WV Conference Schedule

Here’s the schedule. It’s also listed on the “WV Conferences” page above.

WV CONFERENCES
01/31/10

Wednesday, Feb. 3
•    3:00 p.m.  Laura Hampton

Immersion Story Assignment

IMMERSION STORY ASSIGNMENT
01/26/10

Pick a person, group, organization, project or process you can track for the remainder of the semester.

Revised Class Schedule

I revised and expanded the class schedule and the deadline table in the syllabus. Click on the Schedule or Syllabus tabs above to see the revised versions.

Welcome to Feature Writing!

This is the official website for students enrolled in JMC 3023 Feature Writing for the spring semester of 2010. Previous posts on this blog are the legacy of earlier classes. Please check this blog frequently for assignment updates and schedule changes.

-Warren Vieth

Virus Video

This NPR animation shows how a virus uses your body to multiply:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114075029&sc=nl&cc=es-20091129

Media Monday Powerpoints

Copyediting

Multimedia

Slideshow

Media Monday Six-Word Stories

Six-Word Stories

“The Job of Finding a New Job”

Once again, we ponder the question:

Is this journalism?

The Job of Finding a New Job

“Uncovered”

Check out this New York Times multimedia package containing vignettes of people who have no health insurance:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/11/02/health/INSURANCE_VOICES.html?th&emc=th

Final Story Assignments

Tuned Out Chapter 1

Click here to download Chapter 1 of Tuned Out: Why Americans Under 40 Don’t Follow the News. (It’s also posted on the Readings page.)

Leopold’s Cafe

Check out this panoramic photo of the site of a terrorist bombing in Mumbai, India.

Gimme A Word…

The New York Times asks readers for one word to describe how they feel one year after Obama’s elections. Here’s what they are saying.

Final Cut Tool Palette

You will need to know some of Final Cut Pro’s tool palette’s functions.

To learn what the functions are or to learn shortcuts, click here.

NYT: “Runaways” video & story

Here’s the video/slideshow: http://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/10/25/us/1247465360380/when-no-ones-looking.html?th&emc=th

Here’s the text story: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/26/us/26runaway.html?_r=1

“Finding a new model for news reporting”

This op-ed was published Monday by the Washington Post. It was written by Leonard Downie, the author of our “News About The News” textbook:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/18/AR2009101801461.html?wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter&sid=ST2009101802019

Here’s an initial critique of Downie’s proposal:

http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=123&aid=171902

“Two Weeks in Forever”

Here’s another good audio slideshow about U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/10/14/magazine/afghan-audioss/index.html?th&emc=th

“Cut In Half”

Check out this New York Times slideshow. It contains a simple audio track with minimal editing: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/10/14/business/economy/20091014_INCOME_AUDSLIDESHOW/index.html

Hyperlocal Journalism

My Ballard, an online website focusing on one Seattle neighborhood, and the Gotham Gazette, which covers only New York City  just won first place awards in the Online News Association’s annual competition for the best Internet news sites. Check them out:

http://www.myballard.com/

http://gothamgazette.com/

Project Ideas

10/05/09

Click here to see them all

Flu Central

http://www.flu.gov/

25 Basic Styles of Blogging

http://freshpeel.posterous.com/the-25-basic-styles-of-blogging

Attention TV Journalists

This story about multimedia vs. traditional television news job descriptions is worth reading: http://www.azbiz.com/articles/2009/09/26/media_technology/inside_media/doc4abd164eab540966373861.txt

Iran Nuke Plant Graphic

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/09/29/world/middleeast/iran-nuclear-facility.html?th&emc=th

“Swine Flu Surge Closes Schools, Tests Hospitals”

Read the Washington Post story here.

“Mastering Multimedia”

This American Journalism Review article might give you some ideas for your presentations (particularly this week’s).

Bob Dotson Visit

From:  Julie Jones
To:  Everyone

As you might have heard, we have Bob Dotson coming to Gaylord on Thursday, Sept. 24.  Bob has the distinction of being “America’s storyteller,” and for good reasons.  He is one of the elite – if not THE elite – storytellers of our time. 

NYT: “Financial Crisis, One Year Later”

This is a big, elaborate multimedia package appearing on the New York Times website:  “Financial Crisis, One Year Later”

“Watch Out, Swine Flu”

Great video. But is it journalism?

