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During his presentation, Clay Shirky stated that there is not such thing as information overload, only filter failure. Briggs’s Chapter 9 “Data-Driven Journalism and digitizing your life” addresses the impact that onslaught of information has on most people. This chapter was very useful because it focused on ways of utilizing technology to improve your own […]

Chapter 8 of Journalism Next tells the readers about how to convey your story with video. The amazing story of Adam Bender who lost his leg to cancer at the age of 1 and despite all odds was a very good baseball player by 8, would not have been the same without a video. You […]

Chapter 11 introduces the tips for building a digital audience for news. “if journalists produce great stories, but no one reads them, how can news survive?” That quote reminds me of a Hollywood axiom “No audience.. no show.” No matter how good your story is, it still needs to be read in order to become […]

Chapter 10 explains the concept of managing news as a conversation. It begins with a quote by Edward R. Murrow which says “The speed of communications is wonderful to behold. It is also true that the speed can multiply the distribution of information that we know to be untrue.” News are becoming more and more […]

Chapter 6 of Journalism Next focuses on visual story telling. “Journalism without photographs is like writing without verbs” Briggs says. Digital cameras are a lot easier to use than the traditional film ones. There is no longer an excuse not to be familiar with the basics of composition and how to operate a camera. The […]

In Chapter 5 of Journalism Next which is titled “Going Mobile”, Briggs addresses the importance of the technological developments and how they have revolutionized the way the news are reported. He focuses on the smart phones in particular. Smart phones features such as digital and video cameras have now replaced photographers and camera crew, and […]

Chapter 4 addressed the concept of micro-blogging. I enjoyed reading it because I spend significant amount of time on twitter, which made it easier for me to relate to the material. Twitter is an amazing tool that attracted millions of users worldwide due to its simplicity. For many it became a #1 news source, for others […]

  Today, the industry is raising the standarts of what it takes to become a good journalist. Hunter-gathering model is no longer valid, now you have to not only provide the information, you also have to make it usable. The chapter discussed new reporting methods such as crowdsourcing, open source reporting and pro-am journalism. All […]

Chapter 2 addressed the importance of having a blog if you are looking to become a journalist in a near future.  The main purpose of starting and maintaining a blog is to build up your audience. It will also provide a skill set which will be useful as journalism students become professional reporters. This chapter […]

Chapter 1 provided me with an extremely useful overview of all the building blocks of online work. It explained the acronyms and jargon to ensure a better level of understanding of the material in succeeding chapters. It explained the difference between Kilo, Mega, Giga and Tetra bytes. It also provided some useful tips on how to create […]