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My Takeaways: “What Would Google Do?”

Jeff Jarvis‘ (@jeffjarvis) “What Would Google Do?” is a book, despite its two-year -old copyright, remains relevant today. I was afraid upon choosing it for a 2011 class that the ideas outlined in Jarvis’ book were going to be dated. … Continue reading

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Citizen journalism: Here to stay?

Engagement between a publication and a reader used to be a phone call, letter or face-to-face interaction about a story. Social media has taken reader engagement to a whole new level for media outlets, and now readers are getting involved … Continue reading

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IJ is rockin’ my socks

My cohort has only completed its second class of Writing for Converged Media, but, of course, we’re already knee-deep in it all. Yesterday we welcomed Mandy Jenkins, social media editor for TBD.com and NPR Blogger Mark Memmott to speak to … Continue reading

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Looking Ahead…

I’m looking forward to what the rest of American University’s Interactive Journalism program offers. From what I understand, there will be a lot of writing intense classes down the road…which is RIGHT up my alley. But this should be interesting. … Continue reading

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