Recent Guest Appearances

12 - 13 December 2010
Multimedia journalism program evaluation
University of Oregon | Portland, Oregon
Served on a three-professor team of outside evaluators invited by UO's School of Journalism and Communication to make an assessment of a new master's degree program based at the George S. Turnbull Portland Center.
24 - 26 November 2010
Online Journalism Workshop
Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
> Workshop outline and links
22 November 2010
Challenges for Digital Journalism and New Media
Public lecture at the American Center, Prague, Czech Republic
> PowerPoint PDF and notes (4.5 MB)
28 October 2010
Rewiring the Ivory Tower (panel with David Johnson, American U.; Emily Bell, Columbia U.; Rich Gordon, Northwestern U.)
Online News Association annual conference | Washington, D.C.
31 August 2010
Online Journalism: Wake-Up Call
JOU 4201 Editing | University of Florida
> Examples and links
5 August 2010
Multimedia reporting and online journalism (presentation)
Independent Newspapers, Cape Town, South Africa
9 July 2010
Multimedia reporting and online journalism (presentation)
Daily Dispatch, East London, South Africa
5 - 7 July 2010
Online Journalism Workshops: Highway Africa 2010
World Journalism Education Congress (WJEC2)
Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
> Social media notes and links
> Links from keynote presentation
31 March - 1 April 2010
Multimedia journalism curriculum: Consulting
Brigham Young University Department of Communications
Provo, Utah
23 January 2010
Flash Journalism Training | Nieman Foundation for Journalism
Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts
> Examples and links
8 January 2010
Resources for Adding Online Journalism to Your Curriculum
"A New Curriculum for a New Journalism"
Poynter | St. Petersburg, Florida
> Examples and links
8 January 2010
Blogs and Journalism
Scholastic Journalism Division Mid-Winter Meeting
Poynter | St. Petersburg, Florida
> Resources and links
1 September 2009
Online Journalism: Wake-Up Call
JOU 4201 Editing | University of Florida
> Examples and links
6 - 10 July 2009
Online journalism workshops:
Audio, slideshows, shooting and editing video, blogging
U.S. Study Institute on Journalism and Media | University of Florida
Also: Discussions of online journalism in practice and in the classroom.
> Resources and links
16 - 17 April 2009
Journalism program evaluation
Emerson College | Boston, Massachusetts
Served on a three-professor team of outside evaluators invited to Emerson by the administrators of the college for an internal assessment of curriculum and goals.
21 March 2009
Flash journalism workshop
Florida Society of Newspaper Editors | Tampa, Florida
This one-day program was very similar to the one at Harvard University (see below) in January 2009.
9 - 13 March 2009
Online journalism workshops, Urals State University
U.S. State Department Speaker Program | Yekaterinburg, Russia (photos)
This program was very similar to the one in Argentina (see below) in November 2008. It also included a meeting with journalism faculty at Urals State University and a roundtable discussion with local journalists.
30 January 2009
Flash Journalism Training | Nieman Foundation for Journalism
Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts
> Examples and links
24 - 26 November 2008
Online journalism workshops:
Audio, slideshows, shooting and editing video, blogging
U.S. State Department Speaker Program | Córdoba, Argentina
Program of Foro de Periodismo Argentino (FOPEA)
> Examples and links
31 October 2008
Public Relations Online: Wake-Up Call
PUR 3000 Principles of Public Relations | University of Florida
> Examples and links
14 October 2008
Tools Training for Journalists
Society of Professional Journalists student chapter | University of Florida
> Resources and links
13 October 2008
Online Journalism: An Introduction
JOU 1100 Introduction to Journalism | University of Florida
> Presentation and links
26 - 27 September 2008
Journalism faculty symposium (invited panelist)
USC Annenberg School for Communication | Los Angeles
The new director of the School of Journalism held a two-day symposium for discussions of changes in the industry and how the curriculum should be updated.
21 September 2008
The No-Fear Guide to Multimedia Skills
National Writers Workshop | Fort Lauderdale, Florida
> Handout and links
19 September 2008
Advanced blogging for journalists; beginning audio gathering & editing
Sun Sentinel newsroom | Fort Lauderdale, Florida
> Presentations and links
12 September 2008
Integrating Web Journalism into Your Curriculum
Online News Association annual conference | Washington, D.C.
