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Real Food
February 7th, 2012 · No Comments · colleen wilson, comm361
Three years ago, I rescued a runt piglet from certain death. The experience changed me in many ways, but the most visible of them has been my conversion to vegetarianism. At the time, my mom wrote it off as a phase, sure that I’d return to my Iowan roots and my meat and potatoes lifestyle, […]
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Briggs Chapter 3
February 6th, 2012 · No Comments · colleen wilson, comm361
Collaborative Publishing is Here to Stay “The hunter-gatherer model of journalism is no longer sufficient. Citizens can do their own hunting and gathering on the internet. What they need is somebody to add value to that information by processing it–digesting it, organizing it, making it useful.” -Phil Meyer
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Briggs Chapter 2
February 2nd, 2012 · No Comments · colleen wilson, comm361
This chapter was in-depth look at blogging. I am currently interning at the Fairfax County Republican Committee blog, and found a lot of this information helpful. It’s easy to write posts, but building a follow base, keeping up day-to-day, and understanding the intricacies of writing online are a step above just writing.
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Briggs Chapter 1
February 2nd, 2012 · No Comments · colleen wilson, comm361
Chapter 1 went over the basics of how digital content works. I was happy to see Google Reader included, because I am a huge fan of the tool. The sections about writing HTML code were particularly interesting, and something that I definitely need to learn more about.
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My First Storify
February 2nd, 2012 · No Comments · colleen wilson, comm361
http://storify.com/nosliwneelloc/romney-takes-florida-primaries
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“I Really Need You to Read This Article, Okay?” …My Reaction
February 2nd, 2012 · No Comments · colleen wilson, comm361
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/17/AR2007081701717_pf.html I thought this article was an interesting perspective to the shift in journalism from print to online. I had always thought of the move to the internet as one driven by reader preference and changing technology. However, after reading this article, I realize my ignorance in that simplistic view. The journalism industry, just like […]
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My Media Pyramid
January 31st, 2012 · No Comments · colleen wilson, comm361
My media pyramid has strong foundations in word of mouth. My newly created twitter has opened up lots of opportunities for click throughs to articles that I can browse. I often get distracted by interesting links in the articles I click from the news sources I follow and forget that I was even on […]
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