Archive forMarch, 2012

Skillset 5 – Pinterest

Pinterest is one of the latest social media tools. As I discovered in a past post, even the Army has a Pinterest. After initially setting up my own Pinterest about a month ago I admit I felt a little addicted. I squealed over pictures of puppies and baked goods, adding them to by boards. Source: […]

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Briggs Chapter 9 – Data-driven journalism and digitizing your life

“The first challenge is personal: taking advantage of digital tools and services to manage your day without drowning in e-mails, status updates, blog posts and other interesting information” Organize your email. A popular method is “Inbox Zero” by Merlin Mann where you sort through emails as you read them so when you finish your inbox […]

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Briggs Chapter 8 – Telling stories with video

Some things you really have to see to believe. Video is one of the greatest tools in the journalism toolbox. For years people would sit down and watch their nightly newscast. Now with the internet it is even easier to share video. The only way to learn video is to start shooting video. “The best […]

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Skillset 4 – A google docs map

Some of my favorite places around Northern Va.

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Workshop 2 : InDesign level 3

Two weeks after my first InDesign workshop I went back for another. Since I hadn’t layed eyes on the program for a couple of weeks things were a little hazy, but after 10 minutes it was going well. This class focused on creating and adjusting the spaces for text and pictures. The pace was a […]

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Policing online

There’s a lot of controversy over whether and how the internet should be policed. Look at bills like SOPA and PIPA in the US, or the censoring of the internet in China. But the internet can be a resource for the police as well. This Mashable article goes through just some of the crimes thanks […]

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Briggs Chapter 11 – Building a digital audience for news

The final chapter of Briggs’ “Journalism Next” is about finding a digital audience. How do you get someone other than your family to follow what you are writing? Web Analytics Traditional print newspapers count their readers as one whole bunch. Apart from those who write in on certain subjects it is unclear whether people are […]

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Briggs Chapter 10 – Managing news as a conversation

News is anything that will make people talk. The conversation has been happening for years around the water cooler and over coffee. The internet made the conversation global, and now newspapers and journalists are helping themselves by being a part of the conversation. Newspaper websites are increasingly making ways for their users to get involved. […]

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