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In this chapter of Journalism Next, Briggs capitalizes on the importance of data integrity in a news story. To maximize data integrity, Briggs suggests creating folders in e-mail programs and use these to organize various categories of email. This helps when it comes time to retrieve information. In addition, he suggests to make a list […]

Just about every article on the web nowadays is accompanied by some sort of digital media, which in itself can tell a story. As journalists, we strive to provide the best content for our readers, viewers, and listeners, and what better way to provide these stories than with supplementary videos and images? In chapter 8, […]

The previous chapter in Journalism Next spoke about the importance of creating conversations and connecting with the audience. Chapter 11 focuses more on the importance of actually building that digital audience, especially for news. The first point Briggs made was that journalists should make a point to track everything they post, so that they can […]

Chapter 10 of Journalism Next, provided by Mark Briggs, specifies how important connecting with the audience really is. Briggs claims creating said connection makes the feeling of a conversation, and that interactivity is taking place between the writer and the reader. To do this, he suggests: – Using simple language to create and easy, well-flowing […]

Photography, whether printed or digital, can easily make an “alright” story into an absolutely captivating story. Years ago many journalists often found themselves lugging around massive laptop-like devices and huge still-photography cameras. Nowadays, just about everyone and their brother can become a journalist and photographer. With the introduction of high-resolution/high-megapixel cameras embedded in cell phones, […]

With the ever-changing world of technology, the mobile platform now finds itself as a primary tool for journalists. Growing more and more popular every year, journalists are now finding mobile phones and other devices to prepare them for anything, at any time. One can easily share digital media, tweet, update their facebook, etc., on the […]

This chapter of Journalism next is all about Microblogging, the new online sensation that transforms traditional stories into a single line of text followed by a link to the original article. Microblogging is most commonly seen in the form of Twitter, where celebrities, journalists, and everyone in between “tweet” a short message (usually a headline […]

The next chapter in Journalism Next should be seen as a big deal for any aspiring or current professional journalist. Crowdsourcing, or the power of community to improve a service or imformation base,” is an invaluable tool when it comes to journalism. A popular example of crowdsourcing is our beloved friend Wikipedia, which allows users […]

Fairfax, VA — In chapter 1, Briggs talked about RSS feeds and HTML for building and creating websites. In Chapter 2, he begins by discussing the importance of blogs in the journalism field. Briggs claims that every college journalist should start a blog before they begin their career, and that it’s a great source of […]

  Fairfax, VA — Mark Briggs, author of Journalism Next, begins the book with the very basics in using computers for journalism (or online journalism). As with any profession, there are a great number of tools one can use. Within the writing field, Briggs goes on about how tools such as RSS feeds and HTML […]