Poynter Online - What Mainstream Journalists Can Learn From Bloggers

Poynter Online - What Mainstream Journalists Can Learn From Bloggers

RedNova News - Marriage of Science

RedNova News - Marriage of Science & Journalism

Poynter Online - E-Media Tidbits

Let's read this today. What is RSS and what does this mean in language you can understand? Poynter Online - E-Media Tidbits

Checkout bloglines

Main Page - Wikinews Demo

I told you it was coming-- a news wikipedia. Main Page - Wikinews Demo

OJR article: Exit Polls Bring Traffic Deluge, Scrutiny to Blogs, Slate

OJR article: Exit Polls Bring Traffic Deluge, Scrutiny to Blogs, Slate

Florida vote count questions

What is happening in Ohio to finish counting votes

CyberJournalist.net: The power of slide shows

This is why we are learning to create slideshows....CyberJournalist.net: The power of slide shows

FIGHT TO GET OUT THE VOTE

Examples of multimedia in online publishing.
FIGHT TO GET OUT THE VOTE
About Joliet--a structure we might adapt for our project

eSchool News online

Blogs, blogging. Teachers blog about education news. Collaborative tools are gaining acceptance. A blog isn't always just one writer rapping about his or her feelings. eSchool News online

Some programs for students who are interested in working for themselves

In your worklife, you may find your career path is going to be similar to that of an artist, who is essentially an entrepreneur. Tomorrow's reporter will be a freelancer who may benefit from considering what artists have always done to survive without a steady job...

Evanston Arts Council presents: "Talk Arts: Doing It Yourself"
6:30 - 8:30 pm, Wednesday, November 10, 2004
Noyes Cultural Arts Center
927 Noyes Street
Evanston, Illinois

The Evanston Arts Council is proud to announce the establishment of a new quarterly series of free events entitled "Talk Arts", informational evenings for artists of all disciplines. Each of these gatherings will consist of a panel of experts sharing their knowledge and personal experiences in an informal and interactive exchange with other artists who are looking to further their understanding of what it takes to build a successful career in the arts. The inaugural event is set for Wednesday, November 10, 2004 from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm at the Noyes Cultural Arts Center (located at 927 Noyes Street in Evanston, IL), and will concern the D.I.Y. ethic: "Talk Arts: Doing It Yourself."

Forging a career for oneself in the arts can be an incredibly daunting task, but it need not be so. Do It Yourself does not mean Go It Alone. If your aim is make it on your own terms as a writer, musician, filmmaker, actor, designer or visual artist, the Do It Yourself ethic is essential to actualizing one's potential. Learn directly from the revealing insights of folks that have been in the trenches, learning through trial and error, and mostly importantly, from fellow artist entrepreneurs.

The panel will include visual artist Christa Donner, comedic filmmaker Willy Laszlo, musician Damon Locks and freelance writer Kari Lydersen, and it will be moderated by Brent Ritzel (publisher of Zine Guide and co-founder of the Self-Publishers Event Council of Chicago).

Future dates include:
Monday, February 7, 2005: "Talk Arts: The Business of Art - Bottom Line Basics", moderated by Evanston Arts Council member Lois Roewade, this evening will include a panel composed of a public relations representative, an arts columnist/critic, and a representative from the Lawyers for the Creative Arts. There will be a discussion of marketing and promotion techniques, the best ways to establish good media relations, and suggestions concerning ways to bring your work to the public. You can contact Lois at lroewade@sbcglobal.net.

Wednesday, May 11, 2005: "Talk Arts: Legal Issues", moderated by Evanston Arts Council member Valerie Calloway, this evening will include a discussion of intellectual property questions, contracts, insurance and basic income tax information. The panel will include an intellectual property attorney who specializes in representing artists, an insurance attorney specializing in insuring art and artists, an attorney who specializes in internet law, and an attorney who represents Chicago-area art galleries. You can contact Valerie at val.cal@worldnet.att.net.

Wednesday, September 14, 2005: "Talk Arts: Transitions and Variations", moderated by Evanston Arts Council Chairperson Ginny Roeder, this evening will include a panel composed of a writer, a dancer and a visual artist who will address the fact that in the 21st century, where events and sensory stimuli are moving and changing at a rapid rate, and where individuals are living longer, many contemporary artists have found themselves pushing their art and their jobs in various creative directions in response to this complexity. You can contact Ginny at ginginr@msn.com.

