Monday, October 10, 2005
Forwarded Through the Looking Glass by Peter Howe- The Digital Journalist
Commentary on image, reality, collage, propaganda and the state of our Nation. Forwarded Through the Looking Glass by Peter Howe- The Digital Journalist
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
Sunday, September 11, 2005
Citizens' media gets richer
Before we go out shooting on Wednesday....read this.Citizens' media gets richer
How they triggered war on the web - Sunday Times - Times Online
Print for students to read week 2. Thoughtful, good links. How the Internet is interacting with citizens to change the way we react to terror.How they triggered war on the web - Sunday Times - Times Online
Friday, September 02, 2005
Sunday, August 21, 2005
Thursday, August 18, 2005
A 'Blogswarm' Stings Old Media Into Action | MediaChannel.org
This story as Air America, blogging, MSM (mainstream media), Eliot Spitzer, and Al Franken in it. Plus, there's a lot of money at stake...
Notice that though this is a blog post, the blogger interviewed Jay Rosen among other things, and did not just echo what was out there in the blogosphere.A 'Blogswarm' Stings Old Media Into Action | MediaChannel.org
Notice that though this is a blog post, the blogger interviewed Jay Rosen among other things, and did not just echo what was out there in the blogosphere.A 'Blogswarm' Stings Old Media Into Action | MediaChannel.org
Flickr as a game. What an idea.
Can we do something like this? Can we make a flickr game students will play? the possibilities are interesting.Poynter Online - E-Media Tidbits
Monday, August 15, 2005
Thursday, August 11, 2005
Inside Higher Ed :: Crossing Over: Part Two
Writing to be read. When we go from print or broadcast or speech and memos to being online, aren't we also "crossing over?" We need to consider what our voice is online, and how its going to become a siren song for our viewer/users.Inside Higher Ed :: Crossing Over: Part Two: "%u201CMake the reader see, make the reader feel, what was happening. If it was thrilling, make it seem so.%u201D "
Friday, August 05, 2005
Thursday, August 04, 2005
Wednesday, August 03, 2005
Monday, August 01, 2005
Sunday, July 31, 2005
Thursday, July 28, 2005
American Journalism Review
Current state of blogs and mainstream journalism.American Journalism Review
Welcome to Newsburst from CNET News.com
Here is a news reader that I like. You might want to register and try it out. It is from CNET. Welcome to Newsburst from CNET News.com
Monday, July 25, 2005
Open Source %uFFFD How This Works
Hmm. This is a model we could use for podcasts and just for our updating and such. Even if we don't go aural, we need to go transparent and we need to think in terms of a time-frame that is more like a broadcast than a periodical.Open Source %uFFFD How This Works
Thursday, July 21, 2005
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Living / Arts / We who are about to die salute you
The day the news died..and its obit? Is it premature, or just reading the handwriting on the wall? Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Living / Arts / We who are about to die salute you
Saturday, May 28, 2005
Punch list for final session
Read this.
1. Print this list out
2. Print each of your pages out. Bring a copy to Barb or Len for comments, changes
3. Make changes and upload your pages
3. Look at the navigation page for your links.
4. What changes do you need to make as an indivdual?
5. What changes do all the people with links off the page need to make?
6. Make changes, upload pages
7. Make sure you have a bio and a picture of your self that we can link to
8. Blog page: group write text for sidebar about what a blog is, etc. (75-100 wds
9. Grafitti slideshow not finished
10. All blog URLs need to be added to blogs page
11. As you go, correct the things noted below.
Latifa: Check your links. Have you written a bio? Where are we with the photo slideshow. Are you blogging? What is the address of your blog?
Cathie: Is the health story in the new template? It will take several pages. You should be able to copy and paste from the way you had the pages connected in the old "look". Is the Info interview in the new template? Write your bio on the front page of each story and then fix the sidebars by either repeating your bio or by putting in photos or some links. Your photos are in the class folder. Get your captions ready. Link your stories to the past health and interview stories
Geneisha: New template? Links? Is your bio done?
