http://www.uky.edu/CommInfoStudies/IRJCI/UNDstudents.html
From "Good Works" at institute for rural journalism Web site.
Saturday, December 29, 2007
3040 story idea
Vermont is third in the country in the proportion of citizens in the Army National Guard (deployed to Iraq?).
Why?
What's the effect?
North and South Dakota were first and second.
http://irjci.blogspot.com/2007/12/army-national-guard-disproportionately.html
How does Guard recruit in rural states?
Guys end up serving with guys they grew up with. What sort of problems/advantages does that present?
Why?
What's the effect?
North and South Dakota were first and second.
http://irjci.blogspot.com/2007/12/army-national-guard-disproportionately.html
How does Guard recruit in rural states?
Guys end up serving with guys they grew up with. What sort of problems/advantages does that present?
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
hot lectures on the Internet
New York Times article about university lecturers who are becoming Internet stars because of their videotaped lectures appearing online:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/19/education/19cnd-physics.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/19/education/19cnd-physics.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
Friday, November 16, 2007
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Knight Community News Network
http://www.j-lab.org/kcnn_launch_release.shtml
the University of Maryland J-school has lots of info.
And a J-lab.
the University of Maryland J-school has lots of info.
And a J-lab.
Saturday, September 15, 2007
rural newspaper rescue
from The Rural Blog:
With editor-publisher laid up, N.C. journalism students ride to rescue with 'bucket brigade'
In days of yore, a bucket brigade was the hand-to-hand predecessor of firefighting equipment. This month, it is a rescue mission, by journalism students, for weekly newspaper editor-publisher Ken Ripley, reports the director and namer of the brigade, Jock Lauterer of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The photo shows Lauterer (with hand on table), Ripley and the students who are commuting an hour or more each way to help publish the Spring Hope Enterprise, circulation 4,100 while Ripley is out of the office for surgery and a long recovery this fall.
Lauterer, director of the Carolina Community Media Project in the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communications, writes in his Blue Highways Journal that he got the idea before Ripley's need arose -- from the recent tornado that virtually destroyed Greensburg, Kan., and its newspaper: "It occurred to me: Hey Lauterer, what would YOU do if an North Carolina community paper took a direct hit from a hurricane? How prepared are you? Do you have a Rapid Response Journalism Team primed and ready?"
Lauterer worked up a plan, "But then my thinking took another turn. Why sit around and wait for disaster to strike? Find a community paper right now that needs help. And that led us to Spring Hope, where I knew my long-time pal and veteran editor and publisher, Ken Ripley, was going in this month for a double hip replacement, a process that will require two separate operations and a lengthy recovery at home. Knowing the unstoppable Mr. Ripley, he refuses to miss an issue, putting out his paper via laptop from his bedside."
With editor-publisher laid up, N.C. journalism students ride to rescue with 'bucket brigade'
In days of yore, a bucket brigade was the hand-to-hand predecessor of firefighting equipment. This month, it is a rescue mission, by journalism students, for weekly newspaper editor-publisher Ken Ripley, reports the director and namer of the brigade, Jock Lauterer of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The photo shows Lauterer (with hand on table), Ripley and the students who are commuting an hour or more each way to help publish the Spring Hope Enterprise, circulation 4,100 while Ripley is out of the office for surgery and a long recovery this fall.
Lauterer, director of the Carolina Community Media Project in the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communications, writes in his Blue Highways Journal that he got the idea before Ripley's need arose -- from the recent tornado that virtually destroyed Greensburg, Kan., and its newspaper: "It occurred to me: Hey Lauterer, what would YOU do if an North Carolina community paper took a direct hit from a hurricane? How prepared are you? Do you have a Rapid Response Journalism Team primed and ready?"
Lauterer worked up a plan, "But then my thinking took another turn. Why sit around and wait for disaster to strike? Find a community paper right now that needs help. And that led us to Spring Hope, where I knew my long-time pal and veteran editor and publisher, Ken Ripley, was going in this month for a double hip replacement, a process that will require two separate operations and a lengthy recovery at home. Knowing the unstoppable Mr. Ripley, he refuses to miss an issue, putting out his paper via laptop from his bedside."
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Friday, August 10, 2007
trauma
here's video of a lecture to j-students:
http://www.reportage.uts.edu.au/stories/2006/media/newman.html
http://www.reportage.uts.edu.au/stories/2006/media/newman.html
Monday, July 30, 2007
For Critic Online
How to handle breaking news:
http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/2007/07/30/notes-from-uga/
Are you still making these mistakes:
http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/2007/07/23/are-you-still-making-these-mistakes/
Facebook for recruiting:
http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/2007/07/26/facebook-helps-recruit-for-college-media/
http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/2007/07/30/notes-from-uga/
Are you still making these mistakes:
http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/2007/07/23/are-you-still-making-these-mistakes/
Facebook for recruiting:
http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/2007/07/26/facebook-helps-recruit-for-college-media/
Sunday, July 29, 2007
teaching tip resource page
http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/teachtip.htm
Saturday, July 28, 2007
More On The Ground
news.scotsman.com, July 28
Headline: A long war on terror draws to a close at last
Neil Griffiths, writing about deployment to Northern Ireland:
The big fear for us teenage soldiers on the ground was that we could be shot at any moment and our pulses steadily increased as tension grew.
Lebanon Daily Star online , July 26
A few cinematic facts on the ground about Palestine
Hamid Dabashi's "Dreams of a Nation" is vital, if uneven, reading for students of the region's cinema
By Jim Quilty
Daily Star staff
iol.co.za, july 28 (south african news Web site) (last paragraph)
Headline: We cannot rely on SA leader alone: Zim
Harare - A faction of Zimbabwe's divided opposition said on Saturday that the country could not wait for outsiders to liberate them from on-going political and economic problems, an official said.
Arthur Mutambara, leader of the breakaway faction of the Movement for Democratic Change, told a news conference that although the MDC leadership had resolved to engage Southern African Development Community mediation efforts there was a need for home-grown solutions.
"More significantly, the council noted that Zimbabweans cannot outsource their emancipation and liberation to foreigners," Mutambara said after a meeting of his governing national council here.
"We must not be solely dependent on the (South African President Thabo) Mbeki initiative. We must have an alternative programme of action on the ground that seeks to achieve conditions for free and fair elections."
wsj online, july 28
General Petraeus Needs Time
By PETER WEHNER
July 28, 2007; Page A9
'This [Iraq] war is lost," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has stated emphatically and without qualification. "There's simply no evidence that the escalation is working," he said recently. It requires "blind hope, blind trust" to believe in progress of any sort.
Sen. Reid is now in the position of having to deny facts on the ground in order to sustain his bleak judgments. And his job is getting more difficult all the time.
Headline: A long war on terror draws to a close at last
Neil Griffiths, writing about deployment to Northern Ireland:
The big fear for us teenage soldiers on the ground was that we could be shot at any moment and our pulses steadily increased as tension grew.
Lebanon Daily Star online , July 26
A few cinematic facts on the ground about Palestine
Hamid Dabashi's "Dreams of a Nation" is vital, if uneven, reading for students of the region's cinema
By Jim Quilty
Daily Star staff
iol.co.za, july 28 (south african news Web site) (last paragraph)
Headline: We cannot rely on SA leader alone: Zim
Harare - A faction of Zimbabwe's divided opposition said on Saturday that the country could not wait for outsiders to liberate them from on-going political and economic problems, an official said.
Arthur Mutambara, leader of the breakaway faction of the Movement for Democratic Change, told a news conference that although the MDC leadership had resolved to engage Southern African Development Community mediation efforts there was a need for home-grown solutions.
"More significantly, the council noted that Zimbabweans cannot outsource their emancipation and liberation to foreigners," Mutambara said after a meeting of his governing national council here.
"We must not be solely dependent on the (South African President Thabo) Mbeki initiative. We must have an alternative programme of action on the ground that seeks to achieve conditions for free and fair elections."
wsj online, july 28
General Petraeus Needs Time
By PETER WEHNER
July 28, 2007; Page A9
'This [Iraq] war is lost," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has stated emphatically and without qualification. "There's simply no evidence that the escalation is working," he said recently. It requires "blind hope, blind trust" to believe in progress of any sort.
Sen. Reid is now in the position of having to deny facts on the ground in order to sustain his bleak judgments. And his job is getting more difficult all the time.
Multimedia
NewsNetNebraska.org
Civic and Citizen Journalism Interest Group
Journalism That Matters Coalition
AEJMC convention on Aug. 8 has a day devoted to convergence in the classroom.
Civic and Citizen Journalism Interest Group
Journalism That Matters Coalition
AEJMC convention on Aug. 8 has a day devoted to convergence in the classroom.
Thursday, July 12, 2007
More on the Ground
Just google it-- all from one google page on july 12
National Review Online July 12,
W. Thomas Smith, Marine on the Hilltop
Which brings me to Iraq, the American soldiers involved, the antiwar crowd which condemns their efforts — yet contend they support the troops — and the feverish waving of the interim assessment of progress — or the lack thereof — being made on the ground (which began days before the assessment’s release, and two months before Gen. David Petraeus is to formally report on the status of operations and progress in Iraq).