Each of these events will take place at the Noyes Cultural Arts Center, 927 Noyes Street in Evanston, IL (home of the Piven Theatre Workshop and Next Theatre) from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm in studio 106. Refreshments will be served and audience participation is highly encouraged.

Poynter Online - 101 Websites: Snapshots of Election Eve, Election Day

News moves to Web. Mainstream election coverage is going "bloggy" and Flash and Javascript interactive maps and things are proliferating. When I get back from ONA, I will teach you all some Flash....Poynter Online - 101 Websites: Snapshots of Election Eve, Election Day

Poynter Online - The Thorny Question of Linking

Long, but it raises interesting points about linking in online publications.Poynter Online - The Thorny Question of Linking

OJR article: Open Season: News Sites Add Outside Links, Free Content

There are some ideas in this piece that we could use in In-the-Loop. The "missing links" idea for one would be a good way for us to build on metromix and sites like that.
OJR article: Open Season: News Sites Add Outside Links, Free Content

Popjournalism - On the Record with... Wendy Mesley

A pro from CBC (Canadian Broadcast Corp) talks about broadcast journalism. Popjournalism - On the Record with... Wendy Mesley: "What advice do you have for young journalists?
I get really disappointed when journalism students come and say 'I'd like your job where I could read the news and where I could be an anchor. Can you tell me how to do that please?' (Mesley says in a ditzy voice.) I feel like slapping them. If that's what you want to do then don't come to the CBC, don't come to me. Go off and be an anchor at some place that has nothing to do with journalism. Most of the anchors have been reporters for decades and that's why they know what they're talking about when they're in the chair. I would tell an aspiring journalist if you're really interested in journalism to forget about being in the studio for at least 10, if not 20 years and get out there and enjoy the world. The most important thing, I think, is curiosity so that you're open to things that happen around you, that you're not coming in with preconceived ideas, that you will see a story that others won't, that you will have a reaction to somebody telling you the story that will be somewhat like the audiences, like whoa! You know, so you won't get caught up in your own thing, like here I am this big reporter person I better start using five syllable words and being full of myself and spending more time on my make-up. I think when you're starting out it's about passion for the craft and being straight with your audience. Just keep asking.
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On the Media - Can't Cover the Bulge

This is interesting. If you don't know "On the Media" it is a radio show on NPR that focuses on stories about reporting and media. This is the transcript, but you can go to their archive and listen to the show too, if you like.

The question they are addressing is the "gatekeeping" function of major media and how ideas that don't come from mainstream reporters, but bubble up in the blogosphere, might get ignored in mainstream coverage. The issue in particular, is that "bulge" in Bush's back that we talked about in class. What do you think? On the Media - Can't Cover the Bulge: "HRIS SUELLENTROP: I think it's definitely a story to write about. A line I had in a piece I wrote about this, I said, 'You know, just because the umbrella man didn't shoot John F. Kennedy doesn't mean there wasn't an umbrella man and that we don't want to know, you know, who he is.' I don't know if you need to write about everything people are talking about, but - I mean I think the press obviously missed the Swiftboat story for a long time -- something people were talking about -- and the press just sort of ignored it. And they missed the story in, in a lot of ways. I've never seen a, a wrinkle in somebody's clothes that came out as a rectangle. "

Oh my, this is different news...

Have you heard about Ohmynews and its citizen reporters? The idea of news from the people that is "vetted" by editors is one that will probably work its way into the mainstream. What do you think? OhmyNews International

Poynter Online - APME Survey: Newspaper Readers Use Blogs Cautiously

This is a great introduction to blogs as part of the news and reporting world. It has some basic definitions and details how readers use the blogs. The discussion of how blogs 'work' in the aggregate demonstrates and idea we'll be talking about--the wisdom of crowds. What do you think of this article? Can you find examples or counterexamples? You can post questions, too, if you have them.
Poynter Online - APME Survey: Newspaper Readers Use Blogs Cautiously: "'In the aggregate, bloggers are much more balanced because they instantly call one another on bias, slant, errors in logic, and inadequate information. It's a network effect that is better than the mainstream 'networks.''"

For Oct. 13th

Here are links we will either use in class or that you will use for homework. Remember, too, to post about blogs, sites, or design during the week, and to add comments to posts before next week.