Desiree: we need to have a bio from you. Check the links to your blog. Go to the pockets page and alter the .html of the page the flash runs in so it has your bio and tells what pockets is.
Quiana: Good.
Loverslane looks good. Where is dormdecor? It needs to be in on one of the new templates so we can link it in with the rest of the site.
Miriam: What is the address of your blog? Send it to me ASAP for linking up. I re-did your food pages. You need to write a couple sentence bio and put it on those pages. Check all your links. Size your images and add them to the food pages. Link to your blog.
Sara: Good work so far.
Add a link to your blog from your bio on the "sex" pages. Add a link to the behiv page from former ITL because it dealt with STDs. Can't we find a colorful link about condoms and other protective devices that prevent STDs? How about finding a link from the Prelinger archives to an old sex ed film?
Kim: Good.
On socialnet.html: add bio text or link to your website. Why don't you use an image as link here? Add a link to myspace.com. Add a link on the right side to the article in a previous ITL about facebook. Figure out how to link your blog into these pages and vice versa (add a link to the blog to this page). Can you add in some band images on the page where you are writing about bands? Did you say you have pictures of people in our cla
1. Print this list out
2. Print each of your pages out. Bring a copy to Barb or Len for comments, changes
3. Make changes and upload your pages
3. Look at the navigation page for your links.
4. What changes do you need to make as an indivdual?
5. What changes do all the people with links off the page need to make?
6. Make changes, upload pages
7. Make sure you have a bio and a picture of your self that we can link to
8. Blog page: group write text for sidebar about what a blog is, etc. (75-100 wds
9. Grafitti slideshow not finished
10. All blog URLs need to be added to blogs page
11. As you go, correct the things noted below.
Latifa: Check your links. Have you written a bio? Where are we with the photo slideshow. Are you blogging? What is the address of your blog?
Cathie: Is the health story in the new template? It will take several pages. You should be able to copy and paste from the way you had the pages connected in the old "look". Is the Info interview in the new template? Write your bio on the front page of each story and then fix the sidebars by either repeating your bio or by putting in photos or some links. Your photos are in the class folder. Get your captions ready. Link your stories to the past health and interview stories
Geneisha: New template? Links? Is your bio done?
Desiree: we need to have a bio from you. Check the links to your blog. Go to the pockets page and alter the .html of the page the flash runs in so it has your bio and tells what pockets is.
Quiana: Good.
Loverslane looks good. Where is dormdecor? It needs to be in on one of the new templates so we can link it in with the rest of the site.
Miriam: What is the address of your blog? Send it to me ASAP for linking up. I re-did your food pages. You need to write a couple sentence bio and put it on those pages. Check all your links. Size your images and add them to the food pages. Link to your blog.
Sara: Good work so far.
Add a link to your blog from your bio on the "sex" pages. Add a link to the behiv page from former ITL because it dealt with STDs. Can't we find a colorful link about condoms and other protective devices that prevent STDs? How about finding a link from the Prelinger archives to an old sex ed film?
Kim: Good.
On socialnet.html: add bio text or link to your website. Why don't you use an image as link here? Add a link to myspace.com. Add a link on the right side to the article in a previous ITL about facebook. Figure out how to link your blog into these pages and vice versa (add a link to the blog to this page). Can you add in some band images on the page where you are writing about bands? Did you say you have pictures of people in our cla
Sunday, May 22, 2005
Wednesday, April 13, 2005
Homework due April 20th
Creating a Strategic Business Plan assignment
Please take some time to read the following online articles about the purpose and value of a strategic business plan so we can discuss the concept over the next couple of weeks. From these discussions, we will develop a short three-page strategic plan using an on-line tool and give you a grade on the process. You will have to think of doing an online publication as a business.
American Express guide
Planware Whitepaper
Small Business Administraton (SBA)
More SBA
This is the online tool we will use in class. Take a look at it so you can be familiar with what you will need to do on the appropriate day:
http://www.planware.org/strategicplanner.htm
Please take some time to read the following online articles about the purpose and value of a strategic business plan so we can discuss the concept over the next couple of weeks. From these discussions, we will develop a short three-page strategic plan using an on-line tool and give you a grade on the process. You will have to think of doing an online publication as a business.
