When Snapchat was released in 2012, it took the social media world by storm. At first, it was just a way to communicate with friends via photos that disappeared after ten seconds. Today, you can post photos or videos on to a public story that last 24 hours, you can add special effects to photos and… Continue reading Innovating Snapchat for bloggers, publications and stores
Innovation in the media happens every day. Look at Snapchat. A year or so ago, it was an app where you could send videos and selfies to your friends, and not much else. Over the course of this past year or two, Snapchat has added group stories where you can post your Snapchats under a… Continue reading Changes Big and Small: Innovating for a Digital Tomorrow
As a reporter, when I look at the average time someone reads a story, I get discouraged. What’s the point of writing an in-depth, thought out and informational article if I won’t get eyes on it for longer than 15 seconds? James T. Hamilton, the author of “All the News That’s Fit to Sell” was… Continue reading Look beyond the media stars for answers
Every day the first thing after I wake up is to check my phone. And the first mobile app I choose is not Facebook or Wechat, but an app called One, which has a simple but stronger slogan: “One is all.” One introduces one quote, one short novel, one song and one movie every day.… Continue reading Less is More: Why The One Is My Model for New News Apps
Photo by Getty Images Journalism today is all about getting the news out faster than the competitors. Fast, accurate and updated is what gets the first and most viewers. For writers who like to record their interviews (let’s face it, most of us) transcribing them is the l o n g e s t, most… Continue reading Convert to Converting … Recorded Interviews to Transcribed Notes
Pass me the aux cord. Everyone thinks they have that million dollar idea. According to the USPTO there are over 500,000 applications for patents each year. There’s no shortage to the American Dream, but what’s really going to change the world? What invention is going to be the one that sticks? I’ve been thinking about this for… Continue reading Pass Me the Spotify Shuffle
Let the reality set in One of the hardest things about being a journalist nowadays is competing with the rest of the world to provide information. The internet has made it very easy for anyone to search any kind of information and for anyone to get just the information they want. “The world has divided… Continue reading Fact Advisor: Because Your Friend’s Status is Absolute BS
In a world where everything is turning over to the tech-side, it makes sense that the contents of our wallets are making the transition as well. Our credit and debit cards are becoming digitalized; all you need to do is input your card’s information and/or bank routing number into a social payment app of your choice,… Continue reading Payment Innovation: How Safe Is Digitalizing Cash?
The name of the game in the current media landscape is convenience. Audiences gravitate toward the most convenient medium to receive their news. According to a study by the American Press Institute, this is not likely to change as the youngest Millennials have reached adulthood and their chosen press medium is decidedly digital. Additionally, according… Continue reading Role of glance journalism in today’s media landscape
As a content editor for my university’s yearbook, I am constantly running into writers’ AP style errors. Though it isn’t quite in my job description to search for and correct those errors—that being the job of the copy editor—I find myself doing it anyway. Why? I love AP style. There, I said it. As… Continue reading AP style check: helpful innovation or crutch?
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