In chapter 5 of Journalism Next, Mark Briggs explained how journalism is going mobile. It used to be difficult for major journalism outlets to incorporate themselves with mobile phones because they had to get permission from every cell phone provider. Now with the open format of smartphones, it is simple for any journalism outlet to […]

Brad Kalbfeld, chief operating officer at Pacard Media Group LLC, spoke to my journalism class Thursday about the progression and implications of technology in journalism. Technological progression Kalbfeld began his lecture by showing the class his hefty bag of journalism equipment he had to carry around in the 1980’s. The bag included a typewriter, an […]

Microblogging is an increasingly popular platform not only for social purposes, but for journalism as well. Microblogging is to regular blogging as text messaging is to email. It allows the user to send out the same information as a blog except in smaller doses. Twitter is the most popular example of a microblog. The implications of […]

Jake McLernon taught Steven Klein’s online journalism class the basics of shooting and composing video packages at George Mason University Tuesday. McLernon has been working with video for almost a year and is almost entirely self taught. A natural, McLernon quickly became the photo and video editor for GMU’s Connect2Mason website. Journalistic importance Video is […]