• From Harper's Magazine. This site goes with the text we had and is useful in understanding how to work with hypertext links.
• Here are links to the EyeTrack III study and its findings about web viewing. Read about the study and then look at the study online. Make a list of guidelines that will apply to your work on our ITL site.Poynter Online - Eyetrack III:What News Websites Look Like Through Readers' Eyes
• Here is the link to the color in news design instructional module. Before class next week, look at each section of the site, and be sure to do the exercises included in the sections. When we work on our site's design, your understanding of these issues will be critical.

When you get out in the world of work, you probably won't be an artist or do layouts unless you are working for yourself, but you need to know the vocabulary of design so you can collaborate effectively.

Scientific American: Link to Us

Scientific American: Science & Technology Web Awards 2004
Our editors recognize 50 of the best
sci/tech sites out there

GoUpstate.com: An online service of the Spartanburg Herald-Journal

Blogging, its not just for geeks anymore. This is the story that was in the NYTimes Magazine recently about bloggers, politics, and the changes in mainstream journalism they are precipitating. GoUpstate.com: An online service of the Spartanburg Herald-Journal

Poynter Online - Journalism in the Age of Blogs

Poynter Online - Journalism in the Age of Blogs

We will be checking these out....

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Special report: weblogs

OhmyNews International

Ohmynews is remaking news. Can you explain how and why? What do you have to do to become a reporter for OhmyNews? OhmyNews International

Poynter Online - Don't Be a Player Hater

Useful guide to what multimedia to use in your work.Poynter Online - Don't Be a Player Hater

Sources, blogs and bloggingTruth and trust

Poynter Online - E-Media Tidbits

We need to read through the Eyetrac study, but here is good advice about paragraph length. Poynter Online - E-Media Tidbits

newsmap

Here is a VERY cool web app. For writers, this is an idea generator. Can you see ways to use it in your work? newsmap

Color Scheme idea for non-artists

Check this out for how you can work with color effectively by using your photographs.

Getting interactive with your viewe/users

IM rock vote. How to get youth to the polls? IM them.

Whatever can involve young people in the process is healthy for the political process," Rheingold said. "Media like instant messaging and e-mail and mobile phones make it easier for people to organize on a scale and a pace that they weren't able to before."

Wired News: Setting Up the Dorm Remotely

Setting up your dorm room remotely. This can be the basis of a story in-the-loop about the new dorm.

Observer-Reporter

I wonder if anyone is "geo-caching" around the loop? That would be a good story for in-the-loop. Observer-Reporter

O-R Online

A redesigned news site looks like a blog...O-R Online

Alliance to Save Energy: Consumers: Kids

Interesting sites to consider as we create In the Loop. Alliance to Save Energy: Consumers: Kids

The New York Times > Magazine > Not Funnies

Interactive feature about graphic novelists. Note the audio with still images.

The whole story (need to register at NY Times)The New York Times > Magazine > Not Funnies

Poynter Online - E-Media Tidbits

This is a milestone, noting important political news reported by bloggers and the sad New York Post mistake headline. Poynter Online - E-Media Tidbits

Wired 12.07: VIEW

Wired 12.07: VIEW

ChicagoSports.com: Covering Tour can be a fog, yet fantastic

This is a great sports story. Details, description, we can feel the giddy heights of those tiny mountain roads. ChicagoSports.com: Covering Tour can be a fog, yet fantastic

Poynter Online - Mapping Language Use

This tool is very cool. Lots of story ideas here.Poynter Online - Mapping Language Use

Poynter Online - Romenesko

Remember this as you develop your online writing "POV" for our in-the-loop publication. Poynter Online - Romenesko

NPR : Blogging: A Web Diary Tour

Blogging history & use today. NPR : Blogging: A Web Diary Tour

OJR article: Law Offers Internet Publishers Scant Guidance on Libel

Background information on how libel works with online publishing. OJR article: Law Offers Internet Publishers Scant Guidance on Libel

Students, read this and contemplate the issues. Who is a real reporter, and where their loyalties lie is at the heart of your education. BuzzMachine... by Jeff Jarvis

What a great idea. Game as an efficient interface. VisitorVille: Web Site Intelligence for Creative Thinkers. Visitor Analytics - Web Site Statistics - Traffic Monitoring - Clickstream Analysis - Live Help.

