For the past few years I have used student blogs as a primary format for my introductory online journalism course.
Each student selects a topic or beat to cover for the semester and creates a blog dedicated to that subject. Then students report, write, photograph, gather audio, shoot and edit video for Web, and create interactive [...]
On January 27, Judge Alvin Hellerstein disclosed in a hearing that Shepard Fairey is under criminal investigation for submitting false images in the case against the Associated Press. Bloomberg News reports that Fairey may invoke his Fifth Amendment right not to answer questions related to the case.
I’ve notice that my students’ eyes tend to glaze over the moment I mention the words “copyright” and “fair use” in a journalism class. So for the past two semesters I have made good use of the current legal battle between the artist Shepard Fairey and the Associated Press.
The dispute centers on the use of [...]
I recently picked up a copy of Multimedia Journal by Richard Koci Hernandez. The book came out in 2008, but I couldn’t find a review of it, so I thought I’d write about it here.
Multimedia Journal is not the typical online journalism book. It is only 60 pages long, measures 7” x 7”, and contains [...]
I missed the live version of this, but here is a transcript of a Poynter News U online discussion about teaching students to tell stories using multimedia tools. Mindy McAdams is the guest. Good questions, good responses, and lots of helpful links.
NOTE: I have updated the list below and put it in a permanent spot on my Tutorials Page.
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I read through my course evaluations from last semester and in addition to comments like “he’s long-winded, but nice enough,” a number of students gave high marks to the free Web tutorials I assigned in my online journalism [...]
This past semester, I integrated the NYTimes.com multimedia series One in 8 Million: New York Characters in Sound and Images into the regular routine of my Online Journalism II course.
When we started the semester, most of the students had limited experience recording and editing audio. Most had not taken a photojournalism course. And it was [...]
Recently, I’ve encountered some convincing arguments that we may need an entirely new language for understanding and practicing journalism.
A friend recommended I read a book called The Little Book of Contemplative Photography by Howard Zehr, a professor and documentary photographer who contends that the words and metaphors of photography – “taking a picture,” “shooting,” “aiming” [...]
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