We don’t have a journalism degree at Armstrong State University (I know, it’s officially Armstrong Atlantic until 7/1, but I’ve decided to jump the gun here on the blog), but we do have a journalism concentration within the professional communications…
Tag: Journalism
Twitter vs. Facebook
A really interesting post today by Ezra Klein at the Washington Post’s Wonkblog: Why do journalists prefer Twitter to Facebook? From the piece: The fact that so many journalists are on Twitter has made Twitter incredibly professionally valuable to journalists.…
Amazon founder Bezos buys Washington Post for $250 million
Such an interesting development today. From the Washington Post’s Washington Post to be sold to Jeff Bezos: The Washington Post Co. has agreed to sell its flagship newspaper to Amazon.com founder and chief executive Jeffrey P. Bezos, ending the Graham…
Is Nate Silver’s departure an indictment of the journalistic culture at the NYT?
Nate Silver — statistician and analyst whose blog FiveThirtyEight was most recently hosted by the New York Times — has moved to ESPN: Silver, who rose to fame with his award-winning website, FiveThirtyEight.com, also will appear on ESPN and its…
Mother Jones: “Can Photojournalism Survive in the Instagram Era?”
For those interested in journalism, photography, social media, or any combination of those, check out this great piece from Jeremy Lybarger at Mother Jones: Can Photojournalism Survive in the Instagram Era? The piece is primarily a Q&A with Fred Ritchin…