“Watch Out, Swine Flu”

Stuck for story ideas?

Here’s another good resource. You can sign up for regular email alerts:

“Five Consumer-Related Story Ideas You Can Localize”

Nose itch? Think twice before touching…

This New York Times swine flu story is full of interesting statistics…

“A Cleaning That Can Stave Off The Flu”

FactCheck & Romanesko

I added links under “Resources” in the right column for FactCheck, a respected University of Maryland truth squad site geared to journalists, and Romanesko, a widely read Poynter Institute blog focusing on media industry issues.

What Does Network News Do Right?

Click here for New York Times Op-Ed Debate

Sony HDR-HC9 Manual

Click here to dowload the PDF:

HDRHC9Manual

It’s also posted in the Contents section of D2L.

Post Your Blog Mission Statement Here

2-3 paragraphs will do. I want to know what your blog will be about and what audience you want to serve.

Basics of Blogger

Blogger

1)    Go to www.blogger.com.

1. Click the big orange button that says “Create a Blog.”
2. Chose a username and password that you will remember or …
3. Write your username and password down (or e-mail it to yourself).

2)    Once you log in, you should see a page that looks similar to this. If this is your first blog on blogger, the only blog you will see will be one with your name. This page is called your “Dashboard.”

1. If you do not have a blog with your name on it, click “Create a Blog.”
   1. i.     Here, you can create a URL for your blog and chose a template for your page.

3)    Click on “Edit Profile” by your blank photo image.

1. Here, you can create an “About Me” section and other sections like you would in Facebook or other social networking sites.
2. Fill out as much or as little as you would like.
3. Add a professional-looking photo of yourself.
4. Be sure and click “Save” at the bottom of the page.

4)    Go back to your “Dashboard” and you can se e a section that looks like this:

5)    This is called your “Reading List.”

1. By clicking on the “Add” button, you can follow other blogs. This is similar to being someone’s friend on Facebook. You will see each time they post a new blog.
2. Blogger Buzz is a newsfeed from Blogger. The Blogger site will give you information and Blogger news updates here.
3. Blogs of Note are featured blogs on Blogger.

6)    To change the look of your blog, click “Features” at the bottom of your Dashboard.You can change or add photos, learn how to add video, change your template, etc.

7)    For more information on how to add media to Blogger, visit http://www.ou.edu/gaylord/home.html and click on

8)    Next, you will click on “Courses” and choose JMC 3003. A list of tutorials will be available. Blogger tutorials are near the end of the list.

Test Your Politics

Check out this 10-question quiz:

http://www.theadvocates.org/quizp/index.html

Do you think it accurately assessed your political beliefs?

Do you think it’s OK to include features like this in our news sites?

More First Five…

Here’s a link to a Poynter Institute blog post about the First Five Graphs concept: http://www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=5267

First Five Graphs

Click here to download the PDF: FirstFiveGraphs

Welcome

Thank you for taking my Multimedia Journalism class, otherwise known as JMC 3003, Section 002. A copy of the Syllabus and class schedule will be posted shortly. A .pdf file of Chapter 1 of Elements of Journalism is posted in the Contents section of D2L.

All the items appearing below this post are carried over from previous sections of this class. You don’t need to read them.

Warren Vieth

wvieth@ou.edu

cell 405-501-3374

Angela Grant’s News Videographer Blog

http://newsvideographer.com/

“Without Papers, Looking for a Future”

NYT audio slideshow

“Living With Less”

New York Times video series

Angela Grant

http://angelagrant.com/

“An Ambush and a Comrade Lost”

New York Times audio slideshow

One In 8 Million

Check out this New York Times slideshow series.

Standups & Packages

Here are links to some example standups inside of packages. 

Click here.

Watch Reporter Demo 1, Reporter  Demo 2 and Reporter  Demo 3.

Step by surgical step, a life is transformed

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ana6-2009apr06,0,4204446.story

The Pay at the Top

http://projects.nytimes.com/executive_compensation?th&emc=th

China’s Kidnapped Children

http://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/04/04/world/1194839161724/chinas-kidnapped-children.html?th&emc=th