Research shows citizen journalism is at an all time high with the popularity of blogging. CNN has taken it a set further with their beta site for user-generated news at ireport.com. They have a disclaimer that nothing posted is verified, but they are pulling from the site for their own newscasts (these are verified). As [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Citizen Journalism… how can it help ag?
Posted in Research, Teaching, tagged CNN, journalism, reporting, Teaching on March 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Wired Journalists Unite
Posted in Research, tagged journalism, technology on March 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I came across this a few weeks ago thanks to a blog I read from Poynter. A lot of discussion is being had in schools of journalism and ag communication about the integration of technology into newsrooms. In fact much of my own research focuses on it. Several journalists have united to share resources and [...]
Teaching future communicators
Posted in Teaching, tagged projects, students, Teaching on March 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The quarter is wrapping up and I am finally having a few seconds to reflect. This has been a long quarter, as is any quarter when you teach a technology course. There are always computer glitches and tech issues that arise that throw new learners for a tailspin, but I wouldn’t change it for the [...]
