I am leading a workshop on live-blogging during the 35th Annual NABJ convention this year in San Diego. So, I decided to practice what I preached. I am live-blogging the event! I also integrated the stream with real-time Twitter feeds from other journalists who are in attendance. Follow along for pictures, video and audio commentary [...]

Hello, everyone. I appeared on NPR this morning! I discussed the new MOJO (mobile journalism) Lab that I am building at Morgan State University, in Baltimore. The Morgan MOJO Lab launches this fall. Here is the podcast, if you missed it. Many thanks, in advance, to everyone who will support our students!

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So, I am doing my morning media meditation when I come across an online product called Tegrity. The site provides the tools for college professors to capture their lectures on video. The makers also tout that teachers can record at their leisure and review the videos before posting it to the server for student viewing.
My [...]

A college buddy of mine is streaming his destination wedding in Puerto Rico today, for folks who could not attend. How cool is that? You may have seen this cat before. His name is Ayo Scott, and he’s the son of the famous McArthur artist “genius,” John T. Scott. The elder Scott taught at [...]

Earlier this month, I won a $25,000 grant on behalf of Morgan State University, in a journalism competition called New Voices. The J-Lab at American University’s School of Communication charged journalists to create a community newsroom that gave voice to an underrepresented population.
After filing through hundreds of applications, the J-Lab picked nine projects. The Morgan [...]

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Although the state of Maryland is under nearly four feet of snow, the Internet allowed me to continue class, uninterrupted. Amazingly, almost all of my students seemed to enjoy working remotely during this weather. Here is the presentation I asked them to view:

After viewing the presentation, I instructed them to take an accompanying timed quiz. [...]