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April 25: Work day on portfolios. In-class workshop for your portfolio sites. I will come around to take a look at your progress and offer feedback. Two completed pages for your site: Home and About. Completed=content only. You don’t have to add color til you’re done designing all of your pages. Your (optional) revised intro video is due on April 25. Post it to your blog About page and email to let me know. You can earn up to 3 points back on the assignment. Two more completed pages: Resume and Contact.
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Syllabus | Multiplatform Journalism
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What is multiplatform journalism? As students learn the technical skills they need to work in the digital news environment, they also will engage in ongoing discussions of how doing journalism across a variety of platforms is changing the profession and its principles, and explore the larger social implications of these changes. Thus, the key objectives for multiplatform journalism are:. To train students to work across platforms, producing reports that uphold journalistic principles and engage audiences.
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January | 2016 | Multiplatform Journalism
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Feb 1: Social media and news orgs. We’re delving deeper into social media. Read the materials in. Social media and news. Blog post 4 (no tweet), and round 2 of mini projects due for Haley Renahan, Abby Parra, Kevin Lynch and Jennifer Ullman. Pick one news organization to follow on an app and one of its social media platforms. Assess over 24 hours how it uses social media to distribute news and connect with the audience. Evaluate based on the readings and use at least one in-text link to a reading. Jan 27...
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April | 2016 | Multiplatform Journalism
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Extra credit opportunity: Tweet the news. Earn up to 5 points with this super simple extra credit opportunity! Commit an act of journalism: Find some news and tweet it. Take a pic of something that is news. Post to Twitter with an explanation of why it’s news. Due by 11:59 pm Sunday night. Check out the one below from a previous student. April 27, 2016. Online course evaluations due. Tuesday is the last day to complete your online course evaluations. And open Banner Self-Service. Click on the Student.
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About MPJ class | Multiplatform Journalism
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The core purpose of the multiplatform journalism. As students learn the technical skills they need to work in the digital news environment, they also will engage in ongoing discussions of how doing journalism across a variety of platforms is changing the profession and its principles, and explore the larger social implications of these changes. Thus, the key objectives for multiplatform journalism are:. Evaluate various reporting projects produced by news professionals. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Fill i...
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May | 2016 | Multiplatform Journalism
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May 9: Final paper and portfolio due. Digital portfolio and paper. Final paper and completed portfolio site are due during our final period, which is noon-1:50 pm May 9. Email me your reflection paper and make sure it has a link to your site. See the notes posted on Blackboard for details on what must be included in your reflection paper. Portfolio is worth 100 points. Paper is worth 100 points. Don’t forget to post your portfolio link and a relevant pic to your. Be proud of your work and promote it!
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May 9: Final paper & portfolio due | Multiplatform Journalism
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May 9: Final paper and portfolio due. Digital portfolio and paper. Final paper and completed portfolio site are due during our final period, which is noon-1:50 pm May 9. Email me your reflection paper and make sure it has a link to your site. See the notes posted on Blackboard for details on what must be included in your reflection paper. Portfolio is worth 100 points. Paper is worth 100 points. Don’t forget to post your portfolio link and a relevant pic to your. Be proud of your work and promote it!
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April 27: Last in-class work day | Multiplatform Journalism
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April 27: Last in-class work day. Last in-class work day for your portfolio sites. I’ll come around to check out your pages, content and design. Two more completed pages: Resume and Contact. Our last premiere party! We’ll take a look at your portfolio site and offer feedback. Everyone will have five minutes to present his/her site. Your portfolio site can still be under construction but it needs to be about 85% done so we have a good sense of your purpose and the contents of your pages. April 26, 2016.
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February | 2016 | Multiplatform Journalism
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Feb 29: Story ideas roundtable. You’ll pitch your story ideas to the class and we’ll discuss them. It’s your opportunity to get feedback on your ideas from me and your classmates. Due Feb. 29. Two story ideas for Project 1. Refer to blog folders. As well as the presentation slides from last week if you need. Use the format below for your story ideas and email them to me or share via Google doc by the start of class. Must have three for each story idea). Name and title: Must have. Sources (not a student ).
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Schedule | Multiplatform Journalism
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DUE AT START OF CLASS. Creating blogs and Twitter accounts. Intro to iPad minis. READ blog folder: Twitter and Instagram advice. Completed blog, Twitter and Instagram profiles. No class MLK Day. Elements of MPJ and good storytelling. READ blog folders: 1) Learning about MPJ,. 2) Examples of MPJ projects and 3) Visual storytelling. Blog post 1, Tweet 1 and Instagram 1. In class: Story idea stampede. READ blog folder: 1) Writing for online and 2) Examples of mini-projects. Social media tools for journalists.
