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 […]
Posts tagged with Mobile technology
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 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 […]