Dan Rather, a former CBS Evening news anchor and current host of Dan Rather Reports, was in a C-SPAN video conference with students from George Mason University, University of Denver, Purdue University and Georgetown University on February 24, 2011. Rather commented on his 50-plus-years in journalism, a career that includes coverage on pivotal American news […]
Entries from March 2011 ↓
Comm 361’s new students: Dan Rather and Tucker Carlson
March 8th, 2011 — Blog Item
Briggs Ch. 10 – ‘Managing news as a Conversation’
March 1st, 2011 — Briggs Chapters
Interactive discussion and online news was the focus of this chapter. Responding to comments can help journalists seem transparent but many journalists are reluctant to do so because some comments are personal attacks. One journalist — Doug Feaver, former editor at washingtonpost.com, has created a blog, dot.comments, on the Washington Post’s website that responds to […]
Briggs Ch. 7 – ‘Making Audio Journalism Visible’
March 1st, 2011 — Briggs Chapters
Audio can compliment an article and make it more compelling. It can create presence, emotions and atmosphere that words or pictures cannot express. Journalists can use radio to do the following: Reporter overview Podcasts Audio slide shows Breaking news Radio stories have the following elements: Interviews and voice-overs Natural or environmental sound Imported sound clips, […]
Briggs Ch. 6 – ‘Visual Storytelling with Photographs’
March 1st, 2011 — Briggs Chapters
Photography has become much easier, with all the technology around. But, since everyone can pull out their phone or digital camera and snap a couple pictures, the quality of those photographs have gone down. All journalists need to know how to work a camera and how to choose a picture that will show more than […]
