Tag Archives: Kathryn Varn
Live tweeting activity in class provides good learning experience — and leads to #JOU3109 trending on Twitter
For about 30 minutes on Thursday afternoon, my Multimedia Writing class was trending in the United States on Twitter. #JOU3109 was Number 3 in the list of 10 trending topics in the U.S., behind #FunnyPetCards and #SleepWeek and ahead of Mardi Gras and Pokemon – and hundreds of other topics being tweeted at that time. […]
Police beat reporter for The Alligator offers tips for covering the police beat
What’s involved in writing a police story? That’s what my students in Multimedia Writing are asking because now they have to write a police story — for a grade. Most students in the class have never written news stories before and most don’t read police stories. So we spend time discussing how reporters obtain information […]
Julie Dodd 