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Entries from February 21st, 2012

Journalism Next: Chapter 5 “Going Mobile”

February 21st, 2012 · No Comments · Briggs, Comm 361, Pat Carroll

Chapter Six of Briggs’ Journalism Next focuses on the impact of mobile devices and smartphones on the journalism business and how all the tools that a journalist needs are at his or her fingertips with this new-age technology. With the many applications and features of a smartphone, such as Twitter, Facebook, video/photo cameras, Tumblr and […]

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Linsanity takes social media by storm

February 21st, 2012 · No Comments · Comm 361, Pat Carroll

The new face of the NBA has finally joined the social network created by fellow Harvard alum Mark Zuckerberg. New York Knicks point guard and worldwide phenomenon Jeremy Lin recently made a Facebook profile. But how is this a story? Well, pretty much everything Lin does these days is news-worthy. You can’t turn on ESPN or […]

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