As mentioned in previous chapters, an interaction between the journalist and the reader is important in today’s journalism. Briggs discusses this further in the 10th chapter of Journalism Next. According to Briggs, there are many benefits to news as a conversation. These include: Providing transparency on the reporting process Enabling an immediate feedback loop Spreading […]
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Briggs Chapter 10: Managing News As A Conversation
Posted by: britnipetersen | 03/03/2010 | No Comment |In Chapter 3 of Journalism Next, Briggs discusses the importance of collaboration between journalists and readers’ for the future of journalism. Briggs introduces three types of “crowd-powered collaboration” in this chapter. These include: Crowdsourcing Open-source reporting Pro-am journalism Crowdsourcing, or “distributed reporting,” is used for getting information from the community in order to improve some […]
Briggs Chapter 6: Visual Storytelling With Photographs
Posted by: britnipetersen | 02/19/2010 | No Comment |In the sixth chapter of Journalism Next, Mark Briggs talks about the power of photography in journalism. “Journalism without photographs is like writing without verbs,” says Briggs. Readers expect to see a visual image with every story. But taking a good quality picture for journalism doesn’t happen easily. Briggs says it takes “patience, practice, and […]
In the fifth chapter of Journalism Next, Mark Briggs is showing the reader that “going mobile” is the next big thing to revolutionize Journalism. With today’s mobile devices, people can “view, capture and publish or broadcast,” according to Briggs. Because of this, mobile journalism can be a great compliment to reporting. So, when should you […]
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Tags: Blog, iPhone, Mark Briggs, Microblog, Mobile, Mobile Journalism, Reporting
Tags: Blog, iPhone, Mark Briggs, Microblog, Mobile, Mobile Journalism, Reporting
In the fourth chapter of Journalism Next, Briggs shares lots of interesting and valuable information about microblogging. Microblogging has become one of the most popular and most talked about ways of online communicating over the past few years. In fact, Briggs says the most common microblogging program, Twitter, reached 44.5 million users in June ’09. […]
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Briggs Chapter 9: Data-Driven Journalism and Digitizing Your Life
Posted by: britnipetersen | 02/15/2010 | No Comment |In the 9th chapter of Journalism Next, Mark Briggs discusses ways of managing and organizing one’s personal and professional life with web-based tools and programs. When organizing your email, the process should be fairly quick and simple. Briggs recommends taking advantage of the filters and files that are available from your email provider for easy organization. […]
In the 2nd chapter of Journalism Next, Mark Briggs discusses the important elements of blogging as well as the secrets to a successful blog. At the beginning of the chapter, Briggs says, “For college journalists, blogging means learning a new content-management system, building an audience for your writing and reporting, and cultivating a collaborative community once […]
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Tags: Blogger, Blogging, College Journalists, Interactivity, Journalism, Journalism Next, Linking, Photos, Publishing, RSS feed, Wordpress
Tags: Blogger, Blogging, College Journalists, Interactivity, Journalism, Journalism Next, Linking, Photos, Publishing, RSS feed, Wordpress
In today’s society, we are all Web workers. That’s exactly what author, Mark Briggs, is explaining in the first chapter of his book titled, Journalism Next. In the beginning of the chapter, Briggs explains how email and Web browsing “enable us to connect with one another and connect with information easily and constantly.“ However, it […]
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