Establishing your brand

Becoming a journalist seems to be getting increasingly difficult. Tammi Marcouiller from publish2.com discussed how as journalists we have to create our own brand online. Since there is a shift from print to media, specifically online media, journalists are compelled to create their own unique brand in order to stay competitive. I guess it’s almost like having your own beat in a newspaper, but now because its online it’s your “persona”.
I havn’t figured out what “brand” I should have as of yet. Maybe I might figure it out before the class is over.
I also was thinking, even though as young, upcoming journalists we have to deal with becoming more marketable and competitive since our jobs are becoming limited, it may be easier to become “discovered” in this age, as oppose to previous years. There are so many online social networks that an aspiring journalist can be apart of that you can really “get out there” and get discovered. But with that we also have to be aware because we have to be concious of everything we post online. I fear there is no such thing as a personal site online. Whatever information you put on the web is free game. So if one is serious about becoming a professional journalist, please be weary of all the drunken pictures you have posted on facebook and myspace. It will come back to haunt you.

Commentary on class discussions

I think  facebook having the right to anything we post is ridiculous and I am glad that it was changed back.

It so funny how we agree to all these “terms” over the internet but yet we truly have no idea what we are agreeing to. We literally could be signing our rights away but we would never know.
http://www.journalism.co.uk/5/articles/533534.php

Jrn class

This is my first blog ever! So hopefuly this class will motivate me to start blogging on my own, because I do think blogging is a good idea. It’s almost like a virtual diary.
But anyway, the material we are learning in class is very interesting. Before this class I was clueless about bandwidth, bits, bites , binary codes, broadband, etc., now I feel I am a bit more informed. I think it is crucial for all of us to be knowledgable about these topics becuase as journalists, the media and especially the internet plays an integral part in our lives. We all need to be informed and know these about topics such as these so it can develop us a journalsits, make us more marketable and further help our careers.

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