Article by Todd Olmstead My Recap: Mashable lets the public vote on who they think should win specific Grammys. Granted, our votes won’t actually be counted to determine the winner, but it is fun to get our opinions out there. I wanted to personally express who I believe should win each award. My Grammy winners: […]
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‘Listen, Then Vote: Who Should Win a Grammy?’
Posted by: rachwould | February 9, 2012 | No Comment |Joel Achenbach does a fine job of educating us fellow journalists and the public. Primarily, he brings out that views on a webpage should not be measured to determine the quality of an article. He discusses different reasons why view counts are so skewed. Often website owners will have one page linked to another. Achenbach […]
JournalismNext by Mark Briggs Chapter three was good because it showed me the difference between crowd-source reporting and open-source reporting. It taught me the importance in the two. Crowd-sourcing can help solve communal issues. However, it is vital to know when it can be applied and when it will fail. Especially in journalism, people need […]
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My recap on the intro, chapters 1 and 2: This book is really putting things into perspective for me. I have had my reservations about diving into the field of journalism at this point in time because of (what seems to be) the downfall of newspapers. Briggs, however, is re-boosting my enthusiasm. He discusses how […]
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