This blog post is based on a speech I gave at Cave Springs ToastMasters Club in St. Charles, Missouri in May of 2014. FELLOW CLASSMATES, FAMILY, AND FRIENDS, College...
On April 15th, I talked about "News As a Conversation" in my Online Journalism class at Lindenwood University. The presentation was based on the chapter "Managing News as a Conversation"...
In 2000, the United Nations established the Millenium Development Goals to address some of the most pressing challenges the world was facing at the beginning of the 21st century. The...
YouTube is currently trying to add a new dimension to its already impressive portfolio as the world's biggest video-sharing website. The company, which was purchased by Google in late 2006,...
With only three weeks left and twelve news packages and VO-SOTs under my belt, I feel like I accomplished a lot already this semester. At the same time, however, I...
As the semester is entering its final third, I feel as though I developed something that comes close to a routine. Equipped with basic knowledge and skills but also the...
As more and more details about the mass surveillance activities surface, various news organizations and journalists express concern about the effect ubiquitous eavesdropping has on journalism. Although research and articles...
The past two weeks, especially the second week, were a great learning experience, for I did two packages, one VO-SOT and anchored in only five days. It was all about...
Over the past two weeks I was able to refine my reporter, anchor, writer, and producer skills and learn a great deal more about how newsrooms work in general. Now...
Now that almost five weeks of the SuperSemester are in the books, I can say that I have a much better idea of what producing newscasts specifically, and working for...