The Economist online, July 12
The bloody stalemate persists
So Iraq is stuck in a military and political deadlock. American generals on the ground continue to urge patience. This week the overall commander, General David Petraeus, again noted that “the average counter-insurgency is somewhere around a nine- or a ten-year endeavour”. On the same day as the bomb in Amirli, he said he expected the insurgents to launch a series of sensational attacks, staging a “mini-Tet”—a reference to the offensive by the Viet Cong in 1968 that is often said to have persuaded the American people that the Vietnam war was unwinnable. The general is to present his assessment of the Iraq war to Congress in mid-September. But on present trends, he may not be given more than half a year to turn things round.
The Independent online July 11
The impossible task set for an embattled government
Politics in Iraq is largely stalemated. The "surge", the introduction of 22,000 more US troops, has had only a limited effect on the ground. Sectarian warfare between Shia and Sunni in the capital declined for a few months but then rose again. Baghdad is increasingly a Shia-dominated city. The US Army did not in the event confront the Shia militias, something it now demands the Iraqi government should do.
Financial Gazette (Harare) online July 11
via allafrica.com
Zimbabwe: Of Price Controls And the Social Contract
While the government has been blaming, threatening and cracking down on business, there has been no corresponding action on the ground by the government to create an enabling environment for the businesses to operate in and thrive. Government seems to be oblivious of the fact that the major driver of hyperinflation in Zimbabwe has not been profiteering and overcharging by business but rather excessive government expenditure and a budget deficit that is being financed largely through seigniorage. Government is simply playing the blame game by refusing culpability and responsibility for the crisis.
George Bush July 12 news conference
via Chicago Tribune online
Securing the nation will “create the conditions that will allow our troops to start coming home,’’ the president said, insisting that he will start withdrawing forces when “commanders on the ground’’ say conditions are right – “not because pollsters say it will be good politics.’’
Sen. Joe Biden at NAACP candidate forum, quoted in Detroit Free Press July 12
'There's more to do,' Obama tells adoring crowd at candidates' forum
Biden told the crowd that he is the best equipped to assume the presidency because of his experience and his plans.
In a subtle dig at Obama’s age, Biden said, “I’ve been around a while, and I’m old enough to remember the civil rights movement … And no one has a plan for dealing with the reality on the ground in Iraq. I’m the only candidate who's laid out a detailed plan to end the war in Iraq.”
National Review Online July 12,
W. Thomas Smith, Marine on the Hilltop
Which brings me to Iraq, the American soldiers involved, the antiwar crowd which condemns their efforts — yet contend they support the troops — and the feverish waving of the interim assessment of progress — or the lack thereof — being made on the ground (which began days before the assessment’s release, and two months before Gen. David Petraeus is to formally report on the status of operations and progress in Iraq).
The Economist online, July 12
The bloody stalemate persists
So Iraq is stuck in a military and political deadlock. American generals on the ground continue to urge patience. This week the overall commander, General David Petraeus, again noted that “the average counter-insurgency is somewhere around a nine- or a ten-year endeavour”. On the same day as the bomb in Amirli, he said he expected the insurgents to launch a series of sensational attacks, staging a “mini-Tet”—a reference to the offensive by the Viet Cong in 1968 that is often said to have persuaded the American people that the Vietnam war was unwinnable. The general is to present his assessment of the Iraq war to Congress in mid-September. But on present trends, he may not be given more than half a year to turn things round.
The Independent online July 11
The impossible task set for an embattled government
Politics in Iraq is largely stalemated. The "surge", the introduction of 22,000 more US troops, has had only a limited effect on the ground. Sectarian warfare between Shia and Sunni in the capital declined for a few months but then rose again. Baghdad is increasingly a Shia-dominated city. The US Army did not in the event confront the Shia militias, something it now demands the Iraqi government should do.
Financial Gazette (Harare) online July 11
via allafrica.com
Zimbabwe: Of Price Controls And the Social Contract
While the government has been blaming, threatening and cracking down on business, there has been no corresponding action on the ground by the government to create an enabling environment for the businesses to operate in and thrive. Government seems to be oblivious of the fact that the major driver of hyperinflation in Zimbabwe has not been profiteering and overcharging by business but rather excessive government expenditure and a budget deficit that is being financed largely through seigniorage. Government is simply playing the blame game by refusing culpability and responsibility for the crisis.
George Bush July 12 news conference
via Chicago Tribune online
Securing the nation will “create the conditions that will allow our troops to start coming home,’’ the president said, insisting that he will start withdrawing forces when “commanders on the ground’’ say conditions are right – “not because pollsters say it will be good politics.’’
Sen. Joe Biden at NAACP candidate forum, quoted in Detroit Free Press July 12
'There's more to do,' Obama tells adoring crowd at candidates' forum
Biden told the crowd that he is the best equipped to assume the presidency because of his experience and his plans.
In a subtle dig at Obama’s age, Biden said, “I’ve been around a while, and I’m old enough to remember the civil rights movement … And no one has a plan for dealing with the reality on the ground in Iraq. I’m the only candidate who's laid out a detailed plan to end the war in Iraq.”
On the Ground!
cnn.com July 12:
"The president is pleading for more patience," said CNN White House correspondent Ed Henry. "He's not really offering a new prescription to deal with the violence on the ground in Iraq. Instead he's urging lawmakers to give him until September to see if the current troop increase will work -- but a growing number of his fellow Republicans are telling him time is running out and they want a course change sooner than September."
"The president is pleading for more patience," said CNN White House correspondent Ed Henry. "He's not really offering a new prescription to deal with the violence on the ground in Iraq. Instead he's urging lawmakers to give him until September to see if the current troop increase will work -- but a growing number of his fellow Republicans are telling him time is running out and they want a course change sooner than September."
Friday, July 6, 2007
Wednesday, July 4, 2007
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
10 things
http://www.ryansholin.com/2007/06/02/10-obvious-things-about-the-future-of-newspapers-you-need-to-get-through-your-head/
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
critic idea
stuff left behind by students:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/EDUCATION/05/21/colleges.moving.out.ap/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2007/EDUCATION/05/21/colleges.moving.out.ap/index.html
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Media and Trauma: SPJ Code
Here is a post by SPJ's president about Virginia Tech and media coverage.
Thursday, April 26, 2007
2710 Assignment Inventory
Here's a list of the homework assignments since the last inventory:
March 13: online law case: synopsis on your blog.
March 20: reversion two Critic stories for the Web.
March 22: create a Soundslide.
April 17: rewrite two Critic stories in broadcast style.
April 24: rewrite one Critic story in broadcast style.
In-class assignments:
March 20: create a map using fmatlas.com.
March 27: reversion Critic stories.
April 10: reversion "evergreens" from Critic).
April 12: reversion Critic stories).
April 19: reversion Critic stories for first live online Critic.
April 26: reversion Critic stories for 2nd live online Critic).
March 13: online law case: synopsis on your blog.
March 20: reversion two Critic stories for the Web.
March 22: create a Soundslide.
April 17: rewrite two Critic stories in broadcast style.
April 24: rewrite one Critic story in broadcast style.
In-class assignments:
March 20: create a map using fmatlas.com.
March 27: reversion Critic stories.
April 10: reversion "evergreens" from Critic).
April 12: reversion Critic stories).
April 19: reversion Critic stories for first live online Critic.
April 26: reversion Critic stories for 2nd live online Critic).
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Virginia Tech student media
Check these out:
http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/2007/04/18/roanoke-video-on-cts-work/
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9642173
http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/2007/04/18/roanoke-video-on-cts-work/
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9642173
Monday, April 16, 2007
Blogging the NWW
First things first. Poynter.org had its own blogger at the Hartford gala, so I don't want to duplicate his efforts. He calls it 48 tips, 48 hours.
My favorite session was Geneva Overholser. She's a big cheese in journalism circles -- former newspaper editor, Washington Post ombudsman, Pulitzer judge. She had some interesting things to say about the future you'll inhabit.
She says of today's print journalists:
“We are acting like gatekeepers and not noticing that the fence is gone.”
“We tend to have a foolish aversion to what looks different.”
Her main point is this: stop being afraid of the change, roll up your sleeves, and embrace it. See it as liberating. You won’t go through your careers simply reporting and writing.
One audience member complained that “younger people” aren’t reading, to which she replied they ARE reading, they “just aren’t reading us.” So you have to find a way to reach them.
Example: YouTube videos of John Edwards combing his hair ("Breck Girl"), and Hillary Clinton badly singing national anthem. An audience member said that's all younger people want to see. They don't want to see "serious" journalism.
Overholser says you can still show that "fun" stuff, but surround it with other material: policy stances, etc. Policy wonks could be drawn to the Breck Girl, and YouTube kids could be drawn to the policy stances.
She says we (old journalists) often talk about the Good Old Days.
In her opinion, the “Good old days” weren’t all that great.
Newspaper/Media CEO’s have never been distinguished leaders.
Curiosity and risk-taking are absent.
There have been failures of coverage:
Post 9/11, run-up to Iraq War.
Ethical lapses.
She also says journalists are way too quiet. Journalists need to speak out on behalf of journalism. Nobody else is going to do it.
She repeated the phrase: "Separate tradition from principle." She means that many traditions are merely old habits that have nothing to do with the principles of journalism.
Another presenter was Dennis Horgan, who is a producer for "Countdown with Keith Oberman." One of his more interesting points was this:
Mainstream Media outlets aren't the only ones who can hire you.
