Burt Herman, CEO and co-founder of the popular website Storify, joined us in class via Skype! He took time out of his busy schedule to talk about new media and how simple it is to share your ideas and create a masterpiece of of them. Herman is literally “building the future of journalism” and “bringing […]
February 2011
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February 23, 2011
Tech Blog #4: Guest Speaker Burt Herman via Skype
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February 15, 2011
Briggs Chapter 4: “Microblogging: Write small, think big”
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February 15, 2011
February 15, 2011
February 15, 2011
Briggs Intro/Chapter 1: “We are all Web workers now”
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February 11, 2011
Tech Blog #3: Guest Speaker Mandy Jenkins
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Mandy Jenkins, Social Media Editor of TBD.com, joined our class today for a lecture on types of social media and the impact they have had on various aspects of journalism. TBD.com is a local news website that focuses on the DC Metro Area. It even features things like RSS Feeds, Twitter and Facebook to connect […]
February 4, 2011
Tech Blog #2: Guest Speaker Claudia Holland
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Claudia Holland, head of the Copyright Resources Office at George Mason University, joined us in class today for a lecture on copyright policy. Copyright traits include: expression of creativity element of originality fixation Protected works include: music movies literature sound architecture Unprotected works include: ideas principles methods of operation public domain basic facts titles and […]
