GMU/Online Journalism

The social media revolution

2011-01-08T13:14:00.000-05:00

The Joy of Stats

2011-01-08T13:10:00.000-05:00

Using hashtags on Twitter

2010-02-14T14:40:00.002-05:00

Troubleshooting Blogs

2010-02-01T11:59:00.001-05:00

Hi guys, it's Lauren. Please refer to my individual blog, theloop.onmason.com, for questions and screencasts.

Here's how to add new pages in WordPress and Blogger:
How to add pages in WordPress

How to add pages in Blogger:

Clever film making

2010-01-31T06:56:00.003-05:00

From YouTube:
My friends and I were bored one day during Christmas Break and decided to make a quick movie. We shot this in 30 minutes and only used 8 minutes of tape. I then proceeded to spend 3 and a half weeks putting in the visuals for the film. Special thanks to the Action Essentials 2 kit from Videocopilot.net, and Jason Lee for his Enterprise model.

Is social media a fad?

2010-01-13T10:11:00.000-05:00

David Pogue's favorite new gadgets

2010-01-10T07:51:00.001-05:00

So what's the deal with 3-D TV?

2010-01-07T06:31:00.001-05:00

Print: The way it was

2009-04-10T12:09:00.001-04:00

I felt so bad about the previous video that I felt it necessary to include this one.

This could be any newsroom today ...

2009-04-10T11:56:00.000-04:00

Goodbye Newsroom from P.B. Speedbeater on Vimeo.

'The Entrepreneurial Age of Journalism'

2009-04-05T08:58:00.000-04:00

John Harris on the 'entrepreneurial age of journalism' from Merrill College on Vimeo.

The future of journalism jobs

2009-04-05T08:52:00.000-04:00

Survey of ONA members on online news from Merrill College on Vimeo.

CBS Sunday Morning: Stop the Presses

2009-03-29T20:41:00.001-04:00

Watch CBS Videos Online

Jon Stewart takes on Jim Cramer

2009-03-13T19:43:00.000-04:00

Microsoft’s 2019 Future Vision Montage

2009-03-13T18:30:00.001-04:00

Did you know?

2009-02-20T18:48:00.002-05:00

Katie Couric snags Sullenberger interview

2009-02-06T17:58:00.003-05:00

Watch CBS Videos Online

What's in YOUR toolbox?

2009-01-20T06:58:00.002-05:00

This semester, you'll learn to use a variety of tools that will help you tell your story more effectively: Online journalism is about effective story telling.

This item from the PaidContent blog points out a number of programs, sites and tools that utilize and demonstrate good online story telling. Also, note the web writing techniches (mainly the extensive linking) I utilize in this blog item. You'll learn to do this, too.

This Inauguration Will Be YouTubed, Flickred And Even ‘Photosynthed'

By David Kaplan - Mon 19 Jan 2009 10:15 AM PST

There will be no shortage of places online to experience Barack Obama's presidential inauguration and the attendant festivities. Rex Hammock has created an open post on his blog to list coverage he finds particularly notable. NYT's Bits Blog also has a rundown of some of the options.

— YouTube has created a special channel for the event here [don't use and link words like "here"]. The site has been up for about a week and already has 13 videos promoting the president-elect's volunteer initiative, National Day of Service.

— Aside from videos, there is also the official inaugural committee's Flickr page for photos, and a Twitter site.

— Over at CNN.com, Hammock is particularly impressed with the cable news channel's use of Microsoft's Photosynth feature for The Moment. Photosynth reconstructs a scene or object from a bunch of flat photographs. It will take photos from the event and combine them all at the exact moment President-elect Obama is sworn in.

— Think you have the rhetorical skills to help out the president-elect on his inaugural speech? The Guardian's Jemima Kiss points readers to the Inauguration Speech Generator.

— Meanwhile, the U.S. Congress' official inaugural site will not only provide live streaming of the inauguration, but also has coverage of the inaugural lunch menu, plus recipes (PDF); the three-course meal includes herb roasted pheasant with wild rice stuffing (yield: 10 portions).

My favorite is the New York Time's Inaugural Words: 1789 to the Present, a look at the language of presidential inaugural addresses. The most-used words in each address [called tag clouds] appear in the interactive chart, sized by number of uses. Words highlighted in yellow were used significantly more in this inaugural address than average.

Return of "The West Wing"?

