Dr. Spaulding

Here’s the best of the best of the photo slidshows: Joseph Papparotto profiled former Orioles catcher Rick Dempsey Autumn Rose spent time with Our Daily Bread volunteer Bernard Dombrow Paul Wasada followed Jeff aka Wizard as he asked passing motorists for money Emily Girsch reported on choral rehearsals for “Carmina Burana” Cameron Stang found a [...]

Mike Miller (from my 5 p.m. section of MCOM 407) reports today on Towson’s appointment of Mike Waddell as athletics director. Mike Correlli (from my 12:30 p.m. section of MCOM 257) reviewed The Gaslight Anthem at Rams Head Live for the Midnight Sun blog. Way to go guys.

Towson grads and now Patch.com editors Tyler Waldman and Nick DiMarco will be visiting class on Tuesday. We’ll be talking about their work and Patch.com’s hyperlocal journalism model. Here’s a few links you should review before class: Lutherville-Timonium Patch.com Towson Patch.com AOL newsroom now has 1,500 writers AOL hiring hundreds of writers Why I am [...]

In 2008, Baltimore adopted a 10-year-plan to end the cycle of homelessness. Is it working? That’s the question 15 of my MCOM 407 students investigated during the spring, 2010, semester. They produced Homeless in Charm City, an online multimedia reporting project. My students and I will be talking about our experience at a WMJF-TV sponsored [...]

A bronze statue of Towson’s mascot stands outside Albert S. Cook Library. The Tiger replaced the golden knight as the symbol for Towson sports teams in the early 1960s. (Photo by Megan Thrasher, MCOM 257 / Sept. 16, 2010) From our photo walkabout, a few that stood out: Megan Thrasher (love that tight shot) Jeremy [...]

Here’s a chance to show the world your photography skills, be a part of a community art project and grab a link for your online portfolio. The Daily Camden is a picture-a-day project documenting the 2010 baseball season. It’s the brainchild of Rafael Alvarez (we’ve read some of his stories in class, remember?) and is [...]

Today is one of my favorite days of the semester. I’ll be taking you on a campus photo walkabout. The theme of the day is taking better pictures. Your pictures will improve dramatically after we talk about simple photo tips like the rule of thirds. (You can find some of my notes in my photography [...]

Congrats to Jeremy Bauer-Wolf, whose story iBelieve made the cover of The Towerlight. Other current students of mine with bylines in the paper include Alissa Katz (Towson Sigma Chi members cuffed) and Paul Wasada (Majoring in the deaf and the dead).

I asked this question today on Twitter, and got three responses from former students. From Nick DiMarco: He links to an article titled Tweeting First: The New Way Mainstream Media Breaks the News. From Megan P.: And from Melissa Hale: Interesting that all three emphasized using Twitter to follow breaking news. Seems that we really [...]