Midterm 1 Study Guide
Overview
Shovelware/Shovelcasting
NY Times
impact on online Journalism
Continuous
News Desk (CND)
Non-adaptors
vs. adaptors to online journalism
Miami
HeraldÕs 2006 directives to its newsroom staff
Print vs.
Online divide at major newspapers; reasons for the divide
Status of
online journalists, 10 years ago compared to today
Online
integration in the newsroom
What an
online newsroom looks like
Blogging
Matt Drudge
speech to the National Press Club, Washington D.C
Drudge
Report
TENSIONS
BETWEEN ÒREAL JOURNALISTSÓ AND ÒBLOGGERSÓ
Power
of ÒcitizenÓ journalists (like Drudge) today vs. 20 years ago
PHAMPLETEERING,
1700 IN ENGLAND, and how this compares to blogging today
(consult
the Nathan
Lemann/New Yorker article:
Key
moments for blogs (in terms of being influential on the public/political stage)
ECONOMIC
REASONS FOR JOURNALISTS FEELING THREATENED by bloggers
EMOTIONAL
REASONS FOR JOURNALISTS FEELING THREATENED by bloggers
Jay
Rosen and PressThink; notion that Òthe war is overÓ
Blogs
as the 5th estate (compared to the 4th EstateÑnews media)
How
to Establish TRUST/Credibililty as a blogger (and as a journalist)
Transparency
in blogging
Pro-Am
Newspapers
integrating blogs into their online offerings
Blogging as
ÒconversationÓ vs. oldschool journalism as Òoverly authoritative,s one-way
communicationÓ
Commercialism
invading the blogosphere
NY1, VNI,
and the earliest attempts at solo journalism
The emergence
of Kevin Sites: how he came to
Yahoo/The Hot Zone
Sojo
equipment and the daily grind of a solo journalist
Assets and
problems with the Hot Zone.
Assets and
problems with backpack journalism
Kevin Sites
as a journalist
Impressions
from Kevin Sites' book The Hot Zone
Visual
Aesthetics
Color
Form
(frame magnetism, shapesÑtriangle, square, circle)
Line
(horizontal, vertical, diagonal, line direction)
Depth
(high, low angles, foreground background)
Movement
(vectorsÑcontinuous, converging, diverging)
Rule
of Thirds
Light
Transparency/Partipatory
Journalism
Why
transparency became important
Sullied reputation of cheater journalists
Bloggers attack of mainstream news outlets
(Drudge, Romenesko, Jarvis,
Bad journalism (e.g., News Coverage leading up
to--some would say enablingÑwar in Iraq); Stenography journalism
High-profile ombudsmen
A renewed mistrust of authority
HOW
TRANSPARENT should transparent journalism be?
LEVEL
1 Transparency: Exposing processÑattempts at transparency that have been
discontinued; journalism blogs;
LEVEL
2 Transparency: Exposing the materials
LEVEL
3 Transparency: Exposing Journalists:
Jeff Jarvis and his mantra
Participatory
Journalism:
Comment
sections are here to stay
I.
Citizen Reporter/Professional Editor Model
Ohmynews
Bayosphere
Yourhub.com
and PR incursions
II.
Professional Journalist/Citizen Editor-Reporter Model
NewAssignment.net
Wired
Wiki Article
LA
Times Wiki-izing their editorial page:
why it was a big fiasco
Echo
Chamber ProjectÑand its failure
III.
Citizen Reporter/Editor model
Wikipedia
Wikinews
| Ethics and Online Journalism Blogging & twittering: confusing roles of reporter and blogger Blogging and the infusion of a more "personal", less objective tone in journalism Blogging interfering with traditional journalism outlets (aka broadcast journalism) Speed vs. accuracy and ethical reporting Transparency: corrections; journalist; sources User Generated Content: raw video, photos, reporting, submission guidelines, filters, Editors' role in editing UGC; production standards Linking Copyright Advertising and commercial pressures: typical print media guidelines prevail; datamining; obnoxious ads; sponsored content, in-text ads (which may dictate content); new strategies for PR |
You
are responsible for your newspaper analysis, which you can draw
upon for examples as you describe various online journalism practices.
The
exam will be essay-based, and the more SPECIFIC examples you can use to make
your points, the better. I will be
looking for comprehension of basic points and details.