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Since journalism tasks are getting tougher, the resources available to journalists are shrinking. Well, that isn’t good.  So what’s the best thing to do?  The best thing to do here is to embrace technology and create a more open approach to gathering and presenting information. This chapter focuses on three important news reporting methods that are […]

Should there be any concern for the future of the newspaper industry? There are many doubters, but Joel Achenbach doesn’t believe there should be anything to fear.  Why?  Because  Achenbach believes that “literature is its own reward.” Achenbach also knows what our central medium is and what people want in terms of mediums: “Our future […]

Chapter 2 of “Journalism Next” is all about the elements of blogging and what it means to have a blog.  The first thing Briggs states is that every college journalist should have a blog.  That’s a given, clearly because I am blogging right now.  Another point is that every journalist who is trying to get […]

Mark Briggs, the author of the book “Journalism Next,” breaks down the most basic Web technologies in the first chapter.  The point he makes is that we must get the most out of our “online existence” and must grasp the most basic concepts.  Once we grasp those concepts, it makes it easy to send and […]

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