This is what we want to do, but for our college/loop community.
LJWorld.com : game

NewsLab Research: Online Storytelling

NewsLab Research: Online Storytelling

Students, isn't this what we are doing with In-the-Loop? It is always nice to have "experts" recommend what one is doing as an exemplar of quality. Keep up the good work. OJR article: Ideas for Online Publications:Lessons From Blogs, Other Signposts

What's all the buzz about Flash? Why should we bother to learn any Flash?Poynter Online - The Design Desk

The New York Times > Technology > Circuits > A Real Following: The Ultimate Cable News Guru, When Not in Class

By LISA NAPOLI

Published: May 27, 2004

BRIAN STELTER had an important editorial decision to make. A reader had sent him a tip that CNN planned to offer a video news service on the Web. Mr. Stelter was waiting for verification or denial of the item. The CNN public relations people in Atlanta had promised to get back in touch.

All this would simply be the mundane doings of daily journalism except that Mr. Stelter is not, technically, a journalist. He is a blogger, and his blog, Cablenewser.com, reflects his obsession with the cable news industry. Every day, about 3,500 readers consult his site to see what he has drummed up. They respond to the stories he posts; they send observations and comments for his consideration; they accuse him of bias, in all directions.

Beyond the odd fact that people pay attention to a Web log devoted to an industry already well covered in trade magazines is the additional curiosity that Mr. Stelter is an 18-year-old college student.

Until now, he has chosen to conceal that bit of background from his readers.

"It seemed wise to be anonymous," said Mr. Stelter, a sophomore majoring in mass communications at Towson University in Baltimore, who started his blog in January. "I would always scream at the TV and wish I had somewhere to write it down. What's wonderful now is I have an audience."

He has found it amusing when his readers have guessed at his identity. "Some people think I'm some big-time guy at Fox," he said. "I'm just a kid. I'm just a student."

Better to be anonymous than to identify himself as a teenager, he reckoned, if he wanted to be taken seriously. And that, it seems, he has been: Mr. Stelter has heard from cable executives, media critics, on-air personalities like the Fox anchor Greta Van Susteren, and network public-relations people who check his site.

"I get more scoop from Cablenewser.com about the industry and even MSNBC and than I get from the water cooler at the office," said Dominic Bellone, a producer for the MSNBC political show "Hardball." "I've been reading his blog close enough that it's pretty credible without me knowing who it is, because he's quoting legit sources."

Mr. Stelter went forward with the item about CNN's video plans on the Web on Tuesday, citing an unnamed source, while quoting a CNN spokesman (who provided no confirmation but said "we are considering many ways to enhance our online offerings"). The report was picked up on the CBS MarketWatch site, attributed to Cablenewser.com.

As blogs go, Cablenewser is light on punditry and hysteria; rather, it is informative and politely critical. On an average day, Mr. Stelter will link to various reports about cable news from around the Web, like a recent survey of journalists from Pew Research Center for People and the Press. Then he will toss in occasional commentary about editorial decisions the channels made, or specific programming. "Kudos to MSNBC: Special Sunday Shows," read the headline of one recent entry. "Chris Jansing's four-hour MSNBC 'special presentation' was top-notch journalism."

From the logs that indicate the Web addresses of visitors, Mr. Stelter estimates that insiders comprise half his audience and the other half are cable news viewers like him.

Now that he has an audience, he believes his identity will not matter.

Unlike many bloggers, Mr. Stelter says he is not looking to turn his site into income. He would not mind the money, of course, but he fears that if the site became a full-time job, "it would make me kind of cynical." Instead, Mr. Stelter said, "I'd rather be on the inside and help improve the product."

At home in Damascus, Md., Mr. Stelter watches a bank of televisions in the family living room. (He laments that he has but one set in his college dorm room and must rely on the remote control.)

"When I look at these three televisions," he said, "they're basically doing the same thing, they're following the same news conference and then they do a story on sharks or cicadas. If I had dozens of bureaus around the world, I wouldn't be airing Michael Jackson's court proceedings."

Mr. Stelter, who grew up wanting to be a journalist, acknowledges that his passion for television news has long been a preoccupation.

On a recent school trip to the White House, Mr. Stelter said, he saw numerous television sets tuned to the Fox News Channel - but he refrained from posting that observation at his site, lest he betray his background.

Nonetheless, he suggests that some of his readers may already have a clue.

