January 2010
38 posts
Another reminder, MMC students
We’ll be in rm. 209 (same room as where you created your tumblr blogs) for tomorrow’s and Wednesday’s classes.
You’ll need to bring a flashdrive to store your story because you’ll be adding to it on Wednesday.
Adults still act this way? RT @abcactionnews Over 400 arrests made at Gasparilla Parade http://bit.ly/dzDtmY
RT @APStylebook: #APStyle tip: A reminder: The verb is to Twitter or to tweet. A Twitter message is known as a tweet. -AS
MMC blog post
MMC students:
Remember, your blog posts on the “web hit” I uploaded on my web portal are to be posted by 11 p.m. tonight (Sunday), I’ll begin looking at them shortly afterwards.
Keep in mind what I discussed in class — all 1-sentence paragraphs and no more than 6 paragraphs total. Pick out the most important info. No quotes. This will be a great practice assignment for...
RT @Poynter: Everyday Ethics: Obama on Kanye West: Is the President Ever Off-the-Record?: In the flap about ABC reporter Terry M… http …
Just ran into a former Pat Press features editor in Gville. She’s getting married this summer.
Go to www.thepatpress.com to leave a comment
RT @floridabuzztap: Hoops Scoop » Billy D’s son http://bit.ly/bN0W4R
RT @floridabuzztap: The Tampa Tribune » CBS urged to scrap Super Bowl ad with Tebow, mom http://bit.ly/6Ek2nO
Practice news story
A Gainesville boy fell through a skylight into the Oaks Mall after he and a teenage accomplice climbed on to the mall’s roof late Tuesday night, according to a Gainesville Police Department report.
Christopher Dwayne Hutson, 10, is in stable condition in the intensive care unit at North Florida Regional Medical Center, said a hospital spokeswoman. He fell through the skylight and landed near...
RT @floridabuzztap Swamp Things » Chandler Parsons plays the hero once again in Gators’ 58-56 win over South Carolina http://bit.ly/6TuXu3
The one night we attend the orchestra and miss this http://bit.ly/6TuXu3 …What we were thinking? BC, I hope you enjoyed it!
RT @macloo: Enjoyed this! Internet 2009 in Numbers - http://bit.ly/5eqFfA (via @smashingmag) Data about YouTube, Twitter, int’nat’l users.
MMC update
Current group standings
Group 1 (The Second Guessers) — 7 points
Group 5 (The Five Ladies) — 7 points
Group 2 (Seventh Edition) — 2 points
Group 4 (Journalistas) — 2 points
Group 3 (After 2B4) — 1 point
More group exercises Wednesday in class. Next up is AP Style. Remember, I’m also awarding +5 points for any group that has all its members bring their...
RT @SouthwestAir: College Media Network & SWA are giving college Web editors wings to NYC for the Spring College Media Conv. Details her …
RT @floridabuzztap: Gator Sports Nation » Tim Tebow To Appear In Super Bowl Ad http://bit.ly/4qY92q
Remember to vote in the polls on www.thepatpress.com site
Rob Marino blog post #1.7 Autobiography
Rob Marino believes students sometimes learn best when interacting with their peers in an environment away from the classroom.
That’s why this Central Florida Community College assistant professor of communications has become such a strong advocate of taking his student editors on bi-annual trips to national journalism conventions each fall and spring.
When Marino became the Patriot Press...
RT @Poynter: Demand Media may not be bad for journalism, but bad for social media, says @tishgrier http://ow.ly/VdGi
Mr. Marino test
This is a test.
RT @GatorsNow: ESPN’s Scouts Inc: Florida assembling a class for the ages - http://bit.ly/8RxswC
RT @Poynter: RT @NYTPicker: New record? NYT prints 36 corrections, including 8 on 1 story & year’s first by Alessandra Stanley http://ow …
RT @Poynter: The Ferndale Enterprise (@FrndEnterprise), a small town paper w/no news Web site, led earthquake coverage w/tweets http://o …
RT @GatorsNow: RT @GatorBenPBP: A clean sweep: Rivals, Scout and ESPN all currently have Florida’s 2010 class ranked No. 1 in the nation
RT @sreenet: Heard of pub crawls, but not a hot-cocoa crawl. List of NYC’s 22 best places, from @MommyPoppins: http://ow.ly/UwTM #fb
RT @OcalaStarBanner: Sno-Cala: Star-Banner Staff A light snowfall dusted Ocala on Saturday morning for the first time in over 20 years. …
I just retweeted the Star-Banner photo gallery on the brief snowfall. The photographer, Alan Youngblood, is coming to our JOU class in Feb.
RT @sreenet: Short, simple, clear explanation: 3 benefits to retweeting - by @AlFerretti, @SkeeterHansen: http://bit.ly/YWEZE
At AEJMC Meeting at Poynter in St. Pete trying to get curriculum ideas for my classes … will I miss the snow tonite?
RT @ThePatPress: This is the new twitter account for The Patriot Press! Please follow, and visit thepatpress.com!
RT @Poynter: AP’s new social media position (@lfmccullough) shows that news orgs are taking social media seriously, notes @sreenet http: …
RT @Poynter: RT @journalistsnet: Watch video of Dan Rather on the Media’s ‘New Order’ http://bit.ly/4DLbTm /@mediaspy
Welcome to my classes -- from Mr. Marino
Welcome to JOU 2100 and MMC 1101. I am thrilled you decided to enroll in one or both of my mass communication/journalism classes. Here is a little background about myself.
This is my sixth year at CFCC. I was born in the Midwest (in a small town, like Ocala, in Indiana), but I was raised in Florida, in Bradenton, also a small town just south of Tampa and similar in size to Ocala.
I love the...
RT @macloo: Refreshing! “The news media is experiencing a renaissance” (from Dec. 24) - http://bit.ly/84H9w2
RT @macloo: New blog post: Thoughts about video editing software (in journalism schools) - http://bit.ly/7ZZcaH
I love uplifting stories like this RT @floridabuzztap Miami Herald » Positive signs are plentiful for Florida Gators http://bit.ly/7w8l7L
RT @floridabuzztap: Swamp Things » UF President: Meyer does not need heart surgery http://bit.ly/8Q5r3I
RT @floridabuzztap: Swamp Things » Meyer’s daughter: Urban’s perfectionist ways “affected everybody” http://bit.ly/6dKFvc