While we wait for results to come in, I thought I’d find some good political interactives. First stop, of course is NY Times. Check out their cool Dashboard for monitoring returns as they come in. And, if you go to their Multimedia page, you can see all kinds of great presentations that have to do […]
As many of you know, I have been thinking about this idea of programmer/journalist or journalist/developer or techno-journalist for quite some time. I’m even applying for a Knight News Challenge Grant to move things forward at TX State in this area. Regardless of whether we get this grant or not, this is the direction I […]
Former student Whitney Goss visited with my Web Design class at TX State. She had some great advice for students entering the PR field with WebberMcJ in Austin. She talked about the need to understand all types of communication – journalism, advertising and PR. And, she said that knowing and keeping up with social media […]
Photo by Colter Ray Just wanted to start to capture some reflections from our Mass Comm Week at TX State. First, I’ll talk generally about the blog. Later, I’ll do a post about issues with using Ustream for live video. Last year, during Mass Comm Week, students in my Multimedia Journalism course blogged about the […]
You might ask…I’ve been lax at blogging here, not because I don’t want to or like to. But, I’ve just been swamped. I’m teaching my two Web design courses (Web Design and Publishing for undergrads and Multimedia Production for grad students). They are working on their third project, really the second complete Web site (first […]
So, I’m thinking a lot about this idea of Programmer/Journalist, Journalist/Programmer, Journalist/Developer, Hacker/Journalist and the 6th W (Web, according to Brian Boyer he’s a new programmer student at the Medill journalism program). I want to do some research in this area, maybe visit with NY Times, possibly visit Medill. Talk to these folks about what […]
Yes, it’s viral. Anna Tauzin, a recent TX State graduate, is now attending American University in their grad program. I got to hang out with her, share a cocktail (or two), while I was in DC for the Online News Association conference. She was kind enough to let me video tape her and gave lots […]