A blog called TalkingPoints Memo is hiring people to conduct interviews. The point is: Why should you wait for the Mainstream Media to start serving you?
Also: Talking Points Memo was first to reveal the U.S. Attorney scandal. A writer in Phoenix talked about the U.S. Attorney there losing his job; somebody in Minneapolis chimed in, then somebody in San Francisco. TalkingPoints blogged about the story for weeks before it got traction. Tried to get Mainstream Media to report it. MSNBC picked up on it, and the rest is history.
One of Horgan's favorite blogs: Crooks and Liars. It uses video.
My favorite session was Geneva Overholser. She's a big cheese in journalism circles -- former newspaper editor, Washington Post ombudsman, Pulitzer judge. She had some interesting things to say about the future you'll inhabit.
She says of today's print journalists:
“We are acting like gatekeepers and not noticing that the fence is gone.”
“We tend to have a foolish aversion to what looks different.”
Her main point is this: stop being afraid of the change, roll up your sleeves, and embrace it. See it as liberating. You won’t go through your careers simply reporting and writing.
One audience member complained that “younger people” aren’t reading, to which she replied they ARE reading, they “just aren’t reading us.” So you have to find a way to reach them.
Example: YouTube videos of John Edwards combing his hair ("Breck Girl"), and Hillary Clinton badly singing national anthem. An audience member said that's all younger people want to see. They don't want to see "serious" journalism.
Overholser says you can still show that "fun" stuff, but surround it with other material: policy stances, etc. Policy wonks could be drawn to the Breck Girl, and YouTube kids could be drawn to the policy stances.
She says we (old journalists) often talk about the Good Old Days.
In her opinion, the “Good old days” weren’t all that great.
Newspaper/Media CEO’s have never been distinguished leaders.
Curiosity and risk-taking are absent.
There have been failures of coverage:
Post 9/11, run-up to Iraq War.
Ethical lapses.
She also says journalists are way too quiet. Journalists need to speak out on behalf of journalism. Nobody else is going to do it.
She repeated the phrase: "Separate tradition from principle." She means that many traditions are merely old habits that have nothing to do with the principles of journalism.
Another presenter was Dennis Horgan, who is a producer for "Countdown with Keith Oberman." One of his more interesting points was this:
Mainstream Media outlets aren't the only ones who can hire you.
A blog called TalkingPoints Memo is hiring people to conduct interviews. The point is: Why should you wait for the Mainstream Media to start serving you?
Also: Talking Points Memo was first to reveal the U.S. Attorney scandal. A writer in Phoenix talked about the U.S. Attorney there losing his job; somebody in Minneapolis chimed in, then somebody in San Francisco. TalkingPoints blogged about the story for weeks before it got traction. Tried to get Mainstream Media to report it. MSNBC picked up on it, and the rest is history.
One of Horgan's favorite blogs: Crooks and Liars. It uses video.
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Boring Biz
http://www.examiner-enterprise.com/articles/2007/04/10/business/bus927.txt
http://www.examiner-enterprise.com/articles/2007/04/10/business/bus929.txt
http://www.examiner-enterprise.com/articles/2007/04/10/news/news723.txt
http://www.examiner-enterprise.com/articles/2007/04/10/business/bus929.txt
http://www.examiner-enterprise.com/articles/2007/04/10/news/news723.txt
Monday, April 9, 2007
Tuesday notes
Lecture apr 10
Eng 2710
The link: http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/special_eds/20070319/
Administrative stuff:
Today I want to show an Australian documentary about Second Life. It doesn’t talk much about media, but it does talk to a critic. I’m one of the many who are just so ga-ga over Second Life that I don’t ask critical questions. This guy asks a few.
I want to reversion a few “evergreen” pieces today. The doc is about 45 minutes long, so if we can get the reversions out of the way early, we’ll have time.
One thing to consider:
Final projects:
If you plan to work on the Critic in the fall, why not make that your final project.
Design a Web site for the LSC community.
More Administration:
On Thursday, we will reversion as many Critic stories as we can find in the proper weekly file and hand them over to Chad for uploading.
Chelsea – please check with Chad about having you (and some of us) look over his shoulder when he uploads, so we can do it too.
Next week:
I want to create a “podcast” based on an issue of the paper. You TV folks might have fun with this. Next Tuesday’s homework assignment will be turning a story or two into a brief broadcast news story. We’ll put the thing together on Tuesday using Chelsey’s digital recorder.
We go “live” next week. I hope we can get a generic address like lyndonstate.edu/critic
We’ll see.
Eng 2710
The link: http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/special_eds/20070319/
Administrative stuff:
Today I want to show an Australian documentary about Second Life. It doesn’t talk much about media, but it does talk to a critic. I’m one of the many who are just so ga-ga over Second Life that I don’t ask critical questions. This guy asks a few.
I want to reversion a few “evergreen” pieces today. The doc is about 45 minutes long, so if we can get the reversions out of the way early, we’ll have time.
One thing to consider:
Final projects:
If you plan to work on the Critic in the fall, why not make that your final project.
Design a Web site for the LSC community.
More Administration:
On Thursday, we will reversion as many Critic stories as we can find in the proper weekly file and hand them over to Chad for uploading.
Chelsea – please check with Chad about having you (and some of us) look over his shoulder when he uploads, so we can do it too.
Next week:
I want to create a “podcast” based on an issue of the paper. You TV folks might have fun with this. Next Tuesday’s homework assignment will be turning a story or two into a brief broadcast news story. We’ll put the thing together on Tuesday using Chelsey’s digital recorder.
We go “live” next week. I hope we can get a generic address like lyndonstate.edu/critic
We’ll see.
Friday, April 6, 2007
Second Life documentary
Best treatment of Second Life I've seen so far: http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/special_eds/20070319/default_standard_mac.htm
It's missing pretty much anything about media, though!
It's missing pretty much anything about media, though!
Thursday, March 8, 2007
convergence nay-sayers
Great site.
Convergence Newsletter, from University of South Carolina (The Other USC).
Convergence Newsletter, from University of South Carolina (The Other USC).
News from the online frontier
From the European Journalism Centre News Digest:
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France bans citizen journalists from reporting violence
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The French Constitutional Council has approved a law that criminalises
the filming or broadcasting of acts of violence by people other than
professional journalists. The law could lead to the imprisonment of
eyewitnesses who film acts of police violence, or operators of websites
publishing the images, one French civil liberties group warned on Tuesday.
The decision to approve the law came exactly 16 years after Los Angeles
police officers beating Rodney King were filmed by amateur videographer
George Holliday in the night of March 3, 1991. If Holliday were to film
a similar scene of violence in France today, he could end up in prison
as a result of the new law, said Pascal Cohet, a spokesman for French
online civil liberties group Odebi. And anyone publishing such images
could face up to five years in prison and a fine of EUR 75,000,
potentially a harsher sentence than that for committing the violent act.
The government has also proposed a certification system for websites,
blog hosters, mobile-phone operators and internet service providers,
identifying them as government-approved sources of information if they
adhere to certain rules. The journalists' organisation Reporters Without
Borders, which campaigns for a free press, has warned that such a system
could lead to excessive self censorship as organisations worried about
losing their certification suppress certain stories.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070306/tc_infoworld/86572 -
Infoworld via Yahoo News
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Turkish court orders YouTube blocked
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A Turkish court ordered access to YouTube's website blocked on
Wednesday, after a prosecutor recommended the ban because of videos
allegedly insulting the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
Paul Doany, head of Turk Telekom, Turkey's largest telecommunications
provider, said his company had begun immediately enforcing the ban.
Doany said Turk Telekom would allow access to the popular video sharing
site again if the court decision were rescinded. Access from Turkey
might be possible through other service providers, he said.
Over the past week, Turkish media publicised what some called a 'virtual
war' between Greeks and Turks on YouTube, with people from both sides
posting videos to belittle and berate the other. The video prompting the
ban allegedly said Ataturk and the Turkish people were homosexuals, news
reports said. The CNN-Turk website featured a link allowing Turks to
complain directly to YouTube about the 'insult.'
Source: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=2930509 - AP via ABC News
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France bans citizen journalists from reporting violence
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The French Constitutional Council has approved a law that criminalises
the filming or broadcasting of acts of violence by people other than
professional journalists. The law could lead to the imprisonment of
eyewitnesses who film acts of police violence, or operators of websites
publishing the images, one French civil liberties group warned on Tuesday.
The decision to approve the law came exactly 16 years after Los Angeles
police officers beating Rodney King were filmed by amateur videographer
George Holliday in the night of March 3, 1991. If Holliday were to film
a similar scene of violence in France today, he could end up in prison
as a result of the new law, said Pascal Cohet, a spokesman for French
online civil liberties group Odebi. And anyone publishing such images
could face up to five years in prison and a fine of EUR 75,000,
potentially a harsher sentence than that for committing the violent act.
The government has also proposed a certification system for websites,
blog hosters, mobile-phone operators and internet service providers,
identifying them as government-approved sources of information if they
adhere to certain rules. The journalists' organisation Reporters Without
Borders, which campaigns for a free press, has warned that such a system
could lead to excessive self censorship as organisations worried about
losing their certification suppress certain stories.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070306/tc_infoworld/86572 -
Infoworld via Yahoo News
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Turkish court orders YouTube blocked
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A Turkish court ordered access to YouTube's website blocked on
Wednesday, after a prosecutor recommended the ban because of videos
allegedly insulting the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
Paul Doany, head of Turk Telekom, Turkey's largest telecommunications
provider, said his company had begun immediately enforcing the ban.
