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Mrs. Lowe Shows Off at Diederich College

11/30/2011

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My Digital Journalism II class listens intently as Mira Lowe presents cool social media tools and offers advice about writing headlines.
It's unclear who knows more about the other: my wife, Mira, or my students. Each student in my Digital Journalism I (JOUR 1100) and Digital Journalism II (JOUR 1550) classes this semester follows her on Twitter (@miralowe) and she does likewise. All I know is there were smiles aplenty when "Mrs. Lowe" appeared in both classes yesterday.

In JOUR 1100, Mrs. Lowe focused on how journalism students can best present themselves to recruiters. "I'm going to talk a little and then you're going to work a little," she said. "That's the deal – I talk, you work." (That's how it goes at home, too, but I shall not digress.) She first urged everyone to have a LinkedIn account – and to check it every day – before introducing the class to vizualize.me, a compelling new way to showcase one's life experiences.

Next, Mrs. Lowe offered advice concerning print versus electronic clippings when applying for internships. "You're kind of in that middle of old-school and new-school (recruiters), and until the old-school retires, you're going to have to do both," she said. "Start out with digital and have paper ready." Then, she started showing off with cuttings.me, an amazing new digital-clipping tool for journalists, bloggers and writers. "Make sure those links work. It's very important," she said before borrowing my admonition: "Don't let someone else's mistake become your mistake."

She spent the rest of her time with JOUR 1100 focusing on the importance of grammar, spelling and punctuation and, more to the students' delight, offering a great deal of helpful tips for crafting successful cover letters.

Later, in JOUR 1550, Mrs. Lowe again presented vizualize.me and cuttings.me and warned against frustrating recruiters with broken links: "Make sure you have a copy of everything you've done. You want to take control of your work and get access to it." Then, more cool social media tools – Paper.li, The Tweeted Times and Klout – before ending her presentation with nine rules for writing online headlines that will top most search-engine lists.

Finally, as Mrs. Lowe was leaving to catch a cab to the Amtrak station, the inevitable praise from her newest fans, at my expense, of course: "She's much better than you." "She's definitely your better half." "When she said her name, I got really excited. I had to contain myself." "It was wonderful meeting your wife – best part of the semester."

Borrowing a favorite phrase my wife and I say often at home: "Just like I planned it."
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Carlie Campbell
1/18/2012 05:06:15 am

She sounds like an exceptional woman, I hope she can make an appearance again this semester!

The generation before me is always saying young people understand social media better than they ever could, but it always seems they are really the ones on top of it all. Many of these sites I've never even heard of. I think that highlights a difference between the professional and academic worlds, and why it's important for students to connect with professionals and vice versa.

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Shoshauna Schmidt
1/18/2012 11:56:53 am

I agree! I hope to learn from all generations working together in this social media world.

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Olivia Morrissey
1/18/2012 05:30:08 am

I agree, I hope she can come to our class, too! I have not used vizualize.me and cuttings.me, and am interested in learning more about them. Putting the links to these websites in the story is helpful to others who wish to learn more.

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Brynne Ramella
1/18/2012 08:52:09 am

I really enjoyed Mrs. Lowe's presentation in our class last semester! She introduced us to some great tools that I plan to utilize in the future!

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Alex Rydin
1/18/2012 09:09:30 am

Mrs. Lowe's presentation was one of the highlights semester. Professor Lowe always talks about how everyone loves his wife; now we know why. She is very knowledgable in her field, and is on the forefront of all the emerging technologies.

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Tess Quinlan
1/18/2012 11:21:08 am

Mrs. Lowe sounds like a tremendous resource for JOUR 1550 to use. I read this blog post a few days ago and have checked my LinkedIn account every day since then!

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Dana Christen
1/18/2012 12:12:46 pm

Mrs. Lowe's appearance was extremely beneficial. She has a great personality and truly cares about what she does. The different sites she taught us to use are also great.

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Rebecca Hixson
1/18/2012 01:54:59 pm

I miss one class the whole semester and it lands on the day Mrs. Lowe visits. I heard great things about her appearance though and I know I would have greatlt benefited by hearing her experiences.

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Rebecca Hixson
1/18/2012 01:56:23 pm

greatly*

Always spell check.

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Joe Kvartunas
1/18/2012 03:38:21 pm

What I found most interesting about Mrs. Lowe's presentation was the visualize me. I have included that on a couple of internships that I have applied for and have already gotten some positive feedback.

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Melanie Lawder
1/25/2012 01:41:45 pm

I really enjoyed having her in class, she definitely needs to make another visit this semester. Visualizme was really cool - it was similar to prezi - except in resume form. I already showed it to my sister so she could spice up her resume. She also gave some great advice about LinkedIn. Have you two ever thought about teaching a class together?

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Ashley De La Torre
8/29/2012 02:51:47 pm

I just love how it's always the same reaction whenever people meet Mrs. Lowe. She's so amazing, and swagged out.

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Courtney Johnson
8/30/2012 07:30:31 am

This is really helpful. I only know a little bit of her through you Mr. Lowe. She sounds great, hope she pops in out Sports Journalism class this semester.

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