Mark Potts, who is a reporter and editor for The Washington Post, came and spoke to our Comm. 361 class on March 29. He has been exploring the digital world for 19 years and is always looking for new tools to utilize. Copyright: newsonomics.com During Potts presentation, he gave us TONS of wonderful resources, helpful […]
BJ Koubaroulis, former George Mason University student who graduated with a B.A. in Communication in 2004, spoke to our Comm. 361 class on March 31. He currently works a a sports writer at The Washington Post. Copyright: wjmc.gmu.edu The first thing he spoke about was how “you’ll start from the bottom and work your way up: […]
“Journalism is constantly changing.” This is how guest speaker Jon DeNunzio, user engagement editor for washingtonpost.com, started off his presentation that was given to our Comm. 361 class. DeNunzio gave us some interesting background information about himself to begin: Worked for a few small papers after college 1994: Started at The Washington Post 2000-2007: Covered high school […]
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 […]
Above is my media pyramid. The items that are at the bottom of the pyramid are the places I get most of my news from. Word of mouth is definitely a big contributor as I’m surrounded by people everywhere I go. People are always talking about current events and that serves as a huge […]
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