American Express guide
Planware Whitepaper
Small Business Administraton (SBA)
More SBA
This is the online tool we will use in class. Take a look at it so you can be familiar with what you will need to do on the appropriate day:
http://www.planware.org/strategicplanner.htm
NEWCITYCHICAGO.COM: Street Smart Chicago
Podcasting in perspective.NEWCITYCHICAGO.COM: Street Smart Chicago
Wednesday, April 06, 2005
Google Video Search
New tools I found recently:
This one is still in beta and does not actually show any video. Google Video Search
This one is cool, but some of the sat images are pieced together. Try looking at Columbia or your house. Maps and satellite images
This is very useful--splitscreen search of yahoo and google at the same time
This one is still in beta and does not actually show any video. Google Video Search
This one is cool, but some of the sat images are pieced together. Try looking at Columbia or your house. Maps and satellite images
This is very useful--splitscreen search of yahoo and google at the same time
Sunday, April 03, 2005
Inside Yahoo News: Aggregator brings RSS to the masses
look at the new look of Yahoo News Inside Yahoo News: Aggregator brings RSS to the masses
Saturday, March 26, 2005
Friday, March 25, 2005
Wednesday, March 23, 2005
Saturday, March 19, 2005
Wired News: Cell Phones Put to Novel Use
Are you interested in the literary and music? Here is a new artistic medium that combines fiction and riffing like in jazz music...community, cellphones, and stories...Wired News: Cell Phones Put to Novel Use
Friday, March 18, 2005
Dateline Alabama
An older alum builds a story around the work of a grad student and the immediacy of the recent shootings in an Atlanta courthouse.Dateline Alabama
Thursday, March 17, 2005
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
Jackson's Junction: Video: Daily Show w/ Jay Rosen
Uh, oh, are we on the right track? Jackson's Junction: Video: Daily Show w/ Jay Rosen
Monday, March 14, 2005
Low-Literacy Users (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)
Remember what I said about "sight bites" meaning screenfuls of text that don't scroll--here is what some interesting research shows about poor readers. Something to consider: will anyone in our audience be a "low-literacy" user? Let's talk about this in class. Low-Literacy Users (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox): "It's even better to avoid scrolling all together (which also helps teenagers) unless eliminating it requires you to chop content into unnaturally short sections, which can be even more confusing."
Saturday, March 12, 2005
Friday, March 11, 2005
Social networks: All around the Net, but underused by news sites
Read this about social networking like "MySpace" and others.Social networks: All around the Net, but underused by news sites
Thursday, March 10, 2005
Poynter Online - Tool #47: Collaboration
Len mentioned collaboration, and here is a short piece from Poynter about collaborating in the workplace. Poynter Online - Tool #47: Collaboration
Wednesday, March 09, 2005
Print Article-American Prospect Online
Blogs as part of the Republican [mis]communication strategy. But Democratic operatives have used their blogs politically, too.
Read and consider for next week. Print Article-American Prospect Online
Read and consider for next week. Print Article-American Prospect Online
Monday, March 07, 2005
Mr. Sun!: Mr. Sun Citizen Journalist Starter Pack!
Have you followed the FEC and political blogs story? Have you seen the threat to blogging from Apple? We will talk about these, but I see that "Mr. Sun" has come up with a "starter pack" for the novice blogger. Read it with a grain of salt, but be sure to laugh. Mr. Sun!: Mr. Sun Citizen Journalist Starter Pack!
Saturday, March 05, 2005
What is the Folksonomic Zeitgeist?
Oh, if we can only have a "folksonomic zeitgeist....What is the Folksonomic Zeitgeist?
Crooks and Liars
Well, heck, why does anyone bother to go to J school when becoming a big name journo is so easy these days? Watch for yourself. From the Daily Show.Crooks and Liars
Crooks and Liars
Well, heck, why does anyone bother to go to J school when becoming a big name journo is so easy these days? Watch for yourself. From the Daily Show.Crooks and Liars
Friday, March 04, 2005
Shooting Web video: How to put your readers at the scene
If you want to read ahead, here is a "411" on how to shoot video that won't send your viewer/users to sleep or to someone else'st site. Shooting Web video: How to put your readers at the scene
Monday, February 28, 2005
/thISit.mxml
Consider this kind of navigation. This is the kind of navigation we experimented with in the early days of CD-ROM, before the Internet and broadband made it clear that being connected was key to communication.