Doany said Turk Telekom would allow access to the popular video sharing
site again if the court decision were rescinded. Access from Turkey
might be possible through other service providers, he said.
Over the past week, Turkish media publicised what some called a 'virtual
war' between Greeks and Turks on YouTube, with people from both sides
posting videos to belittle and berate the other. The video prompting the
ban allegedly said Ataturk and the Turkish people were homosexuals, news
reports said. The CNN-Turk website featured a link allowing Turks to
complain directly to YouTube about the 'insult.'
Source: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=2930509 - AP via ABC News
SL story
Second life
By Grace Wong
Special to CNN
NEW YORK (CNN) -- The classroom of the future isn't on a college campus. It's in the virtual world of "Second Life."
In "Second Life," virtual residents -- cartoonish-looking characters controlled via keyboard and mouse -- create anything their hearts desire.
Also known as avatars, the residents start up businesses, stage their own concerts, sell real estate and design fashion lines. Reuters news agency even has a correspondent based in the cyber community.
A growing number of educators are getting caught up in the wave. More than 60 schools and educational organizations have set up shop in the virtual world and are exploring ways it can be used to promote learning.
The three-dimensional virtual world makes it possible for students taking a distance course to develop a real sense of community, said Rebecca Nesson, who leads a class jointly offered by Harvard Law School and Harvard Extension School in the world of "Second Life."
"Students interact with each other and there's a regular sense of classroom interaction. It feels like a college campus," she said.
She holds class discussions in "Second Life" as well as office hours for extension students. Some class-related events are also open to the public -- or basically anyone with a broadband connection.
Since opening in 2003, "Second Life" has experienced strong growth. Now some 1.3 million people around the world log on to live out their second lives.
The growing adoption of broadband Internet connection has helped drive that trend. Some 42 percent of Americans have a high-speed Internet connection at home, up from 30 percent last year, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
Besides improving the quality of distance learning, educators are finding "Second Life" is a good way to introduce international perspectives. In Nesson's course, students as far away as Korea engage in the classroom discussion and work on team projects.
Flying distractions
"Second Life" isn't without its drawbacks. It can be distracting to have people "flying" above you while you're trying to concentrate on a classroom discussion, said Brien Walton, 40, a master's degree student in educational technology at Harvard who is taking Nesson's course.
("Flying" and "teleporting" are two ways of navigating around the online digital world.)
Distractions aside, there's huge potential for the field of education in "Second Life," according to Walton, who in addition to being a student runs a company that develops distance courses for educational institutions and corporations.
Most people think online learning doesn't require participation or engagement with course material, he said. But in "Second Life" there's real-time interaction, which means students need to engage in the discussion -- much as if they were sitting in a brick and mortar classroom.
John Lester, community and education manager at Linden Lab, the creator of "Second Life," echoed that view. "There is a real human being behind every avatar -- the people are very real. It's just the medium is different," he said.
San Francisco, California-based Linden Lab develops the infrastructure for the online society, but it's up to its virtual residents to develop the content in the community.
That's one of the reasons some are skeptical about how much of an impact "Second Life" will have on the educational landscape.
"'Second Life' on its own doesn't force anyone to do anything," said Marc Prensky, a leading expert on education and learning. "It's a blank slate, and whether it develops into a useful tool depends on what sort of structures are created within it."
While it remains to be seen how much of an impact "Second Life" will have in the long run, there is immense interest within the educational community to find ways to harness its potential, said Mechthild Schmidt, a professor at NYU-McGhee, a division of the School of Continuing and Professional Studies.
Schmidt, who learned about "Second Life" from her teenage son, integrated the virtual world into a course she teaches on digital communication to give students a new avenue for collaboration.
Right now, it's the early adopters who are living second lives, said Elizabeth Edmonds, a trend researcher at future-focused marketing consultancy Faith Popcorn's BrainReserve.
But as broadband adoption goes more mainstream, she expects the site's popularity to grow -- and not only with educators.
"Everyone will become involved in this," Edmonds said.
By Grace Wong
Special to CNN
NEW YORK (CNN) -- The classroom of the future isn't on a college campus. It's in the virtual world of "Second Life."
In "Second Life," virtual residents -- cartoonish-looking characters controlled via keyboard and mouse -- create anything their hearts desire.
Also known as avatars, the residents start up businesses, stage their own concerts, sell real estate and design fashion lines. Reuters news agency even has a correspondent based in the cyber community.
A growing number of educators are getting caught up in the wave. More than 60 schools and educational organizations have set up shop in the virtual world and are exploring ways it can be used to promote learning.
The three-dimensional virtual world makes it possible for students taking a distance course to develop a real sense of community, said Rebecca Nesson, who leads a class jointly offered by Harvard Law School and Harvard Extension School in the world of "Second Life."
"Students interact with each other and there's a regular sense of classroom interaction. It feels like a college campus," she said.
She holds class discussions in "Second Life" as well as office hours for extension students. Some class-related events are also open to the public -- or basically anyone with a broadband connection.
Since opening in 2003, "Second Life" has experienced strong growth. Now some 1.3 million people around the world log on to live out their second lives.
The growing adoption of broadband Internet connection has helped drive that trend. Some 42 percent of Americans have a high-speed Internet connection at home, up from 30 percent last year, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
Besides improving the quality of distance learning, educators are finding "Second Life" is a good way to introduce international perspectives. In Nesson's course, students as far away as Korea engage in the classroom discussion and work on team projects.
Flying distractions
"Second Life" isn't without its drawbacks. It can be distracting to have people "flying" above you while you're trying to concentrate on a classroom discussion, said Brien Walton, 40, a master's degree student in educational technology at Harvard who is taking Nesson's course.
("Flying" and "teleporting" are two ways of navigating around the online digital world.)
Distractions aside, there's huge potential for the field of education in "Second Life," according to Walton, who in addition to being a student runs a company that develops distance courses for educational institutions and corporations.
Most people think online learning doesn't require participation or engagement with course material, he said. But in "Second Life" there's real-time interaction, which means students need to engage in the discussion -- much as if they were sitting in a brick and mortar classroom.
John Lester, community and education manager at Linden Lab, the creator of "Second Life," echoed that view. "There is a real human being behind every avatar -- the people are very real. It's just the medium is different," he said.
San Francisco, California-based Linden Lab develops the infrastructure for the online society, but it's up to its virtual residents to develop the content in the community.
That's one of the reasons some are skeptical about how much of an impact "Second Life" will have on the educational landscape.
"'Second Life' on its own doesn't force anyone to do anything," said Marc Prensky, a leading expert on education and learning. "It's a blank slate, and whether it develops into a useful tool depends on what sort of structures are created within it."
While it remains to be seen how much of an impact "Second Life" will have in the long run, there is immense interest within the educational community to find ways to harness its potential, said Mechthild Schmidt, a professor at NYU-McGhee, a division of the School of Continuing and Professional Studies.
Schmidt, who learned about "Second Life" from her teenage son, integrated the virtual world into a course she teaches on digital communication to give students a new avenue for collaboration.
Right now, it's the early adopters who are living second lives, said Elizabeth Edmonds, a trend researcher at future-focused marketing consultancy Faith Popcorn's BrainReserve.
But as broadband adoption goes more mainstream, she expects the site's popularity to grow -- and not only with educators.
"Everyone will become involved in this," Edmonds said.
Monday, March 5, 2007
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This is not a picture of the Pat Webster who works at Lyndon State College. This is only a test.
Friday, March 2, 2007
How much of this can we do at LSC?
http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/2007/03/02/icm-interview-rob-curley/
Read the last question and the answer
Read the last question and the answer
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Tricia Pennypacker column
To: The Critic
Series: Moments Like This
Title: Cold in the Kingdom
Author: Tricia Pennypacker
Date: February 13, 2007
Cold in the Kingdom
It is the middle of February and the bone-chilling temperatures and short, dark days do nothing for my spirit. I do not ski. This is not because I do not want to, but because I never learned how, nor could I justify the expense. I enjoy ice-skating, but find the artificial air in the rink even more chilling than the air outside. Sadly, I must admit that I no longer enjoy New England winters. I bide my time from December, after my Norman Rockwell idea of a white Christmas either came true or didn’t, until the sap stops running in April, and the peep-frogs start their evening chorus. Until then, I spend much of my time beneath a thick, fleece blanket, sipping hot tea and catching up on the reading that I am too active for during the warmer months. Sometimes, in these dark hours, I contemplate why I am living in the Northeast Kingdom, a place where people quickly shut their doors against the cold, and seemingly, the world around them.
Growing up in the Northeast Kingdom, I was eager to leave my hometown for a fresh start in life. I traded my winter boots and heavy parka for a pair of Birkenstocks and cut off Levi’s, and the cold mountains for the warm, flat Floridian coastline. I entered an unfamiliar world where strangers stopped to help when I was stranded on the side of the road, and women in the grocery stores would befriend me instantly. The compassion and strength of the county surprised me.
