Online Journalism

Remember, your final HTML packages are due by NOON on Monday. I will return your beta (draft) packages by Thursday night, which gives you three days to fix any errors I identify. Please talk with me in advance if you will have problems completing this deadline.
Be prepared for a short presentation – three [...]

Class, remember that your beta CSS packages are due next week before the start of class.  Zip the entire package up in a folder named “yourlastname” (insert your name, obviously), and email it to me.
Also, remember that we have a quiz on CSS/HTML next week.  Use the HTML/CSS guides linked at right to study.  Quiz [...]

No readings this week.  For your blog entry, as we discussed, review your site’s use of interactive elements — searchable databases, interactive maps, polls and whatever else you can find.  What’s working well, what’s not?  What has particular journalistic value, and what seems like fluff?  And how successful are these elements at driving user engagement?
Remember [...]

Everyone please remember to bring your current resume to the next class. We’re going to use it to do some coding work.
Be sure to review the two HTMLDog tutorials linked at right (one on basic CSS, the other on basic HTML) in advance of next week. It will rehash some of the discussion [...]

Two blog posts are due before our next class.  As we discussed, both are due Friday, March 19.
1.  Shoot, edit and post five photos to your blog.  The photos should be taken at some sort of newsy event or happening, though I’m very flexible on what event you choose to shoot.
You should shoot more than [...]

Download from Flickr each of these photos for tonight’s Photoshop exercise.  Follow the link, right click the image, select “save as,” and save it to your desktop.

Protest
Rugby

Photo credit: U.S. Embassy New Zealand

For your blog post this week, please review your news organization’s forays into crowdsourced journalism.  Ideally, you’ll find a project similar to one of the crowdsourced projects we discussed in class this week.   Pay special attention to steps editors have taken to minimize some of the problems inherent in crowdsourced projects.
If you cannot find [...]

Class: good discussion about social networking for reporters this week.  Remember that by next Monday night I need three ideas, in budget line form, of possible story ideas for your multimedia project.
For your blog post this week, I want you to find a reporter for the organization you’re tracking and analyze how well they’re using [...]

Class: great discussion today about the demands of the online news cycle and social networking strategy.
To make up for lost snow time, there are five readings at right to prepare for class next week.  You only need to peruse the first one, the Mashable “Guide to Twitter.”  It’s a good resource if you’re totally new [...]

Class: before next week, read the two articles linked in weekly readings at right: Andrew Sullivan’s excellent, passionate argument in favor of blogging, and this journalist’s guide to search engine optimization.
For the weekly blogging assignment, due by Friday night, I want you to review your news organization’s use of search engine optimization to make its [...]