“There is no such thing as information overload, only filter failure”, stated Clay Shirky during a presentation at the Web 2.0 Expo in September 2008. According to Briggs there are two challenges to all this information: Personal: being able to take advantage of all the tools out there to manage your day. Professional: seizing these opportunities […]
Some things just can’t be expressed with words. That’s where the POWER of videos comes in. Copyright: avcreative.co.uk “The tools have changed, but the game remains the same: visual journalism is about telling compelling stories that connect an audience with subjects, people and issues.” – Mark Briggs First thing to know about making videos to […]
“Now that news is a conversation, one of the greatest challenges facing journalists is how to manage, and leverage, that conversation.” – Mark Briggs According to Briggs, journalism now means 1) managing online communities as well as 2) participating in various social networks. Audiences being able to comment on stories online and voice their opinions is […]
“Reporters and journalism students must stop thinking about sound as an exclusively radio format and adopt it as a reporting tool that can be learned and used to effectively deliver information to readers or listeners.” –Jim Stovall Audio journalism, very simply and obviously put, is getting journalism out through the means of audio. Audio allows the listener to […]
We’ve all heard the expression “A picture is worth a thousand words.” Mark Briggs says, “Thanks to digital photography, words can easily be replaced with images, improving the experience for the audience and improving the efficiency of the journalist.” Copyright: toothpastefordinner.com Digital photography has become the norm in our culture. Digital photos are captured and […]
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