Entries from February 2010 ↓

Chapter three is entitled crowd-powered collaboration. I know, when you hear those words, a big question mark pops up in your head. Briggs goes over three concepts in the beginning of the chapter: Crowdsourcing: When the Internet allows communities to come together and provide value for a website. Open-source reporting: Using transparency in reporting in […]

Scott Brown’s campaign was not a typical Republican campaign. “Just me and my truck,” was the slogan that won one of the most Democratic states, Massachusetts, to vote foe a Republican senator. Chris Cillizza, a political reporter for the Washington Post, joined students participating from the George Mason University Video Studio along with Steve Scully, […]

This chapter is about data, data and more data. “There’s no such thing as information overload, only filter failure,” Briggs said. Personal Productivity Tools are very important in any profession. Briggs describes a list of the top ten productivity basics. Text Expansion Keyboard Shortcuts Inbox Zero Quick Searches (Local) Quick Searches (Web) Timers and Working […]

This chapter is about the power of a picture. Everyone has heard the saying a picture is worth a thousand words. This reins so true, even in 2010. When we see pictures like this one of Obama, we see imagery at it’s best. The best pictures evoke feelings and emotions. Just the four letters H-O-P-E […]

Going Mobile. Mobile journalism is highlighted in this chapter. Briggs talks about how journalists carry less and less equipment to cover an event on location. Streaming video has become a someone addiction of our year. YouTube is a place where you can watchfunny videos and even broadcast yourself. Now-a-days you can view videos on your […]

This chapter is called Microblogging: Write Small, Think Big. He defines microblogging as a mini-blog about what your doing right now. Twitter is a great example of this. In 140 characters, you express how you are feeling at the moment. It is a quick, simple and efficient way to make a statement. The benefits of […]

This chapter is entitled Advance Blogging. The chapter talks about the difference between a good blog, like TrueHoop (ESPN’s basketball blog) v.s. a bad blog like The Jackbox blog (a MySpace site supposedly run by that strange ping-pong-ball-headed mascot that has about the same amount of intellect as a Big Mac has nutritional value.) One […]

In this chapter, Briggs talks about the great revolution of the internet. He breaks it down from big web pages like Yahoo and Google to small aspects of the internet like Bits and Bytes. Briggs then goes on about RSS feeds. I never knew much about these until I took this class but now it […]