CNN.com – RSS Channel – HP Hero- Some on-air claims about Dominion Voting Systems were false, Fox News acknowledges in statement after deal is announced
- Dominion still has pending lawsuits against election deniers such as Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell
- Here are the 20 specific Fox broadcasts and tweets Dominion says were defamatory
- Judge in Fox News-Dominion defamation trial: 'The parties have resolved their case'
- 'Difficult to say with a straight face': Tapper reacts to Fox News' statement on settlement
- Millions in the US could face massive consequences unless McCarthy can navigate out of a debt trap he set for Biden
- White homeowner accused of shooting a Black teen who rang his doorbell turns himself in to face criminal charges
- Newly released video shows scene of Jeremy Renner's snowplow accident
- Jake Gyllenhaal and Jamie Lee Curtis spent the Covid-19 lockdown together
- Toddler crawls through White House fence, prompts Secret Service response
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Pinterest Post
I requested an invite to Pinterest yesterday but am still waiting on the invitation. I’ve never really used an image sharing service such as Pinterest, but once I gain access to the site I will likely “pin” photos of sports and movies.
Now that I have a Facebook, WordPress Blog, Twitteer, and Storify, Pinterest seems to be the next step in the ever evolving social media landscape. Some of the things I will enjoy putting on my “boards” will include.
1. Sports- The San Diego Padres, San Diego Chargers, and The Los Angeles Lakers are a big part of my life. I am also a huge fan of the basketball team here at George Mason.
2. Movies- I am an absolute movie buff and will pin certain still shots and movie posters to give people an idea of what I am in to.
3. Places- Being in a military family, I have moved a great deal and seen a wide variety of places. I would like to share these with some of my followers.
Chapter 9 Briggs reaction
Ch.9 of “Journalism Next” tends to focus on the many data tools available to journalists over the internet in the modern day. All these tools are advancements in the way we organize and interpret data.
Tools such as Google Docs or MapBuilder can help you organize a wide variety of data sets, whether it be for personal or professional use. From contacts to sales projections, there are a variety of tools on the internet that can help you organize your data.
Three popular forms of data tools available are:
1. Interactive Maps- These can show readers where you’ve been and what you’ve done, allowing them to see a big picture with one graphic.
2. Search Databases- Simply put, these help you find whatever information you tell the database to find. Many databases have search criteria that can narrow your results to your liking.
3. Application Program Interfaces- Allow the sharing of information between websites through data.
Briggs chapter 8 reaction
Chapter 8 of “Journalism Next” focuses on the video component of journalism. With video camera capabilities on smart phones and simple upload sites such as Youtube, any journalist has instant video capabilities.
Before a journalist starts on a video story, they must first determine if they wish to tell a story in a documentary format, or as breaking news. The difference between the two is that breaking news is faster paced as footage must be captured and broadcasted in the shortest time possible. Documentaries are typically more staged, and as such, require a great deal of preparation.
There are four stages of video:
1. Storyboard/Preparation – Here a journalist determines the direction of the piece and how various shots will string together. Also, it can be decided here what angles and zooms to use in various situations.
2. Interviews – Setting up the interview location is critical. It must be comfortable for both parties and be well lit. Questions have to be prepared well ahead of time.
3. Shooting footage – There are a great deal of details when it comes to shooting, but lighting, audio, and zoom must be taken into account.
4. Publishing video- There is no shortage of simple upload sites but some of the easier, user friendly ones are Youtube, Vimeo, and Twitvid.
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Workshop #2 Photoshop part 1
For my second workshop I attended a Photoshop workshop as I am limited in what I can do when it comes to editing photographs. The section that I attended was the first part of a four part series and dealt primarily with becoming familiar with the interface.
Some of the topics that were covered were:
– Cropping
– Filters
– Tables
– Rotation
– Zooming in and out
– Color editing
While some of these things seem rather simple, I had never even seen the fifth version of the CS Photoshop so I had no idea how to do anything. However, I considered myself better informed by the end of the workshop as there was only me and one other person in the workshop. By the end of the workshop, I was fixing and enriching a photograph that had been in the sun for a great deal of time.
I would highly recommend this workshop to anyone interested as it allows you to manipulate photographs to your liking while also helping you identify photos that could potentially be fake.
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