Chapter 4: Microblogging: Write Small, Think Big Microblogging is the newest and fastest way of getting information from one person to another and for breaking news. It’s incredibly efficient and is a great way to share links and tags to just about anything in real-time. “If blogging started as an online journal, think of microblogging […]

Chapter 1: We Are Web Workers Now I thought that the first section of the chapter that discussed RSS feeds was very interesting. I didn’t actually know that RSS stood for Really Simple Syndication, so that was interesting for me to learn.  The chapter holds a great deal of very useful information for those not […]

Chapter 6: Visual Storytelling With Photographs “Journalism without photographs is like writing without verbs.” I feel like that quote sums up quite well what chapter six is trying to get across, the idea that photography is now almost as much of a necessary skill to become a good journalist as writing is.  The two fields […]

Chapter 5: Going Mobile Chapter five summarizes well the importance of being a mobile journalist, keeping up with and being ahead of the times technologically.  With the introduction of the smart phones, reporters have been boosted to a new level of speed, efficiency, and connectivity. With the ability to snap photos, shoot video, and use […]