On muggy evenings, front porches were full of chatter and laughter. People bustled through their week, sometimes working two or three jobs to support a family. They knew how to stretch a whole chicken to feed more than one family. Clothes were passed from one family to the next as children grew. There was never the sense of abundance there, but there was always enough. By the weekend the fish were frying, the drinks were cold and the tailgates were lowered as the entire town rallied together at the high school’s football game.
Although I loved this sense of belonging, I missed the mountains, the changing of the seasons, and even the snow. More than that, I missed the quaint farmhouses nestled in the valleys, the stoic maple trees and the crooked stone walls that dotted the countryside. Whether I like it or not, I am a northern country girl. I can immerse myself in a place and a culture as I did at sixteen when I spent a summer in Australia, or when I gained a broader perspective on American life as I spent months on the road traveling across the states with my family, but I cannot cut the heart strings that tug me back to Vermont, a place that both confuses and comforts me.
Having witnessed the struggle of the South, I was amazed that the people seemed to accept their life with good humor, as though their trials were inevitable. Here, struggles seem to make or break people. People either give up too easily, or they fail to take pride in overcoming the odds. Instead, I see a community that feeds off of the past, griping about ancient wounds as though they were fresh. I see Vermonters so stuck in their groove that they refuse to accept new people, new laws, and new ideas. They shut their doors to strangers and completely miss the benefit of merging ideas and traditions.
I wonder how a place with such beauty and promise can be so challenging. Everything here is a challenge. Depending on the season, the commute through snowy, icy, muddy, or rutty roads is a challenge. Finding affordable and enjoyable entertainment, in a diverse upper and lower class society can be a challenge. Trying not to jump on the band-wagon as people move away in search of higher paying jobs, and more affordable housing, is becoming a greater challenge.
I miss the hospitality of the South as I am confronted with my own isolation. I tell myself that I am too busy to strengthen friendships, and that maybe someday, if life slows down (which I know it never really does), I will have the energy to do all the things I long to do, and my friends will also have the time to spare. This is really just an excuse for not wanting to step outside of my warm home, and face the chill of the world, not wanting to confront the reality that we have become a close-minded society, each believing that our way of doing things is the only way to do them.
Ideally, I would love to see the Northeast Kingdom flourish with beauty, generosity, and compassion combined. I want to rid the notion that a cold environment breeds cold hearts. Maybe then the winters wouldn’t seem so endlessly cruel. Until then, I guess I need to toss my blanket aside and venture out into the crisp air, maybe start a few friendships along the way.
Series: Moments Like This
Title: Cold in the Kingdom
Author: Tricia Pennypacker
Date: February 13, 2007
Cold in the Kingdom
It is the middle of February and the bone-chilling temperatures and short, dark days do nothing for my spirit. I do not ski. This is not because I do not want to, but because I never learned how, nor could I justify the expense. I enjoy ice-skating, but find the artificial air in the rink even more chilling than the air outside. Sadly, I must admit that I no longer enjoy New England winters. I bide my time from December, after my Norman Rockwell idea of a white Christmas either came true or didn’t, until the sap stops running in April, and the peep-frogs start their evening chorus. Until then, I spend much of my time beneath a thick, fleece blanket, sipping hot tea and catching up on the reading that I am too active for during the warmer months. Sometimes, in these dark hours, I contemplate why I am living in the Northeast Kingdom, a place where people quickly shut their doors against the cold, and seemingly, the world around them.
Growing up in the Northeast Kingdom, I was eager to leave my hometown for a fresh start in life. I traded my winter boots and heavy parka for a pair of Birkenstocks and cut off Levi’s, and the cold mountains for the warm, flat Floridian coastline. I entered an unfamiliar world where strangers stopped to help when I was stranded on the side of the road, and women in the grocery stores would befriend me instantly. The compassion and strength of the county surprised me.
On muggy evenings, front porches were full of chatter and laughter. People bustled through their week, sometimes working two or three jobs to support a family. They knew how to stretch a whole chicken to feed more than one family. Clothes were passed from one family to the next as children grew. There was never the sense of abundance there, but there was always enough. By the weekend the fish were frying, the drinks were cold and the tailgates were lowered as the entire town rallied together at the high school’s football game.
Although I loved this sense of belonging, I missed the mountains, the changing of the seasons, and even the snow. More than that, I missed the quaint farmhouses nestled in the valleys, the stoic maple trees and the crooked stone walls that dotted the countryside. Whether I like it or not, I am a northern country girl. I can immerse myself in a place and a culture as I did at sixteen when I spent a summer in Australia, or when I gained a broader perspective on American life as I spent months on the road traveling across the states with my family, but I cannot cut the heart strings that tug me back to Vermont, a place that both confuses and comforts me.
Having witnessed the struggle of the South, I was amazed that the people seemed to accept their life with good humor, as though their trials were inevitable. Here, struggles seem to make or break people. People either give up too easily, or they fail to take pride in overcoming the odds. Instead, I see a community that feeds off of the past, griping about ancient wounds as though they were fresh. I see Vermonters so stuck in their groove that they refuse to accept new people, new laws, and new ideas. They shut their doors to strangers and completely miss the benefit of merging ideas and traditions.
I wonder how a place with such beauty and promise can be so challenging. Everything here is a challenge. Depending on the season, the commute through snowy, icy, muddy, or rutty roads is a challenge. Finding affordable and enjoyable entertainment, in a diverse upper and lower class society can be a challenge. Trying not to jump on the band-wagon as people move away in search of higher paying jobs, and more affordable housing, is becoming a greater challenge.
I miss the hospitality of the South as I am confronted with my own isolation. I tell myself that I am too busy to strengthen friendships, and that maybe someday, if life slows down (which I know it never really does), I will have the energy to do all the things I long to do, and my friends will also have the time to spare. This is really just an excuse for not wanting to step outside of my warm home, and face the chill of the world, not wanting to confront the reality that we have become a close-minded society, each believing that our way of doing things is the only way to do them.
Ideally, I would love to see the Northeast Kingdom flourish with beauty, generosity, and compassion combined. I want to rid the notion that a cold environment breeds cold hearts. Maybe then the winters wouldn’t seem so endlessly cruel. Until then, I guess I need to toss my blanket aside and venture out into the crisp air, maybe start a few friendships along the way.
Monday, February 19, 2007
fun stuff
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Student planning to sell moments in time
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When Oxford student Thomas Whitfield put forward his idea in the
university's own version of the BBC's Dragon's Den, he hoped for nothing
more than encouraging words and a slice of the GBP 5,000 (EUR 7,400)
prize money. But the judges, which included two former internet
millionaires, were so 'blown away' by it they threw the weight of their
GBP 50m (EUR 74m) investment fund behind him.
Whitfield's online timeline idea involves creating a website featuring a
virtual timeline stretching back into history and far into the future.
The 'online timeline' will be split into minutes, each of which can be
bought by users to post memorable moments in their lives.
The prototype of the website can be viewed on www.designthetime.com.
Users can then buy their place in history or the future. The more you
pay the more prominent your entry will be for a particular minute. The
idea is similar to the Million Dollar Homepage in which a student sold
off one million pixels of a computer picture at USD 1 a time. When the
pixel was clicked on the person or company's work was displayed.
Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=S2IZE3DAXOFLNQFIQMFCFFOAVCBQYIV0?xml=/news/2007/02/19/ntime19.xml
- The Telegraph
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Student planning to sell moments in time
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When Oxford student Thomas Whitfield put forward his idea in the
university's own version of the BBC's Dragon's Den, he hoped for nothing
more than encouraging words and a slice of the GBP 5,000 (EUR 7,400)
prize money. But the judges, which included two former internet
millionaires, were so 'blown away' by it they threw the weight of their
GBP 50m (EUR 74m) investment fund behind him.
Whitfield's online timeline idea involves creating a website featuring a
virtual timeline stretching back into history and far into the future.
The 'online timeline' will be split into minutes, each of which can be
bought by users to post memorable moments in their lives.
The prototype of the website can be viewed on www.designthetime.com.
Users can then buy their place in history or the future. The more you
pay the more prominent your entry will be for a particular minute. The
idea is similar to the Million Dollar Homepage in which a student sold
off one million pixels of a computer picture at USD 1 a time. When the
pixel was clicked on the person or company's work was displayed.
Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=S2IZE3DAXOFLNQFIQMFCFFOAVCBQYIV0?xml=/news/2007/02/19/ntime19.xml
- The Telegraph
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Thursday, February 8, 2007
Thursday, February 1, 2007
idea for online critic?
From that e-mail service I get:
Chronicle airs reader calls as podcasts
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Readers have been angrily calling newspapers with complaints almostsince the first telephones were installed. Now, the San FranciscoChronicle is turning some of those calls into podcasts and posting themon its website for all to hear.Dubbed 'Correct Me If I'm Wrong ...' on the Chronicle's website, thepaper last week posted a podcast of a reader's voicemail expressingirritation with a photo caption and the headline 'Forest service beginstesting pilotless drones' that appeared over a story buried deep withinthe Aug. 29 business section. 'Is there any other kind of drone?' thereader said in the voice mail. 'You tell me right now, is there anyother kind of drone other than a pilotless drone?'The posts were the brainchild of Chronicle executive vice president andeditor Phil Bronstein. Bronstein said the Chronicle might add 'dramaticreadings' of some of the comments, the New York Times reported Monday.'This is about listening to your readers,' Bronstein said. 'Newspapersused to be a lot more lively than they are now, and they coulddefinitely stand some of that.'
