JRN 200 -- More Blogging AND Tweeting. . .

All forms of media have something in common; you're trying to convey the same stories, but in different way, maximizing the use of any one medium to offer an aspect of the story.

Let's look at one blog/Twitter combo, where you covered the latest episode of the TV show "Breaking Bad."

With Twitter, you highlighted that medium's ability to immediately tell a story, as that story is unfolding. Your tweets essentially covered the event live.

Your blog version offered a summary with hyperlinks that used clips from various sources, which makes a lot of sense. After all, if you're blogging about a TV show, it only makes sense to show snippets of that show, right? It also links to still image that capture telling moments.

Notice that -- while both the tweets and blog posts are regarding the same subject -- that the mediums don't conflict with each other' rather, they complement one another. The blog previews and reviews, while the tweets cover as it happens. The tweets tell the story in its basic form, while the blog offers context and meaning.

In our final out-of-class exercises, that's precisely what we're going to try to do: find the best and most diverse ways to tell the same story, with each form playing on the advantages of that particular form, and each form complementing the other.

Let's look at some more blog/tweet combos:

Josh's blog/tweets. (#200jrn)

Devyne's blog posts 1 and 2/tweets.

Jordan M.'s blog/tweets. (#pennstateuofmbtn)

Brittney's blog posts 1 and 2/tweets

Noriah's blog/tweets (#JRNTweets)

Kelsie's blog/tweets (#centralvswestern2010 for the CMU/WMU game & #kelsiethompson)

Joey's blog/tweets (#MNfootball)

Let's look at 'em and tell me what you liked and what extra stuff you would do, if anything.