Posts Tagged ‘Towson University’

Flip brings “interesting” show to life

Posted by Melissa on November 13th, 2009 under Journalism and Media  •  No Comments

Making its way up the east coast, Dos Equis’ The Most Interesting Show in the World made its way to The Recher Theatre in Towson, Md. With a limited 700 capacity, the venue was packed full of locals looking for a night of free entertainment and enjoying some quality beer.
I was particularly excited to [...]

Bye bye summer, hello…what’s next?

Posted by Melissa on August 24th, 2009 under 28May, Journalism and Media, Uncategorized  •  No Comments

Now that summer is almost over, I’ve started thinking of different topics to blog about. The topics may start out a bit scattered, but eventually I am hoping to narrow it down. I will definitely continue writing about new and fascinating trends regarding journalism, new media, social networking, as well as updating my portfolio once [...]

Sitting in front of screens, reporting on the scenes

Posted by Melissa on August 1st, 2009 under 60 Days in The Sun  •  No Comments

This week at The Baltimore Sun has been a busy one with me watching video after video of the Space Academy footage. I’ve been trying to piece sound bites with clips of video to form short vdeos for the project, but there is still so much to go through!

Rachel Murphy (above) suited up for the [...]

Developments on Space Academy project

Posted by Melissa on July 15th, 2009 under 60 Days in The Sun  •  1 Comment

The week’s been slow at The Sun, but I’ve been keeping busy with the Honeywell Space Academy project that we are working on putting online, hopefully soon.
Just a refresher, middle school teachers from around the world had the opportunity to go to the Honeywell Space Academy in Huntsville, Ala. to participate in astronaut-style training and [...]

Lessons on blogging and video editing

Posted by Melissa on June 20th, 2009 under 60 Days in The Sun  •  No Comments

Yesterday, Steve Sullivan, The Sun’s assistant managing editor in multimedia, gave me a lesson on blogging. One of the important things to know about blogging is tracking it.
Using Google Analytics or Google Trends is a great way to keep track of and analyze the traffic of your blog. You can see what topics are drawing [...]