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Briggs Chapter 8: Creativity in Video

March 20th, 2012 · No Comments · Briggs, Comm 361, Pat Carroll

As a journalist, you want to stay ahead of the curve and be reporting on the most up-to-date information. However, you don’t want to just be fresh, but you have to be accurate in order to maintain credibility and ultimately, your job. Today, information can be shared in a matter of seconds and it’s important […]

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Briggs Chapter 10 & 11: Building Your Audience and Search Engine Optimization

March 8th, 2012 · No Comments · Briggs, Comm 361, Pat Carroll

The tenth and eleventh chapters of Journalism Next specifically mention the importance of creating a sense of community with your readers/audience along with increasing your readership through Search Engine Optimization. Here are some ways that journalists can grow their readership and interact with their audience: Comments Conversational writing Mailbag Allowing users to comment gives your […]

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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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Chapter 4: The new age of microblogging

February 14th, 2012 · No Comments · Briggs, Comm 361, Pat Carroll

Just over ten years ago, journalism was constituted to those in the newspaper, television and print industry. Online journalism was in its infancy and most Americans got there news from the latter outlets. Today, instead of picking up a morning paper or turning on the local news, a resounding number of Americans wake up with […]

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Journalism Next: Chapter 3

February 7th, 2012 · No Comments · Briggs, Comm 361, Pat Carroll

The resource of blogging is truly a unique one. Never before have average citizens had the ability to create and share content with a international audience in a matter of seconds. In Chapter 3 of Mark Briggs’ Journalism Next, he begins to explain the importance of blogging and how it allows news to be spread […]

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