Chronicle airs reader calls as podcasts
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Readers have been angrily calling newspapers with complaints almostsince the first telephones were installed. Now, the San FranciscoChronicle is turning some of those calls into podcasts and posting themon its website for all to hear.Dubbed 'Correct Me If I'm Wrong ...' on the Chronicle's website, thepaper last week posted a podcast of a reader's voicemail expressingirritation with a photo caption and the headline 'Forest service beginstesting pilotless drones' that appeared over a story buried deep withinthe Aug. 29 business section. 'Is there any other kind of drone?' thereader said in the voice mail. 'You tell me right now, is there anyother kind of drone other than a pilotless drone?'The posts were the brainchild of Chronicle executive vice president andeditor Phil Bronstein. Bronstein said the Chronicle might add 'dramaticreadings' of some of the comments, the New York Times reported Monday.'This is about listening to your readers,' Bronstein said. 'Newspapersused to be a lot more lively than they are now, and they coulddefinitely stand some of that.'
Monday, January 29, 2007
Go where the jobs are...
A media group in Europe sends out regular e-mail compilations of interesting stuff happening in the news business.
The three items below appeared on the same day. More and more reasons to pat yourselves on the back for your decision to take this course!
Planned US media job cuts up 88 per cent in 2006
The number of planned job cuts in the US media sector surged 88 per centlast year and that trend will likely continue as readers shift fromprint to online services, a study on Thursday showed. For all of last year, the media industry announced 17,809 job cuts, upsizably from the 9,453 cuts announced the prior year, according to thejob outplacement tracking firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. The trendis expected to continue this year, according to John Challenger, chiefexecutive officer at the Chicago-based firm, which tracks plannedlayoffs, not actual layoffs. Newspaper publishers, broadcasters and other media companies have beencutting jobs and reevaluating their business models as a growing numberof Americans turn to the internet for news and entertainment. Internetad spending is forecast to rise 13 per cent in 2007, while networktelevision advertising is seen almost flat from a year ago and newspaperadvertising is expected to drop nearly 3 per cent, according to mediatracking firm TNS. Not only are newspapers vying with other news organizations for audienceshare, they are competing with bloggers, industry experts and gossipsites, Challenger said. Source: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=businessNews&storyID=2007-01-25T172846Z_01_N25396479_RTRUKOC_0_US-USA-ECONOMY-JOBS-MEDIA.xml - Reuters
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Big names in US journalism launch Politico website
Several big names in US journalism are part of a new internet-focusednews organisation being launched Tuesday that will focus exclusively onpolitics as the 2008 elections approach. The new venture formed byAllbritton Communications has a newspaper, The Politico, and a website,Politico.com. Well-known journalists from The Washington Post newspaper and Timemagazine have joined the multiplatform news organisation. John Harris,formerly the Post's political editor, will be the editor in chief atPolitico, Jim VandeHei, who covered national politics at the paper, willbe the executive editor, and Mike Allen, White House correspondent forTime, will be the chief political correspondent. Also on board is RogerSimon, an award-winning political columnist and author. The new venture is being launched on the same day as the president'sState of the Union address. A spokeswoman for Politico said that thestaff of 50 will include about 25 reporters who will focus exclusivelyon the ins and outs of Washington politics. Reporters will also makeregular appearances on the capital's all-news radio station as well ason national television news programs. Staffers will shoot video toaccompany their stories on the venture's website. Source: http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20070123-034835-3045r - AFP, Middle East Times
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BBC talking to Google about providing video on YouTube
The British Broadcasting Corporation said Monday that it was indiscussions with the search engine company Google about putting some ofthe BBC's programming on the online video site YouTube. A BBCspokeswoman confirmed that the publicly funded broadcaster was speakingwith Google, which bought YouTube last year, about several differentoptions, but that a deal had not yet been signed. BBC World, the international commercial news channel produced by theBritish broadcaster, is already the most-watched foreign network in manyof the 200 countries in which it broadcasts. If BBC signs an agreementwith YouTube, it will follow in the footsteps of US networks like NBC,which created a branded YouTube channel last June, and CBS, which isshowing clips from programs like 'The Letterman Show.' Internet video advertising is pegged to earn more than USD 1bn (EUR772,000) in 2008, much of which is expected to come from televisionadvertising budgets. The situation is forcing television producers tochoose whether they want to cooperate with internet video websites orcompete with them. Under Google's ownership, YouTube has beenapproaching broadcasters and other owners of copyrighted material toarrange for the site to carry more authorised material. Source: http://www.iht.com:80/articles/2007/01/22/business/bbc.php - International Herald Tribune
The three items below appeared on the same day. More and more reasons to pat yourselves on the back for your decision to take this course!
Planned US media job cuts up 88 per cent in 2006
The number of planned job cuts in the US media sector surged 88 per centlast year and that trend will likely continue as readers shift fromprint to online services, a study on Thursday showed. For all of last year, the media industry announced 17,809 job cuts, upsizably from the 9,453 cuts announced the prior year, according to thejob outplacement tracking firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. The trendis expected to continue this year, according to John Challenger, chiefexecutive officer at the Chicago-based firm, which tracks plannedlayoffs, not actual layoffs. Newspaper publishers, broadcasters and other media companies have beencutting jobs and reevaluating their business models as a growing numberof Americans turn to the internet for news and entertainment. Internetad spending is forecast to rise 13 per cent in 2007, while networktelevision advertising is seen almost flat from a year ago and newspaperadvertising is expected to drop nearly 3 per cent, according to mediatracking firm TNS. Not only are newspapers vying with other news organizations for audienceshare, they are competing with bloggers, industry experts and gossipsites, Challenger said. Source: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=businessNews&storyID=2007-01-25T172846Z_01_N25396479_RTRUKOC_0_US-USA-ECONOMY-JOBS-MEDIA.xml - Reuters
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Big names in US journalism launch Politico website
Several big names in US journalism are part of a new internet-focusednews organisation being launched Tuesday that will focus exclusively onpolitics as the 2008 elections approach. The new venture formed byAllbritton Communications has a newspaper, The Politico, and a website,Politico.com. Well-known journalists from The Washington Post newspaper and Timemagazine have joined the multiplatform news organisation. John Harris,formerly the Post's political editor, will be the editor in chief atPolitico, Jim VandeHei, who covered national politics at the paper, willbe the executive editor, and Mike Allen, White House correspondent forTime, will be the chief political correspondent. Also on board is RogerSimon, an award-winning political columnist and author. The new venture is being launched on the same day as the president'sState of the Union address. A spokeswoman for Politico said that thestaff of 50 will include about 25 reporters who will focus exclusivelyon the ins and outs of Washington politics. Reporters will also makeregular appearances on the capital's all-news radio station as well ason national television news programs. Staffers will shoot video toaccompany their stories on the venture's website. Source: http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20070123-034835-3045r - AFP, Middle East Times
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BBC talking to Google about providing video on YouTube
The British Broadcasting Corporation said Monday that it was indiscussions with the search engine company Google about putting some ofthe BBC's programming on the online video site YouTube. A BBCspokeswoman confirmed that the publicly funded broadcaster was speakingwith Google, which bought YouTube last year, about several differentoptions, but that a deal had not yet been signed. BBC World, the international commercial news channel produced by theBritish broadcaster, is already the most-watched foreign network in manyof the 200 countries in which it broadcasts. If BBC signs an agreementwith YouTube, it will follow in the footsteps of US networks like NBC,which created a branded YouTube channel last June, and CBS, which isshowing clips from programs like 'The Letterman Show.' Internet video advertising is pegged to earn more than USD 1bn (EUR772,000) in 2008, much of which is expected to come from televisionadvertising budgets. The situation is forcing television producers tochoose whether they want to cooperate with internet video websites orcompete with them. Under Google's ownership, YouTube has beenapproaching broadcasters and other owners of copyrighted material toarrange for the site to carry more authorised material. Source: http://www.iht.com:80/articles/2007/01/22/business/bbc.php - International Herald Tribune
What's hot
I got the note below on a listserv for college media advisers. It shows there's no limit to how ambitious you guys can be with The Critic.
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Just wanted to share the joy of what we're doing here at UW.
We now have daily videocasts online. We've done this on a shoe-string budget that pays the salaries of a student Web developer, two broadcast students and a print photographer that has learned how to use video.
Our only capital investment was buying a student version of Final Cut Pro; as we found the sound quality of iMovie to be limiting. (You can see that with our earlier videocasts.)
We borrow the sound/video equipment from another department.
Our most popular videocast was Home Invasion -- where we got to see what it is like inside the Phi Pools frat house. This is the first in a series. Several frats are lining up to be next.
Feel free to check out what we're doing at www.thedaily.washington.edu or www.theuwdaily.com.
Kristin
Kristin Millis
Director of Student Publications
The Daily of the University of Washington
millis@u.washington.edu
(206) 543-7666
--------------------
Just wanted to share the joy of what we're doing here at UW.
We now have daily videocasts online. We've done this on a shoe-string budget that pays the salaries of a student Web developer, two broadcast students and a print photographer that has learned how to use video.
