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Pictured, from left to right, Kris Bennett, Z-93 Radio, Charleston and the Charleston RiverDogs; 1 Lt. Jaylaan Riley, Signal Corps, Fort Gordon, Ga.; Breylon Jones, 107.3 Radio, Greenville
Sunday, March 24, 2019
Three Recent Comm Graduates Come Back to Campus Friday!
1 Lt. Jaylaan Riley, U.S. Army (Class of '17), Kris Kaylin Bennett ('16) and Breylon Jones ('15)- each currently working in broadcasting and/or public relations- will be the featured panelists Friday, March 29, for the latest Communications Club Speaker Series. The forum begins at 11 a.m. in Room 208. The campus community is invited.
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Pictured, from left to right, Kris Bennett, Z-93 Radio, Charleston and the Charleston RiverDogs; 1 Lt. Jaylaan Riley, Signal Corps, Fort Gordon, Ga.; Breylon Jones, 107.3 Radio, Greenville
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Pictured, from left to right, Kris Bennett, Z-93 Radio, Charleston and the Charleston RiverDogs; 1 Lt. Jaylaan Riley, Signal Corps, Fort Gordon, Ga.; Breylon Jones, 107.3 Radio, Greenville
Sunday, February 17, 2019
Valentine's Day Bake Sale A Sweet Success!
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| Lots of signage and student support made for a big day! |
The purpose was to sell goodies and raise some money to help the Communications Program's Bulldog News Now (BNN) buy some needed equipment.
And what a picture perfect day we had too!
Wednesday, February 6, 2019
News Criteria Analysis Project
In my Copy Editing class the students and I are discussing news. What makes news news?
We are studying the traditional news values. Nine criteria seem to be the expected elements that influence news reporters and editors to cover and include stories in a newspaper or broadcast.
Using the Charleston Post and Courier newspaper from Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019 I have identified a story or two that fulfills each criteria from the news value checklist. And each report is also identified by its types of story.
Consequence/Impact
President Trump delivered his State of the Union address last night. He covered many topics of national interest and spoke of new initiatives that may have impact on Americans in various way.
This types of news story that this speech could be categorized in would be government and politics.
We are studying the traditional news values. Nine criteria seem to be the expected elements that influence news reporters and editors to cover and include stories in a newspaper or broadcast.
Using the Charleston Post and Courier newspaper from Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019 I have identified a story or two that fulfills each criteria from the news value checklist. And each report is also identified by its types of story.
President Trump delivered his State of the Union address last night. He covered many topics of national interest and spoke of new initiatives that may have impact on Americans in various way.
This types of news story that this speech could be categorized in would be government and politics.
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Snapseed in Just a Snap!
The free Snapseed photo processing app is my favorite tool for giving pictures more pop. A friend in my photography club Carolinas' Nature Photographers Association (CNPA) told me about Snapseed a few years ago and I've come to really like it.
The processing tools I really like to bring in are the high dynamic range or HDR filters. These can truly make images more dynamic with great vibrancy and luminosity. Here are three examples from my recent trip to Chicago:
The HDR effects really work well outside on cloudy days. A little processing in Snapseed and you can produce dramatic images like these:
The processing tools I really like to bring in are the high dynamic range or HDR filters. These can truly make images more dynamic with great vibrancy and luminosity. Here are three examples from my recent trip to Chicago:
The HDR effects really work well outside on cloudy days. A little processing in Snapseed and you can produce dramatic images like these:
Thursday, January 24, 2019
Comparing Top Newspaper Front Pages
In our Copy Editing class today we are doing an exercise to study and comment about newsworthiness. This in the sense of how newspaper editors decide what to put on their front pages.
Using the Newseum website that daily has hundreds of newspaper front pages every day, I selected three of the nation's largest circulating newspaper in the country. They are the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post and the New York Times.
Today's Los Angeles Times front page for Thursday, Jan. 24 has five news stories.
There are three "above the fold" stories. Most prominent is "Trump retreats as Pelosi delays State of the Union." Beneath that time is a story headlined "Cohen Delays Hearing, Citing Threats.” Also above the fold is a report about the just-resolved LA teachers' strike.
The front page is rounded out with a piece about Venezuela's new president receiving support from U.S. President Trump and a column about Tuesday's Oscar nominations.
Using the Newseum website that daily has hundreds of newspaper front pages every day, I selected three of the nation's largest circulating newspaper in the country. They are the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post and the New York Times.
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| Front page of the LA Times today |
Today's Los Angeles Times front page for Thursday, Jan. 24 has five news stories.
There are three "above the fold" stories. Most prominent is "Trump retreats as Pelosi delays State of the Union." Beneath that time is a story headlined "Cohen Delays Hearing, Citing Threats.” Also above the fold is a report about the just-resolved LA teachers' strike.
The front page is rounded out with a piece about Venezuela's new president receiving support from U.S. President Trump and a column about Tuesday's Oscar nominations.
Friday, January 18, 2019
2019 Spring Semester Begins!
I took this photo during my Electronic Media Production II class as a way to show the students how to import photographs into a Blogger blog post. I love the variety of expressions!
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| Photo taken in Crawford Communications Room 203. Teachers always like the front row sitters! |
The spring semester is underway here at SC State University. Good luck everyone!
Thursday, December 6, 2018
SC State Rich in "Miller Time" History
Embedded below in pdf form is research and writing I did this semester as part of two of my classes, Public Relations Writing and Feature Writing.
In my PR class, I asked the students to create a Constant Contact newsletter. Constant Contact is widely used in the communication world to produce and share what used to be printed magazines and newsletters.
My feature writing students and I, as a project, tried to find out as much as possible about the old Miller Hall dormitory next to our communications building.
In my PR class, I asked the students to create a Constant Contact newsletter. Constant Contact is widely used in the communication world to produce and share what used to be printed magazines and newsletters.
My feature writing students and I, as a project, tried to find out as much as possible about the old Miller Hall dormitory next to our communications building.
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