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Last week, I began to talk about how we started Late Night Patriot, Mason’s livestreamed news broadcast. My team and I have successfully completed 3 shows to-date and are going into our fourth show. I wanted to talk about our set up, basically what we use to broadcast and how we broadcast. When I first […]

To me, Late Night Patriot is the culmination of many ideas and efforts. As I have reiterated many times over in these posts, I am the photo and video editor of Connect2Mason.com, Mason’s student run news website. I’ve been very happy doing what I do, taking photos and video for the site, but I’ve always […]

For the second time in a row, I was able to give a great workshop to those who asked. Instead of being basic, I decided to go into how to shoot a quick and easy sequence of shots. The BBC 5 shot method is an easy way to create a montage of images that stitch […]

When did I become a video teacher? Photos and video are passion for me and when Professor Klein said to me that I would be a roaming video editor for class, I felt honored. I’m not going to lie though, I was a little apprehensive to say yes at first. I thought to myself, “Me? […]

My, how the Times are a-changing Online journalism, particularly that on news organization’s websites like Washington Post and USA Today have remained free to read for the most part. The New York Times, however, has lead the way in maintaining a “paywall” or fee for reading their news online. With a recent change to their […]

Clay Shirky’s quote in the beginning of chapter 9 of Briggs’ “Journalism Next” explains the chapter best, “There is no such thing as information overload, only filter failure.” With the amount of data that’s being put online, whether it be emails, social networking or anything of the sort, it’s important to know how to sort […]

A photo captures a single moment. A video captures the entire moment and beyond. This book just keeps getting better and better. I keep on reiterating in these responses that I’m the photo and video editor for Connect2Mason.com and that I live online journalism day-by-day. As such, I cannot stress how important reading chapter 8 […]

A good photo allows you to read a page of the story. A great photo allows you to read the whole book and more. Chapter 6 of Mark Briggs’ “Journalism Next” is something that I take to heart as a “photojournalist” of sorts. Digital photography has been around for a while, but has recently reached […]

Smart phones and apps and fast knowledge, oh my!       Mobile. It’s something that’s in everyone’s hands in today’s digital world. Whether it’s the topof the line smartphone or the most simple of phones, people have a way to communicate with each other in an easy and quick fashion. Personally, I don’t own […]

Last week’s reports that the next iPad will be dubbed the “iPad HD” are getting close to being 100% true. Gizmodo.com, the tech blog that revealed the iPhone 4 to the world, reported last week on the iPad name rumors. They are reporting today that Venture Beat, another tech news site, is confirming the “iPad […]