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Penny LeGate: A Repurposed Journalist’s Wildest Dreams
Penny LeGate’s Tips for becoming a Re-purposed Journalist: 1. Find something you’re really passionate about. 2. Be willing to work really hard – for free. 3. Find a way to insert yourself into a group of like-minded people. Seattle’s Penny … Continue reading
Wikipedia Latest and Biggest to Join SOPA Protest
As this story goes to post, Wikipedia is four hours from going dark to protest SOPA and PIPA. Wikipedia is certainly the most public and probably largest internet property to take the unprecedented step of shutting down their service to … Continue reading
FOX News Caught Using Fake Riot Footage in Russia?
Has Fox News been caught doctoring stories once again? According to a new video circulating online as of yesterday, it appears so. While trying to offer “Fair and Balanced” reporting on the recent riots in Moscow in which some thousands … Continue reading
What Good Can Come From Cancer at 25?
Rose Egge is a 25-year-old MCDM graduate and a web producer for KOMO News. She is currently writing a blog about her treatment for acute lymphoblastic lymphoma “Stronger Than I Think I Am: A reporter’s fight against cancer.” You can find more … Continue reading
The Murderous Dr. Crippen…
In January of 1910 a simple murder was committed in London. Later that year, a man was apprehended, convicted of the crime and hanged in punishment. The jury believed that this man murdered his wife in order to be with his mistress. The … Continue reading
Doodling: an antidote for digital distraction?
by Cheryl Lowry Picture your last meeting or classroom experience: was everyone staring at a digital device? Despite the wishful demand for multitasking skills found in most job descriptions, none of us are actually that good at it. There’s been … Continue reading
Build a Strong Online Portfolio in 9 Steps
If your career goal involves content creation and digital media management, you need to maintain control of your online identity by building a portfolio website. This past weekend in the MCDM, we’ve discussed the fundamentals of creating an effective online … Continue reading
Are You A “Storyteller?”
By Rachel Crick Is it possible to find a word or a short phrase that describes what we do as storytellers, without using the word storytelling? A recent discussion yielded the word narrative as a possible substitute, though there were … Continue reading
