Studying the intersection of journalism, interactive communications and public discourse
The assignment: shoot, edit and add a soundtrack to a video that features a piece of architecture. I did my piece on the Phoenix Co. headquarters in Hartford, Conn. The two-sided building is more commonly referred to as the “boat building.” (Music provided by www.freeplaymusic.com)
Another column I wrote for The Hartford Courant 10 years ago. It’s me, at age 25, coming to terms with my place and my race in America. What Happens When You’re Asked To Choose Between Two Cultures By MARIE K. SHANAHAN; Courant Staff Writer Friday, March 28, 1997 | Column: Excerpts My older brother sometimes …
Before the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards aired on cable television, the show’s producers announced that the network would broadcast the ceremony only once in its traditional linear form. Any future TV broadcasts of the VMAs would be ‘remixed’ versions of the show, producers said, as created by viewers and/or MTV. The change in how …
New York Times financial reporter Diana Henriques, talking to journalism students at Penn State: “If you don’t want to do this more than you want to do anything else, then don’t, because it’s too hard otherwise.”
I found a bunch of my old clips buried deep in my closet recently. Some were columns I wrote for The Hartford Courant 10 years ago. It is illuminating for me to read and remember how I perceived myself and the world a decade ago. Much has changed. The Value Of Taking A Stand By …
I get to the dentist’s today at 10:30 a.m. I need two fillings. They show me in. The dentist shoots my mouth up with novocaine and leaves me for a few minutes so it will kick in. Suddenly, there is a sharp buzzing noise and most of the lights in the office go out. Machines …
According to Jakob Nielsen, the guru of Web usability, most people don’t read Web pages at all. They scan them. A recent study showed that 79 percent of Web users scan any new page for individual words and sentences. Only 16 percent read it word-for-word. The implications? Nielsen suggests using: – highlighted keywords – sub-headings …
“Journalism should not be defined by its process. Journalism ought to be defined by its end result: fresh, accurate information that helps its readers see a truth that they did not before.” — Robert Niles, 08-17-07, Online Journalism Review.
“Suppose, sir, that you wish to become a journalist? Well, and why not? Is it a small thing to desire the power of influencing day by day to better citizenship an unguessed number of men, using the best thought and applying it in the best language at your command? “And, next, if you truly despise …
Never dig a hole deeper than yourself.