Journalists across all platforms have become incredibly obsessed with how many people are viewing theirarticle(s), as opposed to the next person. Has journalism driven away from it’s true purpose and turned into marketing? This is the point that Joel Achenbach, a Washington Post staff writer, argues in his article titled “I Really Need You to Read […]
Submitting a news story in 140 characters or less? No problem! That’s the new wave for journalists and this type of news publishing is called microblogging. Microblogging is the fastest way for a news organization or journalist to report break news, promote other work, or just be an easier form of contributing information when blogging […]
“News reporting methods such as crowdsourcing, open-source reporting, and pro-am journalism are become the focus for more and more news operations in the United States.” – Mark Briggs This chapter focuses on these three main areas: crowdsourcing, open-source reporting, and pro-am journalism. 1) Crowdsourcing:Focuses on how community has power on a specific project and shows […]
“Every college journalist should have a blog” – Mark Briggs. I couldn’t agree more. This chapter, which deals with blogs, shows how news organizations and journalists have used blogs, how to get started with your blog, and how RSS can be used to beat the competition, how to manage a community of comments, and how […]
Mandy Jenkins came to our Comm. 361 class to speak to us about an array of things concerning online journalism and the rise of social media. Jenkins works as a social media producer for TBD. TBD is a local news website for the Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C. area. It’s a wonderful news website that has […]
Online Journalism