Our only capital investment was buying a student version of Final Cut Pro; as we found the sound quality of iMovie to be limiting. (You can see that with our earlier videocasts.)
We borrow the sound/video equipment from another department.
Our most popular videocast was Home Invasion -- where we got to see what it is like inside the Phi Pools frat house. This is the first in a series. Several frats are lining up to be next.
Feel free to check out what we're doing at www.thedaily.washington.edu or www.theuwdaily.com.
Kristin
Kristin Millis
Director of Student Publications
The Daily of the University of Washington
millis@u.washington.edu
(206) 543-7666
Thursday, January 25, 2007
ENG 2710 Syllabus
English 2710: Special Topics: New Media
Spring 2007 Lyndon State College
T-Th 1:30 to 2:50 p.m.
LAC 409
Instructor: Dan Williams
Office: Vail 468 Office Hours: MW 1-3 p.m.; TThF 9-11 a.m.; or by appointment
Telephones: Office 626-4866; home 626-4608; cell: 404-272-6742
Course description: The class will explore the rapidly changing and expanding universe of news on the World Wide Web. Students will launch the first online version of the Lyndon State College student newspaper, The Critic.
Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will:
- gain hands-on experience creating and maintaining a news Web site;
- increase their understanding of the World Wide Web as a news medium;
- explore the differences between journalism for “New Media” and “Old Media”;
- gain skills in “cross-platform” storytelling, with words, photos, video and sound.
Required text: “Telling The Story: The Convergence of Print, Broadcast and Online Media,” by The Missouri Group. 2007.
Supplemental text: Associated Press Stylebook
Materials: USB flash drive, rewritable CD or rewritable DVD to save work.
Class Requirements and Policies:
Assignments: During the first third of the semester, assignments will focus on comparing different media. Students will submit the assignments as postings to blogs they create. As we get closer to the launch of the online version of The Critic, assignments will focus on rewriting or “repurposing” print or television material for the Web. Once The Critic is online, most assignments will involve reworking Critic stories for the Web site and posting updates.
Quizzes: Periodically, I will give announced or unannounced quizzes about readings and discussion topics. The grades will become part of your participation grade.
Format: The class takes place in LAC 409, a Mac computer laboratory. We will spend a large amount of time on the computers. Please resist the temptation to IM friends – unless assigned.
Communication: Check your Lyndon State e-mail and the class Blackboard site on the LSC Portal at least once a day. Sorry, but I will not send e-mail to a Hotmail, gmail or other address. Feel free to call me at home or on my cell phone until 10 p.m. any day, including weekends.
Attendance: Your success in this class depends on active participation. Attend every class meeting. Under LSC rules, five absences are grounds for failing a twice-weekly course unless there are extreme, documented circumstances. Please inform me if you know you will be absent. You cannot make up any quizzes given on days you miss class.
Late work: Assignments will be due at the start of class unless otherwise noted. If you are unable to attend class on the day an assignment is due, make arrangements to submit it anyway. Late assignments will lose one letter grade for every day beyond the due date.
Academic honesty: We will discuss the difference between plagiarism and reworking someone else’s material for the Web. Plagiarism is a major offense at LSC. Deliberate acts of plagiarism will result in failure of the course. See the Academic Honesty section on page 16 of the LSC 2006-2007 catalog. Talk to me if you have any questions.
Disabilities: Students with disabilities who request accommodations should provide a certification letter. Students should contact Mary Etter, Learning Specialist, in the Academic Support Office (Vail 325) to arrange for the appropriate letter to be sent.
Grading weights:
Assignments, activities 50%
Final project 30%
Participation 20%
Grading scale:
A: 94-100 B-: 80-83 D+:67-69
A-: 90-93 C+: 77-79 D: 64-66
B+: 87-89 C: 74-76 D-: 60-63
B: 84-86 C-: 70-73 F: 59 and below
Disclaimer: This syllabus is subject to change with notice.
Weekly Schedule:
Week 1 – Jan. 16, 18
Tuesday:
Introductions
Syllabus
Highlights:
Critic goes online mid-semester
Make heavy use of blogs
Activity: Create blogs
Assignments for Thursday:
Create an Internet timeline and place on blog.
Read Chap. 1 in “Telling the Story”
Thursday:
Activity:
Introduce blogs to class and show off timelines
Practice posting to each other’s blogs (critique timelines)
Discussion of Chap. 1:
What is news?
What is journalism?
What is citizen journalism?
Where do you get your news?
Assignments for Tuesday:
Watch a network news program and compare to next day’s NYT
Watch a local news program and compare to next day’s Free Press
Blog about the differences you find and their significance
Read Chap. 2, Convergence and the Changing Media Industry
Week 2 – Jan. 23, 25
Tuesday:
Activity:
Show off comparison blogs.
Post critiques to each other’s blogs.
Discussion of Chap. 2
What is convergence?
What was the dot com boom?
How do newspapers work? TV? Online?
Examine TBO Online
Examine WCAX’s scripts
Assignment:
Compare a local television station to its Web site;
Blog about how well it works.
Thursday:
Activity:
Meet Chad Grant
HTML practice
Assignments for Tuesday:
Investigate and then blog about this: “How does anyone make money?”
Compare a newspaper to its Web site; blog about how well it works.
Read Chap. 4, Computer-Assisted Reporting
Week 3 – Jan. 30, Feb. 1
Tuesday:
Activities:
Show off blog comparisons
Explain how people/companies make money on Internet
Parse a simple Excel spreadsheet
Discuss final projects:
Conceive and design a community news site for Lyndon or hometown
Examine iBrattleboro and other sites
Discuss problems at Backfence
Discuss Chap. 4
Thursday:
Discuss:
High-tech hardware
Backpack journalism
Guest: TBA (Radio Shack?)
Assignments for Tuesday:
Find a blogger you disagree with and post to his/her blog
Drudge.com has a long list of bloggers
Read Chaps 6 and 11 on newspaper and television writing styles
Week 4 – Feb. 6, 8
Tuesday:
Activity:
Practice writing newspaper and broadcast leads
Assignment for Thursday:
Read Chap. 13, Online Writing
Thursday:
Discuss Chap. 13, Online Writing
Activity:
Practice online writing styles
Assignment for Tuesday:
On blogs, post URLs of examples of good and bad online writing.
Blog about what makes it good, bad
Read Chap. 7 section on Service Journalism, pp. 141-144
Week 5 – Feb. 13, 15
Tuesday:
Discuss blog posts about good and bad writing
Activity:
Re-purpose stories for the Web from:
Caledonian-Record
Times-Argus
Free Press
Littleton Courier
Assignment for Thursday:
Polish two re-purposed stories.
Thursday:
Activity:
Re-purpose News 7 stories for the Web
Re-purpose WCAX stories for the Web
See scripts under Local News
Assignment for Tuesday:
Polish two re-purposed stories.
Week 6 – Feb. 20, 22
Tuesday and Thursday:
Activity:
Practice re-purposing Critic stories for the Web
Homework for Thursday:
Polish re-purposed stories.
Thursday:
Status update for final projects
Week 7 – Winter Break
Winter Break, no class
Week 8 – March 6, 8
Tuesday and Thursday:
Activity:
Practice re-purposing Critic stories for the Web
Homework:
Polish re-purposed stories.
Discuss:
Web design
Week 9 – March 13, 15
Tuesday:
Launch online version of The Critic
Thursday:
Activity:
Update online Critic with fresh stories from server
Friday, March 16: last day to drop course without academic penalty.
Week 10 – March 20, 22
Tuesday and Thursday:
Activities:
Maintain and update online version of The Critic
Added-value elements:
Sidebars
Graphics
Thursday:
Status update for final projects
Week 11 – March 27, 29
Tuesday and Thursday:
Activities:
Maintain and update online version of The Critic
Added-value elements:
Update one story
Photo gallery
Week 12 – Spring Break
Week 13 – April 10, 12
Tuesday:
Activity:
Maintain and update online version of The Critic
Added-value elements:
Audio
Podcasting
Thursday:
Activity:
Maintain and update online version of The Critic
Added value elements:
Audio
Podcasting
Assignment for Tuesday:
Write story for Web that should also appear in next week’s Critic
Status update for final projects
Week 14 – April 17, 19
Tuesday and Thursday:
Focus:
Web-to-print copy flow
Activity:
Work on Web stories
Maintain and update online version of The Critic
Week 15 – April 24, 26
Tuesday and Thursday:
Activity:
Maintain and update online version of The Critic
Added-value elements:
Video
Vlogs
Week 16 – May 1, 3
Tuesday:
Submit final projects
Tuesday and Thursday:
Activity:
Maintain and update online version of The Critic
Discussion:
Wrap up semester
Week 17 – Final Exam
The final exam is 12:30-2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 8.
Spring 2007 Lyndon State College
T-Th 1:30 to 2:50 p.m.
LAC 409
Instructor: Dan Williams
Office: Vail 468 Office Hours: MW 1-3 p.m.; TThF 9-11 a.m.; or by appointment
Telephones: Office 626-4866; home 626-4608; cell: 404-272-6742
Course description: The class will explore the rapidly changing and expanding universe of news on the World Wide Web. Students will launch the first online version of the Lyndon State College student newspaper, The Critic.