"I slept in till noon today, and I didn't have a post until 1 p.m.," he said. "I felt guilty. And then, I had an 8 a.m. class on Tuesday and Thursdays last semester. I think people who are really close readers might have a hint of what my day job is."

First, we need to figure out what ITL is doing. Then we need to gently train or school our audience to use it. Poynter Online - Toward a Literate Society

Choose the Best Search for Your Information Needs

Cutting edge.I did have a CueCat and it was very cool. I could scan any can in my pantry or product in my refrig and get connected to their website. The Radio Shack catalog was scannable. The Milwaukee Sentinel-Journal had scannable stories and some TV stations were experimenting with bcasting a cuecat signal. The cuecat was in most ways like a computer mouse, however, its plastic was formed in the shape of a cat.

I tried to get the college to barcode the catalogue and course information so students could use it in registration. With Oasis, the current registration system, there is too much clicking and waiting for pages to load. Cuecat was a swiper, so one swipe and the info you needed loaded on your screen.

There were not enough books with ISBN info barcoded, either. I pictured using cuecat to compile a bibliography without lots of typing, but from a scan of my personal library, the use of barcode and information that was reliable, was spotty.

Anyway, now you can use your phonecam to scan barcode. Wired News: Camera Phones Link World to Web

If we only had 2 more weeks, instead of one. Anyway, you can submit a piece like this next year or take this class again and create your investigative piece. Making it in L.A.

How to Properly Format Your Ezine Footer

Gaming as the rising King of Media Gamers attention to games is coming out of TV viewing time. Heads up for a media revolution. Wired News: Gamers Spurning TV, Movies

So, who decides who is "real" and who is not? Boston.com / News / Local / Blogs colliding with traditional media

Let's talk about this one....Poynter Online - The World Wide Resume: Posting Your Clips Online

How to write for online sitesWeb Writing Create Writing Flow With Four

Content, not media is the king, the message, and soon to be even more in the user's control as BBC rolls out downloadable TV. News

Poynter Online - Breathe Life Into Hedlines and Cutlines

Cool little flash thing. Jacksonville Murder Zones: 2003

barb and kerry--
i won't be in class tomorrow b/c i'm going to the sox-yanks game. i'm gonna see if i can bring a camera to take pics-- probably not, but i'll figure something out.lynne p.

barb,
umm on my astrology page the circle of all the signs doesnt work. nothing pops up when you click on a sign. the hand figure doesnt even appear. maybe somthing happend when we put in the counter????

We should check out some of these award winners.Seattle Post-Intelligencer: AP - U.S. Headlines: "ONLINE


-Deadline Reporting (Affiliated): Staff of the Los Angeles Times, for coverage of Southern California wildfires.


-Deadline Reporting (Independent): Rob Lemos and Ina Fried, CNET News.com, San Francisco, for reporting about vulnerable technology and how the MSBlast virus spread.


-Non-Deadline Reporting (Affiliated): Katherine Elkins, Jennifer Falor and Adam Howell, JournalNow.com, Winston-Salem, N.C., for showing the flawed prosecution of Darryl Hunt.


-Non-Deadline Reporting (Independent): Lisa Habib, Neil Osterweil, Charlotte Grayson and Marjorie Martin, WebMD Health, Atlanta, for report helping consumers understand the beneficial relationship between technology and medical care.


-Investigative Reporting (Affiliated): Tom Spring and Peggy Watt of PC World in San Francisco, Calif., for story shedding light on wrongful third-party charges to phone bills.


-Investigative Reporting (Independent): Tim Connor, Larry Shook and Judy Laddon, Camas Magazine, Spokane, Wash., for example of the dangers in consolidated ownership across different forms of media.


-Public Service in Online Journalism (Affiliated): Christine Willmsen, James Neff, Maureen O'Hagan and Tracy Cutchlow, The Seattle Times-Seattletimes.com., for investigation into problem of coaches violating female athletes.


