February 23, 2011
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 11, 2011
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
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 […]
January 30, 2011
http://www.poynter.org/uncategorized/73282/what-is-your-media-pyramid/ Usually, I get the most of my news from family members, MSN, the CBS Sunday Morning show, and National Geographic magazine and website. I receive news from these resources the most because they have information that relates to my life and what I am interested in. In the middle of my pyramid, I list […]
