BSU Online Journalism Students "Live" Blog iPad2 Launch Event

Bowie State University students in the Department of Communications' Online Journalism class simulated live blogging the iPad2 launch event. The students viewed a clip via http://www.apple.com/ of Steve Jobs' launch of the Apple iPad 2 in March. The students watched the clip projected on a video screen while seated at their PCs and "live" blogged the event. The students then uploaded the posts to their blogs they created earlier in the semester. The exercise was a mash up of traditional reporting, online writing and on-demand delivery. This is more evidence of the blurring of the line between legacy and online journalism.