-Public Service in Online Journalism (Independent): Derek Willis and Aron Pilhofer, The Center for Public Integrity, Washington, for bringing attention to questionable tax-exempt organizations.
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Check this out. What a great use of source material to illustrate a point NY Times multimedia piece

so, i checked out that link-- for the newsmap-- it was really busy, and kind of annoying that the big box came up when you rolled over the pictures, but i kind of like that cluttered look. i don't think that this sort of thing would be good for a home page, but as a home page for a different concept, it would be cool

Do you understand what they are doing here? Let's link to this as a feature of our online presentation.newsmap

What do you think about this idea? NEW ONLINE ADVERTISING MODEL RILES JOURNALISTS

Please read this for class this week. How can we use this in our online work?Poynter Online - The Design Desk

Poynter Online - Jack, We Didn't Know You

Eyetrack Study on User Behavior May Surprise You

[Hosted Scripts] Free Remotely Hosted CGI Scripts!

hey
lynn i like your idea with the horoscope, maybe we can do like a each month in the whole year thing?? so at least we would have somthing in the winter months so we wouldnt have to update it now? i wouldnt mind doing it although i am not a astrolger i have a few books about astrology and like to create my own (like the onion does)
also... um, under the 'work in progress' part, my name at top is spelled wrong, there is no 'e'. No big deal though
Hope everyone has a good week.

hi gals. i talked to rose about what her class was doing for our project and she said that someone had the idea to post horoscopes. good idea, but then we would have to update our site all the time, and since none of us is an astrologer (right?) we could maybe post either a link to a horoscope site or make up our own "horrorscopes" like the onion does. also, her class was writing articles and has lots of ideas, so maybe we can get lots of content from them so that we can work on other things for the site instead of writing everything???

Width of sites, orientation. Looks like Kate's design sense is ahead of the pack. Poynter Online - E-Media Tidbits

kate,
nice job. talk to kristin about her design for the title, "In the Loop" w/ the skyline. we all dug it, you probably will too.

hey, kids. i'm curious to know whether or not any of you like any games on the internet right now-- so while i'm compiling a list of fun ones, i can include yours. also, there's an interesting article on sports ethics at www.charactercounts.com if you want to read it.

Poynter Online - How Headlines Can Help

Several articles about news when you are in the world of work, which people my age call "the future." Scan them and read the parts that catch your imagination (like the Sci-Fi writer's predictions.)OJR section: Future of News

This is about the sociology of blogs and "how things happen on the Internet."Wired News: Warning: Blogs Can Be Infectious

Here is the student site for IIT. We can use a setup for the gallery and music links like they have with images and brief info.theTUBE

hello everyone. i just checked out kate's prototype and i really like it. good job kate. you all have great ideas.
also, i am doing a story for our site about entertainment around campus and i wanted to know if you guys think it would be better to feature attractions that offer u-pass discounts.
thanx & have a nice weekend.

I think I figured out how to export my bookmarks, except my entire list of bookmarks is here when I only want you guys to see the ones under GALLERIES, TRANSPORTATION and MISC CHIC INFO, so only look at those until i can figure out how to get the others off.
http://e.my.yahoo.com/config/export_bookmark?.commit
Kate-cool design I think that that's a great start and we can really get going more on it next week

Hi everyone,

Sorry that I've missed class the last two weeks. Between missing the train and getting sick, it's been bad luck all around. Just so you know that I haven't abandoned you all, I thought I'd throw you a quick design concept, loosely based on the design that Barb posted. You can see the prototype here.

Note that it has no graphics whatsoever, but right now, I'm working with what is effectively a typewriter -- just a keyboard and MS Notepad. So without access to graphics programs, I can't do any graphics. Before class on Wednesday, I swear, I'll post a bunch of really sweet graphical designs for y'all to peruse.

Because I missed out on a ton of discussion about what we want this site to look like, could someone fill me in a little? E-mail me at kate@campusecology.org with input.

Again, sorry about flaking out for two weeks. I'm still very much engaged in this project. Expect to hear more from me after the weekend. I have a bunch of ideas on paper that I'll be plugging into Dreamweaver next time I have a chance to sit down at a computer that wasn't generously donated to your public library by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

hey kids, under the RECESS button, i think we should put all of our games, like monkey dodgeball. lots of kids might log on just to play monkey dodgeball. Also, we could post links to games tht already exist on the web, like the lime football game on www.corona.com

The format for the site is nice, but what's up w/that photo? Shouldn't it be of students, or something w/a more urban theme?

Here is a sample of what our site could look like. It uses one of the built-in pages from DMX2004 with a few modifications, like adding a background .jpg of the lakefront. We will take a look at this today.
In_the_Loop Prototype 1
Other useful files:
http://nexus.colum.edu/class/online/useful.html

Look--a magazine is using online games. Isn't that an idea we discussed last week.Poynter Online - E-Media Tidbits

More on blogging by mainstream journalists.