Objectives: Students who successfully complete this course will:
- gain hands-on experience creating and maintaining a news Web site;
- increase their understanding of the World Wide Web as a news medium;
- explore the differences between journalism for “New Media” and “Old Media”;
- gain skills in “cross-platform” storytelling, with words, photos, video and sound.
Required text: “Telling The Story: The Convergence of Print, Broadcast and Online Media,” by The Missouri Group. 2007.
Supplemental text: Associated Press Stylebook
Materials: USB flash drive, rewritable CD or rewritable DVD to save work.
Class Requirements and Policies:
Assignments: During the first third of the semester, assignments will focus on comparing different media. Students will submit the assignments as postings to blogs they create. As we get closer to the launch of the online version of The Critic, assignments will focus on rewriting or “repurposing” print or television material for the Web. Once The Critic is online, most assignments will involve reworking Critic stories for the Web site and posting updates.
Quizzes: Periodically, I will give announced or unannounced quizzes about readings and discussion topics. The grades will become part of your participation grade.
Format: The class takes place in LAC 409, a Mac computer laboratory. We will spend a large amount of time on the computers. Please resist the temptation to IM friends – unless assigned.
Communication: Check your Lyndon State e-mail and the class Blackboard site on the LSC Portal at least once a day. Sorry, but I will not send e-mail to a Hotmail, gmail or other address. Feel free to call me at home or on my cell phone until 10 p.m. any day, including weekends.
Attendance: Your success in this class depends on active participation. Attend every class meeting. Under LSC rules, five absences are grounds for failing a twice-weekly course unless there are extreme, documented circumstances. Please inform me if you know you will be absent. You cannot make up any quizzes given on days you miss class.
Late work: Assignments will be due at the start of class unless otherwise noted. If you are unable to attend class on the day an assignment is due, make arrangements to submit it anyway. Late assignments will lose one letter grade for every day beyond the due date.
Academic honesty: We will discuss the difference between plagiarism and reworking someone else’s material for the Web. Plagiarism is a major offense at LSC. Deliberate acts of plagiarism will result in failure of the course. See the Academic Honesty section on page 16 of the LSC 2006-2007 catalog. Talk to me if you have any questions.
Disabilities: Students with disabilities who request accommodations should provide a certification letter. Students should contact Mary Etter, Learning Specialist, in the Academic Support Office (Vail 325) to arrange for the appropriate letter to be sent.
Grading weights:
Assignments, activities 50%
Final project 30%
Participation 20%
Grading scale:
A: 94-100 B-: 80-83 D+:67-69
A-: 90-93 C+: 77-79 D: 64-66
B+: 87-89 C: 74-76 D-: 60-63
B: 84-86 C-: 70-73 F: 59 and below
Disclaimer: This syllabus is subject to change with notice.
Weekly Schedule:
Week 1 – Jan. 16, 18
Tuesday:
Introductions
Syllabus
Highlights:
Critic goes online mid-semester
Make heavy use of blogs
Activity: Create blogs
Assignments for Thursday:
Create an Internet timeline and place on blog.
Read Chap. 1 in “Telling the Story”
Thursday:
Activity:
Introduce blogs to class and show off timelines
Practice posting to each other’s blogs (critique timelines)
Discussion of Chap. 1:
What is news?
What is journalism?
What is citizen journalism?
Where do you get your news?
Assignments for Tuesday:
Watch a network news program and compare to next day’s NYT
Watch a local news program and compare to next day’s Free Press
Blog about the differences you find and their significance
Read Chap. 2, Convergence and the Changing Media Industry
Week 2 – Jan. 23, 25
Tuesday:
Activity:
Show off comparison blogs.
Post critiques to each other’s blogs.
Discussion of Chap. 2
What is convergence?
What was the dot com boom?
How do newspapers work? TV? Online?
Examine TBO Online
Examine WCAX’s scripts
Assignment:
Compare a local television station to its Web site;
Blog about how well it works.
Thursday:
Activity:
Meet Chad Grant
HTML practice
Assignments for Tuesday:
Investigate and then blog about this: “How does anyone make money?”
Compare a newspaper to its Web site; blog about how well it works.
Read Chap. 4, Computer-Assisted Reporting
Week 3 – Jan. 30, Feb. 1
Tuesday:
Activities:
Show off blog comparisons
Explain how people/companies make money on Internet
Parse a simple Excel spreadsheet
Discuss final projects:
Conceive and design a community news site for Lyndon or hometown
Examine iBrattleboro and other sites
Discuss problems at Backfence
Discuss Chap. 4
Thursday:
Discuss:
High-tech hardware
Backpack journalism
Guest: TBA (Radio Shack?)
Assignments for Tuesday:
Find a blogger you disagree with and post to his/her blog
Drudge.com has a long list of bloggers
Read Chaps 6 and 11 on newspaper and television writing styles
Week 4 – Feb. 6, 8
Tuesday:
Activity:
Practice writing newspaper and broadcast leads
Assignment for Thursday:
Read Chap. 13, Online Writing
Thursday:
Discuss Chap. 13, Online Writing
Activity:
Practice online writing styles
Assignment for Tuesday:
On blogs, post URLs of examples of good and bad online writing.
Blog about what makes it good, bad
Read Chap. 7 section on Service Journalism, pp. 141-144
Week 5 – Feb. 13, 15
Tuesday:
Discuss blog posts about good and bad writing
Activity:
Re-purpose stories for the Web from:
Caledonian-Record
Times-Argus
Free Press
Littleton Courier
Assignment for Thursday:
Polish two re-purposed stories.
Thursday:
Activity:
Re-purpose News 7 stories for the Web
Re-purpose WCAX stories for the Web
See scripts under Local News
Assignment for Tuesday:
Polish two re-purposed stories.
Week 6 – Feb. 20, 22
Tuesday and Thursday:
Activity:
Practice re-purposing Critic stories for the Web
Homework for Thursday:
Polish re-purposed stories.
Thursday:
Status update for final projects
Week 7 – Winter Break
Winter Break, no class
Week 8 – March 6, 8
Tuesday and Thursday:
Activity:
Practice re-purposing Critic stories for the Web
Homework:
Polish re-purposed stories.
Discuss:
Web design
Week 9 – March 13, 15
Tuesday:
Launch online version of The Critic
Thursday:
Activity:
Update online Critic with fresh stories from server
Friday, March 16: last day to drop course without academic penalty.
Week 10 – March 20, 22
Tuesday and Thursday:
Activities:
Maintain and update online version of The Critic
Added-value elements:
Sidebars
Graphics
Thursday:
Status update for final projects
Week 11 – March 27, 29
Tuesday and Thursday:
Activities:
Maintain and update online version of The Critic
Added-value elements:
Update one story
Photo gallery
Week 12 – Spring Break
Week 13 – April 10, 12
Tuesday:
Activity:
Maintain and update online version of The Critic
Added-value elements:
Audio
Podcasting
Thursday:
Activity:
Maintain and update online version of The Critic
Added value elements:
Audio
Podcasting
Assignment for Tuesday:
Write story for Web that should also appear in next week’s Critic
Status update for final projects
Week 14 – April 17, 19
Tuesday and Thursday:
Focus:
Web-to-print copy flow
Activity:
Work on Web stories
Maintain and update online version of The Critic
Week 15 – April 24, 26
Tuesday and Thursday:
Activity:
Maintain and update online version of The Critic
Added-value elements:
Video
Vlogs
Week 16 – May 1, 3
Tuesday:
Submit final projects
Tuesday and Thursday:
Activity:
Maintain and update online version of The Critic
Discussion:
Wrap up semester
Week 17 – Final Exam
The final exam is 12:30-2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 8.
"Weblebrities"
Check out this blog and see how many people you can identify.
The blogger said he knew 19 of the 25.
I hardly know any!
The blogger said he knew 19 of the 25.
I hardly know any!
Thursday, January 18, 2007
2710ers!
A student at another college blogs interestingly about the journalism universe you will create.
Homework reminders for Tuesday:
Please read Chap. 2 in "Telling the Story."
Please watch a network nightly newscast (ABC, CBS, NBC) and compare it to the next day's New York Times. You can view the Times on the Web, but not the newscast. The Times is available at the library -- but it arrives a day late.
Also, watch a Burlington station's nightly news program and compare it to the next day's Burlington Free Press. WCAX is the CBS affiliate in Burlington; WVNY is the ABC affiliate, and WPTZ is the NBC station.
Post your comparisons to your blog.
FYI, here is a list of everyone's blogs:
Josh
Eric
Danielle
Ariana
Chelsey
Homework reminders for Tuesday:
Please read Chap. 2 in "Telling the Story."
Please watch a network nightly newscast (ABC, CBS, NBC) and compare it to the next day's New York Times. You can view the Times on the Web, but not the newscast. The Times is available at the library -- but it arrives a day late.
Also, watch a Burlington station's nightly news program and compare it to the next day's Burlington Free Press. WCAX is the CBS affiliate in Burlington; WVNY is the ABC affiliate, and WPTZ is the NBC station.
Post your comparisons to your blog.
FYI, here is a list of everyone's blogs:
Josh
Eric
Danielle
Ariana
Chelsey
Friday, January 12, 2007
Welcome, New Mediables
This note was designed to test whether we can create blogs from the computers in LAC 409.
Evidently, we can.
So... let's get started.
Evidently, we can.
So... let's get started.
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