Today I graduated from Northampton Community College with my Associate of Arts degree in journalism. Now while all that may be exciting — just like my acceptance to Temple University so I can continue studying journalism this fall — the really exciting part came when I opened my Edirol R-09.
Yes, my ultra-geek tendencies took over [...]
Entries from May 2008
May 22, 2008
Edirol-R09: The first thoughts
May 22, 2008
The M-M-Max Headroom style of news distribution, or why journalists should work with Nokia’ US service to turn backpack journalism into back pocket journalism
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Awhile back I posted a photo of my mobile journalism kit where I mentioned I don’t have a smart phone. Nokia seemed to answer my prayers for the ultimate news reporting and mobile publishing tool with the N95, but I needed to be sure it would work before I dropped $500 or more [...]
May 15, 2008
Is shorthand necessary in a Web world or is it just a useful skill?
Last week I came across a post from Dave Lee about journalism and shorthand. He describes how learning shorthand is under debate in UK j-schools, where the skill appears to have a strong following. In fact one of the comments berates any journalist who doesn’t know a form of shorthand:
Anyone who thinks it is possible [...]
May 8, 2008
Multimedia reporting ethics
Today I ran across an issue I don’t see a lot of people discussing in regard to online journalism: reporting ethics.
Jim Killam’s last post over at the Innovation in College Media blog discusses the ethical issues of reporters that would produce both written copy and potential multimedia stories via the web.
A brief summary of the [...]