Poynter Online - An Editor Blogs For Readers

HI, i hope this works, I was looking at some of the blogs under one's to look out for and it seems like alot of them have the dash line under the tittle at the top. I didnt like the 'cheating one' I thought they left to much empty space on the left and right side of the screen. One I did like though had a nice layout and i liked how they seperated everything on the side and into boxes. I think it was two colums,
Shoot, i cant remember the name but I think it had a Ms. or somthng like that infront of it.
Sorry for all my spelling mistakes here... my computer at home is having trouble with the server so i will try to got online somewhere else to make another post ;-)
Hope everyone has a good week
PS> I know what you mean about the gurl.com website , kate I used to go there alot when i was in hs

The tutorial we are going to be working on this week.Macromedia - Developer Center: Designing with CSS in Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004

Next week we will hear from "Stump Connolly" a.k.a. Scott Jacobs. The time element of this news blog is interesting.The Week Behind

From The Mind of HaVoC

is the cutest blog I've ever seen. I'm in love with this page design. Lookit those colors! The wacky strawberry theme! I love his sidebar with the colored headers... Furthermore, those little stars marking the posts are too cute to resist. I don't think I've ever liked a page with bright colors so much but somehow, this kid uses them to great effect.

Stencil Revolution

is a great design with a scrollbar and some great use of pictures. I'm a huge fan of sites that actually teach you how to do things (tutorials, d.i.y. guides, etc.) and this one's complete with news and an integrated forum and a gallery. The design is simple but clean and I think it's really readable. Dividing content into boxes helps and I think the menubar at the top is something that, while maybe not the most eye-catching method, is an indispensable method of navigation. It's great to have graphical navigation menus, but when it comes down to it, people really have to be able to move around the page as easily and intuitively as possible.

gURL guide to HTML

Half because I'm a shameless self-promoter (I made this tutorial in 1998 and it's still going strong) and half because I think it's a very helpful resource, I thought I'd throw in the link to the gURL.com HTML how-to. gURL.com used to be extremely cool in design and concept and then it just shattered my heart by selling out and becoming a tool for the advertising industry to reach young women. It's covered in crappy ads now.. and it's just pathetically overblown and overburdened. But the tutorial is simple; since it was done in 1998, there's nothing fancy about it. It just has some easy-to-understand instructions geared toward girls making their first HTML post or site. I hope it can help people feel more confident about writing code.

Why the interest in the online form called blogging?
Read what a news design expert says.

Fourth Annual Weblog Awards

Online News Association Awards

For today's discussion. Please post 1-2 sites you have found.Gapers' Block {Chicago, IL}

About our audience information

• DePaul University : : About DePaul (About DePaul Students)


• Columbia information


• School of the Art Institute


• Roosevelt University


• Loyola

Here is a story idea. Let's figure out a way to do "Walkman Busting" and not only write, but get bits of the audio In_the_Loop. Wired News: Radio Takes Music From the Street

See the item in current buzz dated Monday Feb. 23rd. It is about blogging and its increasing acceptance by the business community.

Journalism & Women Symposium

Heck, the bandwagon is turning into a parade. Here is all about the design of blogs, including some 'where to go to set up a blog' and design pointers on blogs.Poynter Online - The Design Desk

A model for us to consider for In_the_Loop ideas.The Week Behind

Please read the Editor and Publisher article and this brief note about it. Let's discuss blogs and journalism's "objectivity" next week. What do you think about this issue? Can you locate blog examples that help clarify your opinion? Poynter Online - E-Media Tidbits

Here is the Dreamweaver MX link
Macromedia - Events : On Demand

Where's the money? Wired News: Blogs Pump Bucks Into Campaigns

mediabistro.com: Articles: Lies, Damned Lies, and Google

Here is another site specializing in information about phonecams.Reiter's Camera Phone Report

Check also phonecamnews.com

Color pros announce 2004 colors. Let's check these out. Graphic Design USA - Feature - Welcome Home

Blogging software update. If grade schoolers are self-publishing, writers who are a bit older need to be doing it too.Poynter Online - E-Media Tidbits

Check out this site. I am not endorsing their political views here, but it originates in Chicago, has millions of views, andn is a news and commentary site.

Could this be a model for us? Could we contact and interview buzzflash "content creators" for an interesting story for In_the_Loop? Check it out and think about it.

