Yesterday I had the pleasure of learning a little bit more about photography and how it has the ability to enhance every piece of jounralism. Alexis and Evan visited with Professor Miller’s COMM 361 class to provide a little depth into the realm of visual storytelling. Alexis, who has a photo journalism background and used to […]
Today’s day and age is defined not only by the internet, but by the concept of crowdsourcing, or as Mark Briggs refers to it in his book Journalism Next, crowd-powered collaboration. “Crowdsourcing harnesses the sustained power of communitiy to improve a service or information base,” wrote Briggs. Upon reading his definitions, I immediately though of […]
FAIRFAX—Jonathan Martin, a senior political reporter at Politico, joined students participating from George Mason University Video Studio along with Steve Scully, the political editor for the C-Span networks and students from the Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars, and Purdue University. Martin provided insight into his career and his work on the 2012 presidential […]
FAIRFAX–Kevin Sites, also known as the “‘granddaddy’ of backpack journalism” by the trade press, spent his Tuesday afternoon telling Mason students about his experiences covering global wars. “We’re going to talk a little bit about backpack journalsim,” said Sites. “But more interesting and perhaps more importantly about the consequences of being a journalist.” Throughout his lecture, he […]