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Alec Brooks

After six weeks of blogging, some thoughts on MSNBC

10/18/2011

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MSNBC's coverage of 9/11 was broad and generally well-done. However, in a few places, quality suffered

Through the eyes of MSNBC, I have looked at 9/11, the death of Steve Jobs, the  Texas wildfires and many more. In particular, I used these events to reveal the strengths and weaknesses of the outlet's online coverage. 

MSNBC has not always impressed me. In particular, I was surprised by its lack of live-tweeting and curation. (link) But it did well in terms of its coverage of the 9/11 anniversary (link) and the death of Jobs (link). Its photojournalism was also a strong point.

That is why I feel MSNBC could pioneer emerging forms of journalism and produce some great stories while doing it. No doubt economic pressures are something of an inhibitor: They might not feel they can afford to experiment.
Nonetheless, the changing market will demand that they stay flexible. They need to be adopting new media and technologies to stay relevant, while maintaining established standards and techniques to stay good. They've certainly "stayed good." They just need to stay relevant.
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    This is my site for my Digital Journalism II course. I am a journalism major in the College of Communication at Marquette University.



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