Journalism…Remix!!!

As both a vocalist and a journalist, I sometimes feel like I’m being torn in half. I mean, how different could two fields get? As a vocalist I work for many hours thinking about my voice, my lyrics, my interpretation. I’m completely immersed in my own little operatic world.
Then I walk from the Fine Arts [...]

America Votes for Change

Despite all the newsworthy stories around last night, there were both winners and losers in election coverage.
CNN exemplified Web 2.0 coverage. The entire home page was redesigned to display only election information, with the presidential race taking predominance over other races. However, also CNN offered personal race tracking for individuals, so any user could [...]

Early Morning Video

Podcast Heaven

I think I started a great podcast collection by subscribing to the Rachel Maddow podcast. This being my first podcast experience, I was wary of watching a slow-loading, fuzzy video. Scratch that stereotype. I love podcasts now!
The clip was about thirteen minutes long but loaded in about thirty seconds. The video and audio quality was [...]

Teen Drivers Web Shell

As of Aug. 1, 2008, Connecticut teen drivers lost many driving freedoms, following a national trend to protect teens. Statistics show that teens are the most dangerous population on the road. According to a study by the New Jersey Teen Driver Study Commission, 6,000 teens die annually in car crashes
In an effort to lower those [...]

Blog to the Future

Until the blog appeared, people have had their news handed to them. Books, radio and television controlled the news. They talked, you listened.
However, the blog has revolutionized the news industry. Suddenly, anyone can create a blog and publish news as he sees fit. And this of course is the best and the worst of [...]

Online Writing, Keyword: Simple

Online readers are ruthless. They want accessible information at the click of a mouse, and journalists better give it to them. It all boils down to survival of the simplest.
Accessible writing is:
concise
focused
organized
easy to read

It’s very sad for writers to admit, but elegantly delayed leads, illuminating anecdotes, and vivid descriptions turn off Web readers. Instead, [...]

Bionic Men (and Women)

Tech toys are blurring the line between man and machine. Who hasn’t walked on a college campus and seen at least a dozen people glued to their cell phone while texting or zoned out to music on their iPods as they walk to class? People have become so tied to their technology that most college [...]

CNN- A Tragedy Remembered

While Americans remember and mourn today on the anniversary of the 9/11, it’s nice to know that some news organizations, like CNN, are commemorating this tragedy in a moderate, yet thoughtful way. Four stories concerning the lack of crash site memorials and the reflections of an army officer injured in the Pentagon attack top the [...]

New Updates Available: Web 2.0

Being a technologically illiterate girl for most of my life, in fact, until I started this class, I’ve never thought much about this new, participatory version of the Web. I didn’t find new social accounts like Myspace exciting nor did I spend hours on Youtube watching people make fool of themselves. Actually, I didn’t get [...]