Mark Potts, journalist and digital pioneer, spoke to our class today. He helped create the Washington Post website, served as editor for various news websites and has worked in the media field for nearly 20 years. Check out his blog Recovering Journalist. Potts showed us a variety of different websites that all present unique ways of telling stories: […]

Steve Buttry Steve Buttry, Director of Community Engagement for TBD, joined our class today for a presentation on cross-platform journalism and the different tools and techniques that are applied to many articles and stories today. Check out his Bio, personal Twitter account, and blog, The Buttry Diary, here. Professor Klein noted that Buttry understands the social […]

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 […]