“Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.” – Danny Kaye Let me start off by saying that paint better be BLUE and ORANGE ;o). I touched on my feelings toward graduation a little bit the other day in the blog that I wrote while I […]
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One Down, One To Go November 18, 2015 The fact that I haven’t blogged since early September… YUCK! My apologies. This fall semester is wrapping up and I could not be more excited. This means that I have ONE more semester left before I graduate with my MA… and that one last semester is just
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Social importance of #ASG July 28, 2015 This is our game, even though our feet may not be adorned with cleats and physically be digging into the clay at one of the thirty ballparks—lucky for our mothers who would cringe at our grass stains. As a fan, it is our decision who gets to forgo
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Transforming The News: Entering A Digital Culture June 17, 2015 Some may argue that if things are not broke then they do not need to be fixed. But, let us consider the analogy of an old car: Parts may start to go bad so do you wait to make the fixes until it stops working
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Enhancing Journalism Through Social Media June 11, 2015 The role of a journalist has undergone a transformation from what it was considered twenty years ago. No longer do television anchors only report the news on their respective live broadcasts, but each type of journalist has the added responsibility of making information available instantly. We also
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Being the story that stands out May 13, 2015 When you scroll through your social media feeds, what captures your attention? For me, and many people, seeing a strong image grabs us and sucks us in. We are beginning Social Media and News, one of my summer classes, with the art of storytelling and engagement.
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Hello Ello February 25, 2015 Data mining. According to Nautilus Systems, whom I grabbed this lovely model from, data mining can be defined as follows: Data Mining differs from traditional data analysis in that it discovers patterns that were previously overlooked, as opposed to queries or statistical methods which require the analyst to make an
Social Media Moderation February 11, 2015 This week in class we are discussing moderation. Where does that imaginary line fall between what we should allow to stay and what we should delete? We may have some guidelines set forth by the different brands that we work for, but in the end it comes down to
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Managing your reputation via social media February 2, 2015 We have an audience and they are watching us. This should come at no surprise since we have access to viewing who and how many individuals are connected to us on each of the different social networking platforms. So, when we make a mistake there are
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“Trust is the glue of life. It’s the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It is the foundational principle that holds all relationships.” – Stephen Covey January 21, 2015 The topic of discussion in my Social Media Ethics class this week is trust. Why do we trust certain people? Social media has definitely made trust
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