By Mindy McAdams

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Teaching Online Journalism

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Notes from the classroom and observations about today’s practice of journalism online

Archive for November 2007

You need this to get a job in journalism

Friday, November 30, 2007

Journalists who can flourish in both the Web newsroom and the print newsroom today:

Can package the news online.
Can create original multimedia.
Have solid journalism credentials.
Have strong technical skills.

Journalists who expect to get a job will “walk in the door with”:

A proficiency in Photoshop, HTML and blogging software.
An understanding of Web publishing systems (content management systems).
Experience in […]

Multimedia journalism training in Miami

Thursday, November 29, 2007

One day only: Saturday, Dec. 1, at the University of Miami School of Communication. There will be sessions on audio, video, Flash, and more. I’m leading two 90-minute sessions about blogging (a reprise of one I did in October, at a similar workshop day at my own university), one at 10:30 a.m. and the other […]

Online video instruction in small doses

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

A colleague of mine who teaches video production swears by the Creative COW online community. He says it’s a great place to learn about digital video editing and other useful geeky stuff.
The other day he sent me a link to this new DVD, Internet Killed the Video Star: A Guide to Creating Video for the […]

Are you networking, in all the right ways?

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

The other day, a friend of mine said some sites we were discussing should get together and become a “portal.” I had to bite my tongue. Portals — what a sad, misguided idea that was!
Portals always seemed to me like an undifferentiated mess — like the failed Pathfinder site that Time Inc. carried around its […]

Donation season: Give a library

Sunday, November 25, 2007

I’m going to divert the blog for one post away from online journalism. If you’re not familiar with the One Laptop Per Child Program (it was the subject of a 60 Minutes program not long ago), the short version is:
Build a ruggedized wireless laptop impervious to sand, dirt and water. Run it from a rechargeable […]

Better audio for your video

Friday, November 23, 2007

Professionals say you’ve got to add an external microphone to your video camera. David Finnegan, writing at News Videographer, gives us the lowdown on mics for the popular Canon HV20:
So what are your cheaper options? Well, there are a few, and I don’t think you will notice the difference in sound quality … although you […]

Connecting people to people

Thursday, November 22, 2007

The missing link in the concept of “community” on news organizations’ Web sites: Who are these people? New media consultant Marshall Kirkpatrick says you can add the necessary social glue without trying to look like a cheesy Facebook imitator:
… instead of adding a social network to their site, they should just add rich user profile […]