Archive for March, 2013

Seven Deadly Sins for a Journalist

  Kevin Goldburg was one of our speakers in our online journalism class. What better topic than to come talk about the Seven Deadly Sins with a twist? His powerpoint titled “Seven Deadly Sins of the Journalist” does just that. Goldburg was able to incorporate “do’s and don’ts” in the journalism world by connecting them to […]

How to Research with Joy Suh

Researching only goes so far without the correct knowledge of tools available. Joy Suh a librarian at George Mason University was one of our spokespersons, and personally one of the most important ones. Suh gave a presentation to the class on how to not only research but also do it well. She helped up understand the […]

A Word on Photo Tips

What is a Journalist without photography? Sure writing is an amazing an important aspect of it all, but pictures say a thousand words! Personally I have worked with photography for about 5 years now and I own several DSLR cameras as well as film. This presentation, even though not much was new to me really […]

Kevin Sites

  This was not the first time I went to go see this amazing journalist speak. I saw him speak last semester when he again went to gmu and I was taking Comm 303: Writing Across the Media. Kevin Sites is a freelance journalist and I am a fan of his work. His main topic […]

Food & School

Have you very wondered if your grades in school had anything to do with your hunger?  These statistics can start to from very young, as early as one’s childhood.  In Fairfax County there is a youth survey that is conducted annually for all of the students in sixth, eighth, tenth and twelfth grade.  The survey […]