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Comment on Recording phone calls: For reporters by Linda Vergnani

Linda Vergnani — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 22:28:05 +0000

Please update the information. I find recording via the Olympus mini earpiece device nowhere near as good as my old recording system through a corded phone. I don’t like the phone in recording systems like Tape a call. So are there new alternatives.

Comment on Advice to journalism students: Forget grad school! by Andrea Cacace

Andrea Cacace — Sat, 18 Feb 2017 21:41:11 +0000

See I beg to differ. I have an undergraduate degree in Communications and Journalism and have not at all been able to find a job anywhere! And I’m from New York city, a place where there is supposed to be great job opportunities. Now I live in Atlanta georgia… guess what? Still can’t find a job in journalism or something related. So I’m now looking to get a masters degree in a different field because I feel like I HAVE to. If I could go back I would not do journalism.

Comment on Your syllabus as a blog: How to do it by Mindy McAdams

Mindy McAdams — Sat, 13 Aug 2016 22:14:40 +0000

@Lexi Eikelboom — It all depends on the course. I use the Canvas course management system for most assignments. That is, students submit their work in Canvas.

For one of my courses, I require each student to create his or her own individual WP site. They must post each week on that site in response to an assignment, which I post on my course blog. To make it easy for me to find their posts, I display the RSS feed for each of their sites in the sidebar of my course blog.

As an alternative, you could also ask them to post the URL of their work as a comment/reply on the assignment post on your course blog.

Comment on Your syllabus as a blog: How to do it by Lexi Eikelboom

Lexi Eikelboom — Sat, 09 Jul 2016 12:22:09 +0000

Do your students submit work on the blog as well? Our university has its own course platform on which we can put everything online and it’s also where students submit their assignments and can see their grades. I wonder if trying to juggle two different sites might end up being more confusing for the students.

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Comment on Setting up a private WordPress.com blog for group editing by 50 blogs for journalists, by journalists 2014 « BLOG do SAMPAIO

50 blogs for journalists, by journalists 2014 « BLOG do SAMPAIO — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 03:39:34 +0000

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Comment on Journalism education: There is no spoon by Louis Maxson

Louis Maxson — Mon, 07 Jul 2014 23:05:07 +0000

What do you think I should do if I want to build an online magazine? Do I need to provide much money to pay for journalists, contributors, guest authors? I ever worked as a journalist at a printed magazine before.

Comment on Aggregation and curation in journalism by The Attack of the Aggregators | University Life: An Exploration

The Attack of the Aggregators | University Life: An Exploration — Sat, 31 May 2014 23:42:42 +0000

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Comment on Journalists: How to get started with Twitter by How to grow a brand’s social media presence in 4 easy steps | #HireKath

Wed, 30 Apr 2014 05:24:02 +0000

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Wed, 16 Apr 2014 11:05:44 +0000

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