COM466 meets M/W, 4.30-6.50, CMU304
- Week 1: M 28 March | W 30 March (post-class note)
- Week 2: M 4 April | W 6 April
- Week 3: M 11 April | W 13 April
- Week 4: M 18 April | W 20 April
- Week 5: M 25 April | W 27 April
- Week 6: M 2 May | W 4 May
- Week 7: M 9 May | W 11 May
- Week 8: M 16 May |
W 18 May(projects) - Week 9: M 23 May | W 25 May (lab)
- Week 10: M 30 May (holiday) | W 1 June
- Finals Week : M 6 June
** schedule subject to change **
** specifically, we may substitute SEO and blog writing for video **
Week 1: Introduction and Framing – One-Way Journalism, Meet Social Media
Subtitle: Getting Past The Doom And Gloom
Who are we and why are we in this class? What is journalism? How do we characterize journalism today? News and journalism are changing due to technology, economics and reader/producer role changes. What types of news forms are emerging in today’s social digital environment? What does the future of journalism look like?
Week 2: One-Way Journalism, Meet MultiMedia and Community
Subtitle: Picking The Medium That Best Tells The Story
How do we “tell a story” in hyperspace? What multimedia tools are at our disposal? And what, exactly, is a news story? (Writing for Mass Media 101)
Week 3: Text, Meet Audio
Subtitle: Create Compelling Audio Stories
How does the spoken word differ from the written word? Introduction to audio gathering and editing. Thoughts on ethics.
Week 4: Text, Meet Audio
Subtitle: Create Compelling Audio Stories
What makes an effective oral story?
Week 5: Text, Meet Still Images
Subtitle: Create Compelling (and ethical) Digital Images
Photojournalism: Composition, rule of thirds, basic photojournalim ethics.
Week 6: The Click-Through Dream Machine
Subtitle: Photo Galleries: The Good and The Ugly
What’s the difference between silent and narrated photogalleries? What about background music? And how to use Soundslides.
Week 7: The Click-Through Dream Machine
Subtitle: Photo Galleries + Sound
How does photojournalism differ online when compared with print (magazines, newspapers, tabloids)?
Week 8: Moving Images and Sound
Subtitle: Telling Stories With Inexpensive Video Tools
The differences between “television” journalism and online video news; the five-shot method.
Week 9: Managing Your Digital Brand
Subtitle: Brand You
Whether your goal is to be a journalist or another form of communicator, you should be proactive about managing “Brand You.”
Week 10: Wrap-Up
Subtitle: Where Do We Go From Here?
Digital Journalism 
Group Members:
Preet Kaur
Sommer Fuhs
Want To Live To 100? Try To Bounce Back From Stress
http://www.npr.org/2011/04/11/135216852/want-to-live-to-100-try-to-bounce-back-from-stress
We liked that they took the interview somewhere unexpected. Flowed really well. Interesting. Good ambient sound.
http://www.npr.org/2011/04/18/135468567/repelling-bugs-with-the-essence-of-grapefruit?ps=cprs
We like this story because it’s a good example of interviewing. It uses pretty good quotes, and interesting (and sometimes funny!) sound effects.
Sarah and Marci
Good picture – Shane – Cuba image
http://themorningdove.wordpress.com/2011/04/27/rough-day-huh-well-at-least-your-three-friends-still-look-good/
The picture uses principles of thirds to draw your eye to the vertical lines of the fence and the horizontal word Cuba. After we reviewed the article, the fence is a silent metaphor for keeping Americans out of tourists.
Check out a day at beautiful Mathews Beach http://www.slideshare.net/preetk09/trip-to-the-beach
i lik dis…….. digital journalism