Anna's Cubby Hole: Ramblings of a Cub Reporter
As a journalism student and intern, I've learned that life as a cub reporter is filled with "lessons" about life, being ignored and journalism. Being stuck in the cubby hole can be frustrating, but who knew clawing my way to the top would also be enjoyable?
Tag Archives: Google
Google Acquires Zagat in Obvious Attempt to Control Everything
Posted by on September 8, 2011
This morning, Google announced on its blog that the company acquired Zagat, a consumer rating guide, seemingly to compete with Yelp for searchable reviews. Besides incorrectly noting that Zagat’s reviews are “trusted” (Zagat rated KFC as having the #1 best “chicken,” despite this), Marissa Mayer, Google’s VP for Local, Maps and Location Services, explained the take-over: …I’m [...]
Storify and Journalism: An Exploration
Posted by on August 17, 2011
It’s a little embarrassing for a media/journalism junkie to admit, but I just discovered Storify this morning. I’m hoping to use it for future blog posts, but my first story will be an investigation of Storify’s impact on media and journalistic potential. From what I can tell so far, Storify is an interactive tool for [...]
Initial Review of Google+
Posted by on July 10, 2011
So after obsessing over getting it for a week, I finally got an invite and was able to accept that invite to Google+. Unfortunately, Google has been really secretive about how to get on the site during the field test. Normally, in these types of tests, everyone initially invited gets a certain number of people they can [...]
The Google+ Project (Or, how I like when people, objects and technology are withholding)
Posted by on July 7, 2011
When I first read about Google+, the company’s long-awaited attempt at social networking, I wasn’t exactly interested. The basic concept behind Google+ is summarized in several thousand articles online, which I won’t link to from here. But here are the main things that Google+ has to offer, directly quoted from Google themselves [cause there's already a [...]
Catching Up and the Horse Race
Posted by on October 25, 2010
It has been about two months since my last post. Whoopsies. I know when I created this blog I was fully committed to keeping it up. But that was before I came back to school. And somehow got a boyfriend. And started having to write for the school newspaper. And start working as an (obviously) [...]
