About Me
I am an economics major at George Mason University working towards an electronic journalism minor. I enjoy writing stories and have done so on multiple occasions for The Broadside. The topics I prefer writing about are sports, economics, and politics. I've moved many times, but I consider Virginia my home.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
-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
- patcarroll on How the media breaks down
- onMason Team on Hello world!
Archives
Categories
Meta
November 2024 M T W T F S S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Author Archives: msmith17
Chapter 4 reaction
Briggs’ fourth chapter focuses on the realities of this age of information, where children are often more adept at using technology then their parents. The ultimate question becomes: How do you tell your child how to use these technologies when … Continue reading
Posted in Briggs, Comm361, Matt Smith, Uncategorized
Tagged briggs, comm361, Matt Smith
Leave a comment
China set to ban iPads
[View the story “iPads Banned in China” on Storify]
Posted in Apple, Comm361, Matt Smith, Uncategorized
Tagged apple, comm361, Matt Smith
Leave a comment
Storify on record skydive
[View the story “Skydiving from Space” on Storify]
Posted in Comm361, Matt Smith, Skydiving, Uncategorized
Tagged comm361, Matt Smith, skydiving
Leave a comment
Reaction to chapter 3
Chapter 3 of Briggs’ text focuses more on the role of the reader than the journalist themselves. In the modern day, readers can acquire their own information, allowing them to comment on stories in an intelligent manner. Since social media … Continue reading
Posted in Briggs, Comm361, Matt Smith, Uncategorized
Tagged briggs, chapter3, comm361, Matt Smith
Leave a comment
The billionaire hacker
I have began following Yahoo Tech News Headlines and stumbled across a highly interesting article in which Mark Zuckerberg describes himself as a “hacker”. Zuckerberg, the creator of Facebook and one of the richest men alive, does not conjure up … Continue reading
Tech news headlines: organized technical knowledge
The tech site I elected to follow is Yahoo Tech News Headlines. This website is user-friendly and lends itself well to those who are not the most tech savvy. The articles are organized and there are multiple RSS feeds present … Continue reading
SOPA and PIPA: The death of the internet?
[View the story “SOPA and PIPA: The Death of the Internet?” on Storify]
Posted in Briggs, Comm361, Matt Smith, Uncategorized
Tagged comm361, Matt Smith, Storify
Leave a comment
Reaction to introduction, chapters 1 and 2
INTRO: The man behind Journalism Next, Mark Briggs, certainly knows that we are in a world of rapid change. Information has become instantaneous, the youth are checking updated news on revolutionary smart phones. Briggs contends that journalists should embrace this … Continue reading
Posted in Briggs, Comm361, Matt Smith, Uncategorized
Tagged briggs, comm361, Matt Smith
Leave a comment