ONLINE JOURNALISM 48J:178g T, TH 12:30-1:45
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This course will offer students a practical and theoretical understanding of online journalism, which promises to be at the forefront of all news gathering. Students will study the potentials and pitfalls of converged media platforms (as they apply to journalism), They will investigate the most current issues affecting online newsgathering: the changing newsroom; the impact of blogging on journalistic transparency and citizen journalism, the economics of online newsgathering; the political economy of information, and the creative and storytelling potentials of the new medium. Simultaneously, students will be learning the nuts and bolts of online storytelling: they will create their own online multimedia projects. |
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Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | WEek 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | week 16 | Exam Week |
Tues, Aug. 25 |
Class introductions and overview |
Syllabus; Sign up for Google Sites, Walk to Production House, Set up NewsU and Dreamweaver accounts. |
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Thurs, Aug. 27 | Online journalism: context and significance DW account check |
1. Introductions: answer first set of discussion questions on GOOGLE SITES (instructor has to add you as a contributor). Your username on Google Sites will be your entire email (e.g., fabos@uni.edu). Then you need to create a password, and you should be then able to "EDIT" the Google Sites Discussion Board for our class.
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Tues, Sept. 1 | Dreamweaver: launch site, tables, insert menu.
Online News Journalism Finalists
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DISCUSSION QUESTION: SEE GOOGLE SITES TO JOIN DISCUSSION (due by 9 am, Sept. 1) Online News Media Analysis DUE Dreamweaver Homework 1 Assigned |
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Thurs, Sept. 3 |
DISCUSSION QUESTION: SEE GOOGLE SITES TO JOIN DISCUSSION (due by 9 am, Sept. 3) Blog Assignment Assigned Dreamweaver Homework 1 Due |
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Tues, Sept. 8 | Kevin Sites: In the Hot Zone: One Man, One Year, Twenty Wars. READ pp. 1-89.
DISCUSSION QUESTION: SEE GOOGLE SITES TO JOIN DISCUSSION (due by 9 am, Sept. 8)
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Thurs, Sept. 10 | Interactive Slideshows |
Blog Assignment 1 Due |
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Tues, Sept. 15 | NewsU: DISCUSSION QUESTION: SEE GOOGLE SITES TO JOIN DISCUSSION (due by 9 am, Sept. 15) |
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Thurs, Sept. 17 | Field work: work with audio recorders and cameras. | ||
Tues, Sept. 22 | Audio Editing: Audacity and Garageband |
NewsU: Telling Stories with Sound (go to Courses/Online,Multimedia/Telling Stories with Sound) Blog Assignment 2 Due |
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Thurs, Sept. 24 | TRANSPARENCY
PARTICIPATORY JOURNALISM
DISCUSSION QUESTION: SEE GOOGLE SITES TO JOIN DISCUSSION |
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Tues, Sept. 29 | Dreamweaver: working with templates |
DISCUSSION QUESTION: SEE GOOGLE SITES TO JOIN DISCUSSION Dreamwork Homework 2 Assigned |
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Thurs, Oct. 1 | Slideshow Critique | Interactive Audio Slideshow Assignment Due |
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Tues, Oct. 6 |
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The Journalist's Guide to User Generated Content DISCUSSION QUESTION: SEE GOOGLE SITES TO JOIN DISCUSSION Dreamwork Homework 2 Due, plus post NEW templated website to replace your current website, and ADD SLIDESHOW + BLOG. |
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Thurs, Oct. 8 |
MIDTERM EXAM
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Tues, Oct. 13 |
Video: shooting |
DISCUSSION QUESTION: SEE GOOGLE SITES TO JOIN DISCUSSION Blog Assignment 3 Due |
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Thurs, Oct. 15 | NO CLASS MEETING: work on video project |
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Tues, Oct. 20 | Video: shooting and editing |
BLOG Bring footage to share |
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Thurs, Oct. 22 | Video editing and uploading |
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Tues, Oct. 27 | Economics of Online Journalism Laurie Wild |
DISCUSSION QUESTION: SEE GOOGLE SITES TO JOIN DISCUSSION BLOG |
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Thurs, Oct. 29 | Interactive graphics: best practices Data and Charts Introduce Interactive Multimedia Journalism Project |
DISCUSSION QUESTION: SEE GOOGLE SITES TO JOIN DISCUSSION BIG PROJECT (Interactive Multimedia Journalism Project) Assigned VIDEO Project Due |
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Tues, Nov. 3 | Flash: buttons and interactive maps
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NewsU:Customizing Google Maps with ZeeMaps (go to Courses/Tutorials/NewsUTutorial:Customizing Google Maps with ZeeMaps) NewsU: Google's Spreadsheet Mapper 2.0 (go to Courses/Tutorials/NewsUTutorial: Google's Spreadsheet Mapper 2.0). Interactive Map Project Assigned BLOG |
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Thurs, Nov. 5 | Invisible butttons and interactive maps Musicians Link (buttons) Floor Plan Link (inivislbe buttons) |
Data Visualization Assignment Due |
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Tues, Nov. 10 | Aggregated news: Google and the threat to newspapers Stacey M. |
1. What's a Fair Share in the Age of Google? 2. AP Cracks Down on Unpaid Use of Articles on Web 3. Aggregators: To be Or not to Be 4. Google Releases News Reading Service DISCUSSION QUESTION: SEE GOOGLE SITES TO JOIN DISCUSSION BLOG |
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Thurs, Nov. 12 | Flash workshop | Interactive Map Assignment Due |
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Tues, Nov. 17 | Timelines, Dreamweaver workshop Assessment |
BLOG |
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Thurs, Nov. 19 | NO CLASS: work on DW |
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NOV. 20-NOV. 29, THANKSGIVING BREAK
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Tues, Dec. 1 | Project Work |
BLOG |
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Thurs, Dec. 3 | Project Work |
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Tues, Dec. 8 | The online frontier and the future of journalism Rebecca M. |
1. For Search, Murdoch Looks to Deal with Microsoft DISCUSSION QUESTION TK BLOG |
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Thurs, Dec. 10 | FINAL EXAM | Study Guide | |
3-4:50 p.m. Thursday, December 17 |
Project Presentations | Interactive Multimedia Journalism Project Due |
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