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I grew up in the most historical town in the country - Fredericksburg. I have since moved to Fairfax to further my education at George Mason University.

Skillset 6: Google Docs

Posted by: | March 6, 2012 | No Comment |

Google Maps: My people in their places

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Article from TheVerge by Nilay Patel It is widely known that the iPad is the most successful tablet in the market. When it comes to second place, it has recently been a battle between the up-and-coming Windows 8 tablet, and that which is owned by Android. Android has come to terms with the fact that […]

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Mashable Document by Christina Warren Youtube has always struggled with the copyright controversy. In 2007, the company developed a system called Content ID. The system goes through uploaded videos and uses audio fingerprinting to detect copyrighted material. The existing systems were not advanced enough to keep up with all of the uploaded videos. The new […]

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Briggs Chapter 6

Posted by: | February 23, 2012 | No Comment |

by Mark Briggs Chapter six highlights the importance of photography in journalism. Page 142 begins with a quote from journalist Matt Thompson saying, “Are we using 1,000 words where a picture should be?” Briggs discusses the convenient aspects of different kinds of cameras. Digital cameras, for instance, allow the user to scroll back and look […]

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Briggs Chapter 5

Posted by: | February 21, 2012 | No Comment |

Chapter five of JournalismNext discusses the importance of smartphones in online and offline journalism. I have always know that my phone can do tricks, but it is key to know how those tricks can be used for my career. Briggs referred to the smartphone as a “Swiss Army Knife,” on pg. 123. This rings true. […]

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http://mashable.com/2012/02/16/tablets-american-children/ Mashable Article by Zoe Fox This article is particularly interested to me because I have recently been noticing how many children are using Tablets and iPads. Case and point: my two year old niece plays Cut the Rope on my step-father’s iPad. She’s better than me. She sits on the couch next to his […]

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Skillset 2: Step Off and Smoking

Posted by: | February 16, 2012 | No Comment |

Here are two videos that I made in David Miller’s COMM353 class. Step Off Story Smoking on Campus

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Briggs Chapter 4

Posted by: | February 14, 2012 | No Comment |

This chapter highlighted the different positive outcomes from microblogging services like Twitter. Firstly, Briggs tells us that Twitter can be used to put out links to recently written material. Another important thing that it does is allow the public to feel connected to the journalist without a one-on-one communication. Another important aspect of microblogging that […]

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TechCrunch Article by Anthony Ha My Recap: A new app has allowed iPhone users to report traffic with a simple wave of their hand. If they are sitting in traffic and their Waze app is on, they can voice command their iPhone to report the traffic. These users choose between different levels of traffic, and […]

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