Submitted by Brian St. Denis on Wednesday, May 6, 2009 - 19:04

E-Journalism

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Tension was high in the classroom today as it became clear why our little group initially chose print journalism instead of broadcast: To stay out of the camera's way.

Yesterday's lessons were all about using your voice, and today was about presenting that voice on camera. After the hours we spent watching CBC anchors enunciate and make hand gestures, this author did his best to emulate them. The two years of callcentre employment may have also lent itself to how to carry my voice.

So what's next? Good question.

The rest of the week will be rounded out by moving from this blog and making a more personal one for our stories for the final four weeks. It's crunch-time for deciding a topic to research. Geographically there are a few areas to cover. Home is in Chatham, while my internship is in the Kitchener-Waterloo area. It's been a while since working on a journalistic endeavor (the writing for the magazine was either already done or was delegated) so it's more difficult than expected to nail down a focus.

Rob sent out the Amber Mac website as an example and it was a good one, since what exactly our final projects entails seems a little fuzzy. More confirmation and brainstorming is expected for tomorrow.

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