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Entries from March 8th, 2011

‘Journalism Next’ Chapter 11 Summary

March 8th, 2011 · No Comments · Journalism Next by Mark Briggs

There is an age-old question popular in philosophical circles, and TV, that goes along the lines; “If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it, does it still make a sound?” Well in Chapter 11 Mark Briggs asks: “If journalists produce great stories and no one reads them, how can news survive?” […]

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Facebook Journalism On The Rise

March 8th, 2011 · No Comments · Tech Blog Posts

Facebook is not only a place to connect with friends, it is now more and more a way to connect with news. A recent post by Vadim Lavrusik on Mashable talks about this growing trend. Facebook journalism is on the rise because the social media site is becoming more public, Lavrusik says. The recent Egyptian revolution […]

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‘JournalismNext’ Chapter 10 Summary

March 8th, 2011 · No Comments · Journalism Next by Mark Briggs

News is a conversation now, not a lecture, and there is no going back, says Mark Briggs in Chapter 10. Briggs acknowledges that some journalists would prefer a lecture style of news, but says that journalism is made better by audience participation. The key now is for journalists to learn to “manage, and leverage, that […]

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Dan Rather Shares Journalism Insights With Students

March 8th, 2011 · No Comments · C-SPAN Video Conference

“American journalism, in many ways, needs a spine transplant.”

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‘JournalismNext’ Chapter 7 Summary

March 1st, 2011 · No Comments · Journalism Next by Mark Briggs

Audio journalism from Edward R. Murrow. 1945.   Sounds are a bit like smells. Just like a scent can transport you to your childhood, so can a certain sound transport you to another place. In Chapter 6 of “JournalismNext” Mark Briggs argues that as a reporting tool, audio deserves another look. “Audio journalism is about […]

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