2009-01-06T15:37:00.001-05:00

Jon Stewart on the newspaper industry

2008-12-16T19:08:00.002-05:00

The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10c

Clusterf#@k to the Poor House - Final Edition Edition

Barack Obama Interview
John McCain Interview

Sarah Palin Video
Funny Election Video

Apple meets the Simpsons

2008-12-01T09:57:00.003-05:00

Michael Rosenblum's Wakeup Call to Journalists

2008-11-24T20:03:00.001-05:00

Michael Rosenblum @ Society of Editors 08 from Paul Bradshaw on Vimeo.

Len Downie: Online standards should match print standards

2008-11-20T09:15:00.000-05:00

Leonard Downie, Jr. from Nieman Journalism Lab on Vimeo.

Make Your Wordpress Blog Search Engine Friendly

2008-02-04T21:43:00.001-05:00

Web 2.0: Terms media professional should know

2008-01-27T19:54:00.000-05:00

Web 2.0 Terms Every Media Professional Should Know

21:25

83 MB

http://www.mediabistro.com/21-ondemandvideo.html/

1. Introduction: What is Web 2.0?

Web 2.0 is not a new set of internet standards or protocols, and it is not based on any fresh developments in software or technology. Rather, Web 2.0 represents a change in the way people approach the Internet, and in the strategies and business models used by entrepreneurs to develop user-driven, profit-making online platforms.

2. Web as a Platform

During the first phase of the Web, companies were simply taking information that existed outside the Internet and putting it onto their websites. Web 2.0 marks a move to the Web as a platform, with sites that you use and interact with.

3. Architecture of Participation

Web 2.0 platforms are user-generated, which means the public contributes dynamic, vital, often uncensored content.

4. Online Community

User generated websites where visitors browse and update information create outlets of collective intelligence.

5. Folksonomy

A folksonomy is a searchable classification system created by users.

6. Mobility

On powerful handheld devices, Web 2.0 travels easily to any location, at any time.

7. The Future of Web 2.0

Where is Web 2.0 headed? Details on how companies can use the unique attributes of Web 2.0 to best advantage.

Social networking in plain English

2008-01-27T19:44:00.001-05:00

Wikis in plain English

2008-01-27T19:42:00.000-05:00

RSS in plain English

2008-01-27T19:41:00.001-05:00

Information/(R)evolution

2008-01-27T19:38:00.001-05:00

The impotence of proofreading

2008-01-27T19:37:00.001-05:00

Blogs in plain English

2008-01-27T19:35:00.000-05:00

Girls and technology

2008-01-27T19:31:00.001-05:00

Navizon vs. Google Map Locator

2008-01-27T19:28:00.000-05:00

Check out Adrian

2008-01-27T18:09:00.000-05:00

I first met Adrian Holovaty when he was a sophomore at the University of Missouri. I was doing some recruiting for online talent at a College Media Advisors convention, and despite his shyness, it was obvious that the young man was something different. Something special.
Although we haven't talked much (miss you, Adrian) since he left his job with WashingtonPost.com a year ago to pursue a $1.1 million grant from the Knight Foundation to build what has resulted in EveryBlock, I've had a small hand in Adrian's career. I put him in touch with Rob Curley when Curley was the new media wizard of the Lawrence (Kan.) Journal-World, and the rest is, well, the rest is all Adrian.
Check out Adrian's homepage to get a better feel for who he is, what he does, what he believes and what you can learn from him. Adrian was a guest of this class a year ago, but he works as well as lives in Chicago, so it isn't likely that we'll see him this time around. But that doesn't mean that we can't benefit from what he has to say about journalism today.

AND WHILE YOU'RE AT IT:
Check out "New Media Matter(s): Journalism Education and the Future of News, a little PDF that Laura Ruel and Nora Paul put together in 2001. It contains transcripts from interesting discussions among journalism educators attending the Online News Association meeting that year. You can download a PDF here.
And, have you checked out Rob Curley's website? Of course Rob has a website, so you can know his mind!

What? You didn't see it?

2008-01-25T15:09:00.000-05:00

Here's are Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's Top 10 Political Promises as offered on the "Letterman Show" Thursday night on CBS:

A touch of MacWorld

2008-01-18T20:24:00.000-05:00

Everything has to start someplace, so let's start this Comm361/Online Journalism class blog with a touch of the MacWorld conference this past week in San Francisco.

Here's a video report by Wall Street Journal technology columnist Walter S. Mossberg (WHAT! You don't read Mossberg?!), who discusses his early impressions (full review to follow) of the ultra-thin MacBook Air. Stacey Delo reports.