> Presentation
28 August 2008
Online Journalism: Wake-Up Call
JOU 4201 Editing | University of Florida
> Examples and links
5 - 9 August 2008
Journalism education presentations
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
Annual convention, Chicago
> Summaries, resources, links
11 July 2008
Shooting and editing video, for print journalists (workshop)
U.S. Study Institute on Journalism and Media
University of Florida
> Resources and links
9 July 2008
Audio slideshows with Soundslides (workshop)
U.S. Study Institute on Journalism and Media
University of Florida
> Resources and links
7 July 2008
Blogging and journalism (workshop)
U.S. Study Institute on Journalism and Media
University of Florida
> Resources and links
9 - 13 June 2008
Blogging journalists; audio and audio slideshows; online tools for journalists; video editing
U.S. State Department Speaker Program
U.S. Embassy, Rose Garden Annex | Hanoi, Vietnam
> Presentations and links
2 - 6 June 2008
Blogging journalists; audio and audio slideshows; online tools for journalists; video editing
U.S. State Department Speaker Program
Saigon Times | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
> Presentations and links
24 - 25 April 2008
Blogging journalists; multimedia rationales; better video
Austin American-Statesman newsroom | Austin, Texas
> Presentations and links
18 April 2008
Blogging journalists 1 and 2; audio for online (hands-on training)
Orlando Sentinel newsroom | Orlando, Florida
> Presentation and links
20 February 2008
"Packaging your reporting for the YouTube and video game generation"
Knight Science Journalism Fellows | MIT | Cambridge, Massachusetts
> Presentation and links
19 February 2008
Flash Journalism Training | Nieman Foundation for Journalism
Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts
> Examples and links
11 - 14 February 2008
Multimedia Journalism for College Educators
Poynter | St. Petersburg, Florida
> All presentations and links
22 January 2008
Online Journalism: Wake-Up Call
JOU 4201 Editing | University of Florida
> Examples and links
18 - 19 Dec 2007
Flash 8/CS3 for Beginners: A two-day hands-on workshop
Montreal Gazette | Montreal, Quebec
> Handout and links
7 Dec 2007
Pennsylvania Newspaper Association | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Getting Started in Multimedia Journalism
> Handouts and links
Planning Multimedia Journalism Packages
> Handouts and links
1 Dec 2007
Florida Society of Newspaper Editors | Miami, Florida
> Blogging for Journalism
30 Nov 2007
Miami Herald newsroom | Miami, Florida
Intermediate Flash Training
> Outline and links
Planning Multimedia Journalism Packages
> Handout and links
6 Nov 2007
MFA Graphic Design Students
School of Art and Art History | College of Fine Arts | University of Florida
> Links and resources
17 Oct 2007
Flash 8/CS3 for Beginners: A 5-hour hands-on workshop
Online News Association | Toronto
> Handout and links
5 Oct 2007
Virginia Press Association | Richmond, Virginia
Getting Started in Multimedia Journalism
> Handouts and links
Planning Multimedia Journalism Packages
> Handouts and links
14 - 15 Aug 2007
Audio and Audio Slideshows
Freedom Forum Diversity Institute | Nashville, Tennessee
> Handouts and links
2 Aug 2007
Multimedia Crash Course
The Gainesville Sun | Gainesville, Florida
> Handout and links
9 July 2007
Beginning Flash
Institute on Journalism and Media | University of Florida
> Handout, links and files
19 June 2007
How to Use Blogs in Journalism Classes
Institute on Journalism and Media | University of Florida
> All links and notes
4 - 5 June 2007
Freedom Forum Diversity Institute | Nashville, Tennessee
> Handout and links
19 - 20 May 2007
National Writers Workshop | Wichita, Kansas
> Handout and links
25 - 28 Feb 2007
Convergence for College Educators
Poynter | St. Petersburg, Florida
> All presentations and links
17 - 20 Oct 2006
Online Journalism Strategies
U.S. State Department Speaker Program | Sofia and Rousse, Bulgaria
Bulgarian Europe Media Production Festival (their site)
> Examples and resource links
11 Sept 2006
Web Search Tips
JOU 3110 Fact Finding | University of Florida
> Links and notes
11 - 13 Aug 2006
Multimedia News Production Workshop | University of Minnesota
> Examples and handouts
5 Aug 2006
Interactivity and News Graphics
AEJMC national convention | San Francisco
> Examples and links
11 July 2006
Orlando Sentinel newsroom | Orlando, Florida
> Examples and links
28 June 2006
Summer Journalism Institute | University of Florida
> Resources and links
23 - 24 June 2006
NPPA Photojournalism Summit | Tampa, Florida
> Examples and tip sheets
22 March 2006; 21 Oct and 26 Sept 2005
PUR 3000 Principles of Public Relations | University of Florida
Blogs and public relations today
> Resources and links
29 Nov 2005
RTV 2100 Writing for Electronic Media | University of Florida
Convergence in journalism: TV, radio, print and online
> Resources and links
7 Nov 2005
JOU 1100 Introduction to Journalism | University of Florida
> Online Journalism presentation and links
11 - 15 Oct 2005
U.S. State Department Speaker Program | Rousse, Bulgaria
Bulgarian Europe Media Production Festival (their site)
> Handout: Flash and Video (PDF)
29 Sept 2005
Times-Union newsroom | Jacksonville, Florida
Flash journalism and the newspaper
> Outline and links
10 Aug 2005
AEJMC 2005 convention | San Antonio, Texas
Photojournalism and the Internet: Problems and Possibilities
> Tip sheet PDF (Flash journalism examples; gathering and editing audio -- for photojournalists)
26 Feb 2005
Presentation to journalism students | Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
It moves! It makes noise! But is it journalism?
> Links and complete presentation
12 Jan 2005
COM 502 Multimedia Technologies | Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
What mass communication students need to know about new media
> Links and presentation