Describe the navigation of this site. It certainly is not text-based as many MSM legacy sites are. It is icon-driven. Take a few minutes with the site, and analyze who you think this site is aimed at.
How or why will it work? What might not work about this kind of navigation. Could we have a view of our neighborhood as a navigation starting point, like they do with this imaginary Times Square page? We will spend some time with this on Wednesday.
/thISit.mxml
Describe the navigation of this site. It certainly is not text-based as many MSM legacy sites are. It is icon-driven. Take a few minutes with the site, and analyze who you think this site is aimed at.
How or why will it work? What might not work about this kind of navigation. Could we have a view of our neighborhood as a navigation starting point, like they do with this imaginary Times Square page? We will spend some time with this on Wednesday.
/thISit.mxml
Friday, February 25, 2005
News from The Associated Press
Look. Here are 17 new RSS feeds from AP. Which ones are you going to monitor? Personally, I am going to look at "Strange" as well as technology. News from The Associated Press
Wired News: Quit Your Job to Blog, Blog, Blog
Blogs, blogging and the economic models that are evolving on the web to support bloggers is always interesting. Here is one bloggers story of how he is eschewing ads, quitting his day job, and trying to make a job of blogging. Wired News: Quit Your Job to Blog, Blog, Blog
Thursday, February 24, 2005
Steve Garfield's Video Blog: 150 Feet
Students-- look at this ambitious young reporter. I won't say its the most hard-hitting story, but the video quality isn't too bad. And look--its in a blog "wrapper.Steve Garfield's Video Blog: 150 Feet
Monday, February 21, 2005
Sunday, February 20, 2005
NPR : Wikipedia's Growth Comes with Concerns
If you get a chance, listen to this, and we will listen again in class about Wikipedia and then discuss Wikipedia. NPR : Wikipedia's Growth Comes with Concerns
Thursday, February 17, 2005
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Monday, February 14, 2005
Poynter Online - E-Media Tidbits
Podcasting is one of our projects this semester. Start thinking about yours.
Poynter Online - E-Media Tidbits
Poynter Online - E-Media Tidbits
Google Search: EASON JORDAN
Here is a snapshot in time around the story of the Eason Jordan's remarks about the military and journalists and both MSM and the blogosphereGoogle Search: EASON JORDAN
Sunday, February 13, 2005
Students, here is a link to find some of your assigned reading for class.We the Media by Dan Gillmor.
We the Mediabrings together ideas from the classic "Cluetrain Manifesto" and "Smart Mobs" and lots of hours of real experience with online writing and reading so that readers can understand how "convergence" is transforming our ideas about the media and our experiences with the media.
We the Mediabrings together ideas from the classic "Cluetrain Manifesto" and "Smart Mobs" and lots of hours of real experience with online writing and reading so that readers can understand how "convergence" is transforming our ideas about the media and our experiences with the media.
Introduction
We need to think about collaborating because we will be engaged in collaborating, but also because the future of mediated communication that many of you will find employment in, will be collaborative or at least dialogic. This article is a bit academic in places, but also has some very droll parts, such as the discussion of the "Lamest Edit wars ever."
The use of lots of vocabulary from the online world will be good for you to hear and get used to thinking about (Wiki, sock puppets, etc.)
Also, when we tryout the Wiki sandbox, this article will help you understand what it is you are working with. Introduction
The use of lots of vocabulary from the online world will be good for you to hear and get used to thinking about (Wiki, sock puppets, etc.)
Also, when we tryout the Wiki sandbox, this article will help you understand what it is you are working with. Introduction
Got something to say? Get a blog.
Why are we going to blog? Here are a few of the reasons.Got something to say? Get a blog.
Thursday, February 10, 2005
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
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