Monthly Archives: May 2008

Edirol-R09: The first thoughts

By Jared | Published: May 22, 2008
Today I graduated from Northampton Community College with my Associate of Arts degree in journalism. Now while all that may be exciting — just like my acceptance to Temple University so I can continue studying journalism this fall — the really exciting part came when I opened my Edirol R-09. Yes, my ultra-geek tendencies took [...]
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The M-M-Max Headroom style of news distribution, or why journalists should work with Nokia’ US service to turn backpack journalism into back pocket journalism

By Jared | Published: May 22, 2008
Image via Wikipedia Awhile back I posted a photo of my mobile journalism kit where I mentioned I don’t have a smart phone. Nokia seemed to answer my prayers for the ultimate news reporting and mobile publishing tool with the N95, but I needed to be sure it would work before I dropped $500 or [...]
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Is shorthand necessary in a Web world or is it just a useful skill?

By Jared | Published: May 15, 2008
Last week I came across a post from Dave Lee about journalism and shorthand. He describes how learning shorthand is under debate in UK j-schools, where the skill appears to have a strong following. In fact one of the comments berates any journalist who doesn’t know a form of shorthand: Anyone who thinks it is [...]
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Multimedia reporting ethics

By Jared | Published: May 8, 2008
Today I ran across an issue I don’t see a lot of people discussing in regard to online journalism: reporting ethics. Jim Killam’s last post over at the Innovation in College Media blog discusses the ethical issues of reporters that would produce both written copy and potential multimedia stories via the web. A brief summary [...]
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