from the past to the present. He showed the typewriter he used and old school tape recorder he first used when he traveled with the Pope. He then showed the first laptop he used, which looked like a keyboard and […]
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Thursday, March 31st, 2011
B.J. Koubaroulis visit
Like most up-and-coming sports journalists, B.J. wanted to cover the biggest and best pro sports teams. But after covering high school sports, he fell in love with it because HS sports offers “the most access and the most real people.” Video has been a life-changing experience for him; one guy wih a camera can make […]
Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
Mark Potts visit
Mark Potts started out by stating that Wikipedia is a sort of new site. It’s useful because it’s built by the crowd and articles can be built instantly. The Washington Post implemented Facebook to tell a story about a mother who gave birth and then got sick a couple months ago. Potts said this story […]
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011
Ch. 11 ‘Building a digital audience for news’
The traditional business model for journalism is in disarray. That’s for damn sure true, with everyone having the ability to write what they want on the Internet thanks to technology. To increase an online audience, a journalist needs to: Analyze what is published Determine what readers like and don’t like Do more of what readers […]
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011
Ch. 10 ‘Managing news as a conversation’
The socialization of news is clearly the right direction for journalism. This statement holds particularly true with the increasing developments in technology day-by-day. The only problem is, how do journalists continue to do their job while remaining as objective as possible? It’s a lot like what Jon DeNunzio spoke about when he visited our class. […]
Sunday, February 6th, 2011
Has Journalism Become All About Page Views?
In Joel Achenbach‘s article, he writes about how journalists across all platforms have become more obsessed with how many people are viewing, listening or reading their works than the quality of their works and how it impacts people. Obviously, journalists want as many people as possible to view their work, but Achenbach raises the question: […]