Online video fails to engage users
With services like Snapchat, Facebook Live and Instagram providing platforms for video sharing, not to mention the perennial video king in YouTube, various online players are […]
social media
Engage students with Snapchat
My students are all on Snapchat. I have an account too, and so I often get students asking me for my account name because they want […]
Treat news sites with care of a chef
The traffic numbers for Sterling Student Publications, the site operated by my journalism students, is abysmal. This is especially true for our homepage, so I started […]
Newsletters create engagement
During my 45-minute commute home from my job as a high school journalism teacher, I was thinking about what I could have my magazine students do […]
Thought Paper: Social Media in Scholastic Journalism
NOTE: This was a paper I wrote for J7700 Participatory Journalism that was supposed to discuss concepts concerning “the sharing of digital journalism.” In the class, […]
Obama shares sharp insight into media consumption
Former President Barack Obama gave his last interview as president to a new podcast called Pod Save America. A podcast. How awesome is that? I’ve long […]
Journos, educators should lead social media change
Fake news is a problem, but there might be a solution most haven’t considered. Amanda Bright, writing for MediaShift, suggests journalists and journalism educators need to […]
Experiment with less connectedness proves fruitful
I did it. I went without Facebook on my phone for a month, and it was incredibly freeing. In June, I came to a realization. […]
Experimenting with less connectedness
How often are you present instead of connected? Personally, I find myself connected more than I am present. That is to say, I default to […]
In the Halloween spirit
Halloween is almost upon us, and in celebration of Fall in general, I have a pumpkin sitting on the corner of my desk. One of […]
Social media doesn’t hold as strong of a hold as thought
Wednesday I performed an impromptu experiment. I was my own test subject, and I decided I would see what it is like to go one […]
4-Day Recap: Program keeps teachers moving
The past four days at the American Society of News Editors Reynolds Institute, which I’m lucky enough to be attending, have been a whirlwind of […]
You must be logged in to post a comment.