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Briggs Chapter 6: The Picture Effect

March 1st, 2012 · No Comments · Briggs, Comm 361, Pat Carroll

  We all know the saying that a picture is worth a hundred words, but how you take the picture and what is happening makes the picture memorable. Smartphones allow anyone to shoot, capture and publish photography with ease, which makes them an almost must-have tool in order to stay ahead of the curve in […]

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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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My response to “I Really Need You to Read This Article, Okay?”

February 6th, 2012 · No Comments · Comm 361, Pat Carroll, Uncategorized

The future of journalism is online. There’s no way around it and its affect on society has been eminent over the past few years. Smartphones and tablets are taking over! Journalist Joel Achenbach weaves together a fine piece of prose in his article, “I Really Need You to Read This Article, Okay?”, in which he […]

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