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Media Tools: Podcasts
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

Looking at new media tools we cover grounds of video blogs which are also known as moblogs as they incorporate mobile phones to cover and distribute media projects. Podcasts while they are not the most popular form of media tool are being used more and more by people who have access to the internet. [...]

Group Blog: Mojo’s Leading the Way!
Friday, September 5th, 2008

A recent article published in ‘The Australian’ by Lara Sinclair has outlined the growing use and rise of Mobile Journalists (Mojo’s) throughout today’s cut-throat industry. It has been reported that multi-million dollar news agency ‘Reuters’ is leading the way in such a field, sending more than 40 journalists at a time off to complete their daily duties.
Mojo’s are [...]

Watching the new media explode as the old media implodes
Monday, August 25th, 2008

Through class we have been talking, engaging and using new forms of media. In doing so we have discussed the benefits that this new technology has on the media industry and aspiring journalists. However I thought it would be relevant to cover the negative aspects of digital media and the constraints that it [...]

Group Blog 3: Images – For sales or to wow an audience?
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

For this week’s group blog, we at CAMM decided to talk about the impact of images throughout the media with particular reference to the Melbourne Gangland Feature provided on DSO. With the likes of television shows such as Underbelly, most people are now fully aware of what happened during the 1995-2004 period. The images of convicted criminals [...]

Group Blog #2
Friday, August 8th, 2008

Over the past couple of weeks our ALJ301 Tutorials have consisted of the advancements and developing technologies that Journalists and those alike are faced with in this growing Industry.
Talk about a knock to your confidence and a definate scare tatic!
It is extremely daunting to be each week faced with a different prospect that will in [...]