JournalismNext by Mark Briggs This chapter is about embracing the digital world into your life. Briggs starts by acknowledging that people get frustrated by all of the recent developments in this field. There seems to be a million ways to do most things when it comes to the internet. He empathizes with those that know […]
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JournalismNext by Mark Briggs This chapter highlights the importance of video in journalism. Many stories are best told with video. Other forms of reporting wouldn’t have the same effect on readers and viewers. Video can evoke feelings that pictures can’t always. Nowadays, high school students are taking classes that teach them how to shoot and […]
JournalismNext by Mark Briggs This chapter is about building a digital audience for news. The importance of this is that your contribution to news actually gets out there. Briggs provides some helpful points to gain an audience and keep it. Firstly, he stresses the importance of analyzing what you publish, and listen to what your […]
JournalismNext by Mark Briggs In this chapter, Briggs discusses the pros and cons with news as a conversation. First order of business, he dives into the idea of comment boxes on news stories. He makes the point that people have always commented on stories in their free time, but that the technological comment boxed has […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
