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Entries from March 22nd, 2012

Skillset 5: Pinterest

March 22nd, 2012 · No Comments · Uncategorized

For months I’ve avoided getting my own Pinterest site, terrified of the amount of time I’d drain away sitting on the site. However, Professor Klein required that we get our own profile for COMM 361, online journalism, I gave in. A casual glance at my boards may give off the impression that I’m a middle […]

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New Iphone App for Travelers

March 22nd, 2012 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I believe that the next social media platform will feature travel and adventure in an interactive format. My hopes were dashed when I realized that someone had come up with the concept before I did, and a recent Mashable article showed me that I was even further behind […]

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Organic Gardening Blog

March 22nd, 2012 · No Comments · blog, colleen wilson, comm361

This summer, my best friend Seana McCroddan and I are attempting to grow an organic garden at her family’s property in the Blue Ridge mountains. Seana is also junior at James Madison University, and she is studying journalism as well. We decided to create a blog to record our experiences throughout the summer, as well […]

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Briggs Chapter 10 and 11

March 22nd, 2012 · No Comments · blog, Briggs, colleen wilson, comm361

Chapter 10: Managing News as a Conversation “It is often said that ‘information wants to be free’, but it is truer in the digital age that information wants to be analyzed, shared, synthesized, curated, aggregated, commented on and distributed”   News as a Conversation: News is no longer a lecture from journalist to public. In the […]

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