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Katie Nowak Roberts, from the Troy Record, and Brian Fitzgerald of the Times Union, are both recent graduates of the Journalism Program at University of Albany. In what some call a shrinking field, both young reporters have overcome many challenges … Continue reading →

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_nyobserver/dont-steal-computer-from-people-who-know-how-to-use-computers-part-deux WOW! Social media doing something GOOD! A man who left his laptop in a bar in NYC, recovers it,  essentially through twitter. Once the news of it broke via tweet, strangers to the Canadian man were on the lookout FOR … Continue reading →

Technological advances over the last few decades have forever changed journalism, and the entire news industry. Advantages such as speed of communication, more easily accessible information, and lower-cost ways to learning of news topics seem like technology’s impact on journalism  … Continue reading →

Originally I had an idea involving a Twitter/Foursquare hybrid that would change the way we flash mob and crowd source at the same time. While I think there could be some way to make that work, it is admittedly pretty … Continue reading →

Originally I had an idea involving a Twitter/Foursquare hybrid that would change the way we flash mob and crowd source at the same time. While I think there could be some way to make that work, it is admittedly pretty … Continue reading →

Outsourcing is when a job s sent to a foreign area to be performed at a high efficiency at a lower cost. Crowdsourcing, the term coined in by Jeff Howe in 2006, as paraphrased, is using several members of the … Continue reading →

A few weeks ago, an article ran through the feed on yahoo news about newly released 9/11 footage, from a helicopter over the water, and then closer to the towers. The social media aspect of this that I observed, was … Continue reading →

The infamous Kegs & Eggs incident has been cited on every local news outlet lately, and has been staining U Albany’s name with images of drunken wrecklessness and delinquent students. On the radio station Fly 92.3, the Thursday morning show … Continue reading →

I feel like I’ve been incredibly immersed in social media this week… first there was this weekend, when I was awake and online, and saw the news break of the earthquake/tsunami in Japan via yahoo and facebook. And yesterday I … Continue reading →

Japan was struck by an earthquake of an 8.9-magnitude barely two hours ago – and followed by a tsunami shortly after. I got in a few minutes ago and innocently logged on to check my yahoo! email. At the top of … Continue reading →