“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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

People are drawn to pictures. They can make someone stop and take a second glance. They can make someone read the headline or the title. They can make someone read your article. Pictures can run on their own or help build a better story. Today’s journalists have to be masters of all. Tips from chapter […]

Laptop Computer Internet Connection Camera                             or a                      Smartphone Video Camera Audio Recorder Phone The smart phone is all the light packing journalist needs according to chapter 5 of Briggs. Smartphones allow […]

This week it was twitter where the story of Whitney Houston’s death first broke. Nearly half an hour before any media reported it! Chapter 4 talked about microblogging. Twitter is the major source of microblogging, where people send out short and simple messages.   Journalists can use twitter to let people know about their stories […]

Didn’t your mother teach you to share? While you may not want to split that piece of chocolate cake, everyone is rushing to share online. This chapter of Briggs’ was all about the types of online sharing that we can be involved with. Not only that but how they can be used to deliver an […]

Now that you know what is out there you want to be able to make it yourself. It’s time to get a blog. A blog is a website of frequently updated posts or entries generally on a central topic. To start your own blog head to Blogger.com or WordPress.com. Briggs suggests these for those wanting […]

RSS? CSS? This chapter is about knowing what you’re working with. The first step is seeing what else is out there and Briggs says RSS – Real Simple Syndication – is the best way to do this. Using readers such as Google Reader or FeedDemon you can subscribe to get all the latest updates from […]