BuzzFlash Info

This is how they present an interview they did with an author.

http://www.buzzflash.com/interviews/04/02/int04010.html

Students, let's do a live report like this for our publication. What do you think? Can you think of drawbacks and the plusses of this kind of reporting? What story ideas make sense for us, given our location, timing, etc. Please brainstorm about this for next week.

TV team files story wirelessly

SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Metro -- Tortilla factory suffers extensive fire damage

The London News Review

An Example of an online news publication that has been online for some time but is going to introduce a print version after the digital fact, so to speak.

Poynter Online - Convergence Chaser
What will this mean for your career?

OJR article: Redefining the News Online : "'Instead of being primarily journalist-centered, the news online appears increasingly to be also user-centered,' writes Boczkowski. 'In the online environment, users have a much greater direct effect on the news.'"

A sociologist looks at the news business and "what is news" with the perspective of an objective bystander, and comes up with some interesting news for reporters and those who would be reporters.

Before we design, let's explore what our audience can use.Welcome to Usability News - 3.2 - 2001

Customizing the look and feel of a blog.
BLOGGER - Knowledge Base - Where can I find more templates?

Where do web "rules" or standards come from? World Wide Web Consortium


Here is an activity we will begin today. You need to work on it over the next week. Return to this tutorial in a couple of weeks to review the important points and to check your progress in applying the ideas.
Poynter.org: Color Contrast & Dimension in News Design


Background reading for now. We will take this on in later weeks. Read the "common questions answered" section and simply know what RSS is at this point in time.
RSS - A Primer for Publishers and Content Providers

QuickTime - Tutorials - Media Skins
This is something you should understand. Will you do this with your video? I hope so.

Let's start by looking at what can be done beyond the written word. Interactive Narratives

autodafe.org, the censored library

This site has some of the navigation and powerful visual effects we might want for In_the_Loop

Media Buying

The Seattle Times: Transportation game

Fix Your Commute Part II

Guide to Building a Newsroom Website

Wired Journalist: Newsroom Guide to the Internet

Do this in class and finish for Homework.

Poynter Online - Questioning Leadership

Geekzone, mobile forums

Presidential politics has the unintended consequence of introducing new technologies into the ranks of the press corps.

At Newsplex this summer, we talked with Bierbauer about the primary to come. We got to see the newsroom with the tech to support the field reporters who will be working with phonecams.

As the person who introduced phonecams to Newsplex, I like to think I pushed them toward the future a bit...

News For the Next Generation: Imagine: "A number of top illustrators told me the same thing…All the heavy thinkers are gone. All the big ideas diminished."

We will take this up in class. Please read it and try and locate examples, or think about it.

OJR article: New Media Often Takes Back Seat to Old Media on Press Credentials

This is a site with some plug-ins for MT (MovableType) which is a self-publishing software we will hopefully be using in class.tima mt plug-ins.

Poynter Online - E-Media Tidbits

Full Tilt Features -- Comics

Let's think about this in our reporting this semester.Poynter Online - Public Watchdog or Public Lapdog?

How CBS will cover the campaign--for our next editionTV Barn Ticker: CBS PR: Campaign '04

Shall we look for illustrations in our publication? News For the Next Generation: Imagine

Explore this for creating interesting non-fiction. Word Circuits Connection Muse

What a story. It encapsulates many of the challenges facing reporters today because of convergence, but does it the context of sport, so that it is concrete and easy to follow.Lexington Herald-Leader | 01/18/2004 | BLURRING THE LINE

Poynter Online - The Design Desk

Read this to get a sense of the relationship between Web news and print publications.Traffic Patterns: Net No Threat To Newspapers

Here is an online training module for journalists working in cyberspace Try it out

My So-Called Blog

This is a good jumpstart kind of article for creativity. The example of how to go from word and stories to visuals is helpful.Poynter Online - The Design Desk

Poynter adds a change the size of type in the article feature As a Mac user, this feature has been built into Safari browser for several years, so I forget that this seems so cool to people who must use computers and operating systems that are not essentially user friendly....

Refer-It.com: Your Directory Of Internet Associate, Referral & Affiliate Programs.

Pollhost.com Free Polls - Get a free poll for your website.

Antibs website tools

Free polls site

Sparklit polls, ad butler

Self-grading quiz program, cut and paste to your site