Entries from March 2011 ↓

Using social media to talk to an audience is what this blog post was all about. Mandy Jenkins had some interesting tips. Here are my thoughts on them: Responding — I know you’re always supposed to respond. I hadn’t really thought about direct messaging someone other than getting their contact information. Although this is kind […]

Visual storytelling was the focus of Steve Buttry‘s talk. He shared with us his blog, The Buttry Diary. He said he’d use some examples from his blog post  from the previous time he talked to Klein’s class. He said he’d also use some new examples. He started with examples using maps as a gateway for […]

Organizing your digital life was the focus of this chapter. There are many free or trial programs that can help you organize your digital self. Since these programs are online, they are easily edited and can be accessible to others. Some examples: Backpack Zoho MS Office Suite (Outlook, etc) Dropbox Basecamp Databases are helpful in […]

Video storytelling was the concept of this chapter. Now anyone can use the digital equipment around them to create video storytelling, it just takes a lot of practice. Thanks to YouTube, the quality of the video doesn’t have to be very high. What’s important is authenticity. The most entertaining videos get re-posted over and over. […]

Finding the story is the reminder this post intends for its readers. “I think that in the process of teaching them reporting, we may kill their instinct for finding and telling real stories,” McAdams said on her post. I agree with her statement. I know some journalism students are just too worried about getting all […]