Social networking has been and is currently becoming more of an essential and influential factor in our everyday lives. It impacts our both our personal and professional life as we go about our activities on a daily basis. Media on the whole infiltrates almost every aspect of our lives. Today almost everyone uses social media […] Continue reading →

I haven’t exactly tried much public archiving, I would say I am quite an old school person who tends to stick with thumb drives to store information. I know it seems like quite an ancient mechanism to when it comes to storing information and archiving, however, like mentioned earlier, I tend to be quite old […] Continue reading →

I read the “Personal Collections Become Public Archives” and it was quite realistic and something that some people can relate to, and of course that depends on your age or which era you are from. Earlier in the 90’s I personally was one of those persons who would get up early on Saturday mornings to […] Continue reading →

As I was reading about Digital Journalism: Excerpts from the Columbia Graduate School: “The Story So Far, What We Know About the Business of Digital Journalism” I figured it was very interesting and educating at the same time. Digital journalism also known as online journalism is a contemporary form of journalism where editorial content is distributed via the Internet as […] Continue reading →

After listening to a BBC podcast about producing news reports using mobile phones it gave me a lot of perspectives about how media is taking a whole new approach with just the use of a smart phone. For instance the BBC started issuing IPhones to its journalists for news gathering which seems like an immense […] Continue reading →

  Journalism has taken many different approaches, and international reporting is a very essential and crucial aspect of journalism. York College recently had a seminar about international reporting, which makes up a large chunk of the news.  As long as the idea of media goes back, international reporting has been covered by journalists all over […] Continue reading →

In the world of journalism there are many aspects that can be taken into account when you are reporting stories. Business and law reporting are two main types of stories that are covered on a daily basis by journalists globally. The business journalist or reporter covers in-depth reports about the latest in business, launch of […] Continue reading →

After reading the New York Times’ piece on “How Facebook Is Changing the Way Its Users Consume Journalism” and taking it into consideration, it occurred to me that traditional news is really taking a lot of competition from social media and news feed engines.                 I personally use […] Continue reading →

I love the fact that for this week’s weekly reflection, we have the chance to make a post that actually in a way indirectly allows you to understand what you need to do and where you are at. Also, by completing the check list, it allows you to assess your progress and at the same […] Continue reading →

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Watching the portrait documentary of Aaron Swartz, The Internet’s Own Boy was a great moment for me, which gave me a good sense of insights as of how the world works. Swartz was a prodigy web developer that participated in some seminal web projects – RSS, Creative Commons licensing, and Reddit. Swartz founded Demand Progress which […] Continue reading →

For many years Oprah Winfrey has been an inspirational person not just to me but for many people around the world. The sixty-year-old Oprah Winfrey is an America media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist. She is best known for her multi-winning-award talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show which was the highest-rated program of its […] Continue reading →

So far, I’ve found CT 101 to be an interesting subject, and the components and materials for this class are exciting and fun to work with. Even though some people may view this class as an unusual one for most in that we are not very specifically directed to read, write, and test about various […] Continue reading →

I got my site up and running on WordPress and I was very excited about creating a domain and having it as my own. At first I was very confused and unsure of how to go about starting my new … Continue reading →

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So it seems like making a chocolate cake has gotten a whole lot easier. Use a GIF and cake is now as ABC to make. Tweet Share on Tumblr

I think a student or a faculty member would like to have a “domain of one’s own” because it would enable them to have an opportunity and the flexibility to design, create and have thoughtful uses of those spaces. I … Continue reading →

I tend to engage in using several forms of social on almost a daily basis as a form of socializing and for journalistic and news gathering purposes as well. In this age, social media has taken a world of itself … Continue reading →

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As a game plan for this course, I intend to do blogging, digital story projects, perhaps a personal website and a weekly reflection hopefully if I can manage all of the above. I like blogging since it allows you to … Continue reading →

I would say that I am fairly new to digital story-telling tools even though I am a journalism major, and shooting photos and editing is quite fresh for me. However, I do engage in taking a number of photos for … Continue reading →