Online Journalism: An Introduction

Presentation: Current Practices in Online Journalism

Examples of Multimedia Journalism

Multimedia Muse: Primarily photojournalism and video work
KobreGuide to the Web's Best Multimedia & Video Journalism: Lots of current examples
Interactive Narratives: A database of great online work; many information graphics and animated graphics here
MultimediaShooter: A blog and news about cool journalism tools
Mark Fiore animated editorial cartoons | home page | example: Drill, Baby, Drill

SNDies: Society of News Design annual interactive awards (direct links to 2008 winners are here)

Online News Association: 2008 conference | membership ($25 for students)

Beyond HTML

Shared bookmarks: Delicious (examples: see my bookmarks tagged with both "travel" and "international"; see everyone's bookmarks tagged "scuba" AND "Florida")
RSS feeds: Google Reader | Tutorial: What is RSS?
Microblogging: Twitter | FriendFeed | Some tips: How We Use Twitter for Journalism; All the News That's Fit to Tweet (AJR, 2008); FriendFeed will Change Journalism, PR and Marketing

Look at the personal blog of a working journalist: Matt Waite

You already have FREE Web space here at UF (only 20 MB): plaza.ufl.edu

Online Journalism Courses at UF

MMC 3260 (Carlson) Pre-req: None
JOU 4341 (McAdams) Pre-req: JOU 3101 Reporting
MMC 4341 (McAdams) Pre-req: MMC 3260
MMC 4946 (Carlson, Stanton) Capstone: Pre-reqs: MMC 3260, JOU 4201 Editing

Tools for Creating Web Content

HTML Dog
Simple FTP Tutorial
Free photo editor, similar to Photoshop: Gimpshop
WordPress.com
More tools

Examples from the Pros

New York Times Multimedia (full page index)

Example: Manholes from India: Ladles of Molten Metal (photographer tells the story, illustrated by his pictures)
Example: Adhamiya: A Sunni Island Stranded in Shiite East Baghdad (one of a collection of short profiles; notice the map on the left side)
Example: Deadly Rampage at Virginia Tech (illustrated diagrams of shootings)

Washington Post Multimedia (full page index; check out links at top left)

Example: Tokyo Stories (package of videos)
Example: Washington Post Investigations (blog highlights recent investigative journalism projects)
Example: D.C. Schools Scorecard (interactive map of local school problems)

Resources

Teaching Online Journalism
My blog about digital storytelling and how newsrooms are changing.

Wired Journalists
Join a community of journalists who know about or are learning about online journalism.

PhotoJournalism: Mark Hancock's blog
One of the best photojournalism blogs, with lots of good resources linked in the right-hand column.

Journalists' Toolkit
Frequently updated list of free online tutorials and resources.

NPPA Monthly Multimedia Contest
Check out current work in newspaper online video and audio slideshows, from the National Press Photographers Association (each month's winners linked on left side of page).

Online News Association
The premier professional organization for online journalists.