Thomas Ritchie

October 4, 2010

On Wednesday, Thomas Ritchie spoke in our Journalism class.  Thomas is the online director for the Sioux City Journal.

He started out by saying that the biggest change in the last five years is the ability to stream video on Youtube.  This changes news, and makes it more animated.  He said that all of us are able to create news everyday through Youtube, Facebook and Twitter.  Twitter he mentioned has become very important through it’s use in the elections and the world cup.

He went on to say that there is a decline in actual newspapers.  Writing for a newspaper has become more than just words, video is becoming more involved in stories too. He also added that now with new technology, you are able to click on a picture and have hundreds of links to other websites.

I took quotes from other people and here is what they had to say.

Kevin- ” The presentation was engaging, but the professor was not.”

Michelle- ” I liked the rape video, and he had a nice pair of slacks.”

One Response to “Thomas Ritchie”

  1.   fuglsang said:

    OK, Ryan. One thing we’ll be working on soon is how to integrate quotes into the story.