This past weekend, my friend and I drove over 250 miles through the Texas Hill Country to reach one of the state’s remotest areas – Devil’s River State Natural Area. Seated just south of Del Rio, TX, the Devil’s River is considered the “most unspoiled river in Texas” due to its seclusion and lack of […]
Everything Yusuf Omar needs to shoot, edit and publish a story fits in his pocket. Self-proclaimed “jeans journalist” Omar has spent the last near decade traveling the globe, telling some of the world’s most important stories with just a mobile phone and a few simple apps. The former Senior Social Reporter for CNN, Omar has […]
Three years ago in a North Carolina Applebee’s, former Campbell University student, Matt Nelson, tweeted about the “petability” of a Japanese Irish Setter who supposedly lost an eye in Vietnam. Literally overnight – and several hilarious tweets later – Nelson’s @dog_rates Twitter account garnered about 500 followers. By the end of the month, that number grew to […]
Last spring, I taught a class on 360 video, virtual and augmented reality. It was a quick, fun one-credit course in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication focused on teaching students skills and concepts related to VR and AR for storytelling. Most of the time, we think of these tools as novelties or for […]
I recently accepted a challenge from my colleague and friend Cindy Royal to submit a panel proposal for SXSW Interactive 2015. As a guy who considers himself a “jack of all trades, master of none” (or something like that), I felt like proposing a session was very daunting and at least a little bit self-serving. […]
Last week, my brother James visited from Michigan. He said he hadn’t been on a “real” [read: paid] vacation in over eight years, so it was definitely a much needed getaway for him. And since classes ended a few weeks ago, I actually hadn’t had time to relax much yet, so I was very much […]
I was very proud of my students this year. Both my Web Design and Publishing students and the students in the Fundamentals of Digital and Online Media worked hard to push their work to the top this past semester. Here are some of my favorite projects: Texas State Graduates 2014 Morgan Londene, Randi Berkovski and […]