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 April 2008

‘At what point does this become our problem?’

Saturday, April 19, 2008

Found randomly, read with pleasure:
It’s time for a new plan. What about allowing subscription cell phone updates for our best apps, or a choice for ad-supported and free? What about harvesting user information and allowing for targeted, premium advertising (the Facebook model)? What about sponsorship?
The journalists who are doing this kind of work are spilling [...]

Journalists just like you are doing it, doing it

Friday, April 18, 2008

I had nine newspaper reporters and one designer in an audio training session today. They were real troupers! I was impressed by their good attitude and enthusiasm. I think a lot of journalists are stepping up and getting ready for our future.
I’m inspired by posts like this one and this other one from Ron Sylvester, [...]

Newsroom training

Friday, April 18, 2008

I’ll be in the Orlando Sentinel newsroom today, doing a bit of basic training (blogging; audio) for a variety of reporters.
See the outline.

Who are you calling a journalist?

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Many people have commented on the actions of Mayhill Fowler, who went to a fund-raising dinner for Barack Obama and later wrote about remarks Obama made there. (Today Jeff Jarvis commented on Michael Tomasky commenting about Jay Rosen commenting on the matter.) Much of the fuss revolves around questions about who is a journalist, when [...]

The reporter’s audio gear list

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

I saw this idea on someone else’s blog (I forget whose) and thought it a brilliant way to keep an up-to-date gear list that’s easy to share with others:
B&H WishList: Audio Gear (Mindy)
Please do not try to buy gear for me — it’s a “wishlist” for other people, not for me!
The one thing you can’t [...]

Idea for class: Blogging assignment

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

One of the things we try to get journalism students to do is, um, read other people’s blogs. And not only their friends’ blogs! So I had a brainstorm for an assignment:

Choose any three blogs from this list of The world’s 50 most powerful blogs (from The Guardian). Make an introductory post linking to each [...]

Best online reporting (SPJ), 2007

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

The Society of Professional Journalists has announced its annual awards for best online reporting. I think we should take a moment to consider how this great reporting is presented online.
Deadline Reporting (affiliated): Path of Destruction: Central Florida Storms, Clarisa Gerlach & staffs, TBO.com, WFLA and The Tampa Tribune. Is it just me, or is the [...]