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

Copyediting

Multimedia

Slideshow

Six-Word Stories“Chocolate solves everything; tell every boy.”

“Cherishing all my rays of sunshine.” -Sarah

“We laugh, we cry, my best friend.”

“Shopping’s fun. Now my wallet’s empty.”

“Life is uncertain, eat dessert first!”

“Genius by birth, slacker by choice.”

“Life depends. People stray. God remains.”

“We should get paid for this.”

“California bound, to find my heart.”

“Tasseled waves across the ocean shore.”

“Bloody sandals left in the sand.”

“Shattered glass scattered on the floor.”

“Can’t stop listening to love songs.”

“That girl down on the beach.”

“Winter is not time for sandals.”

“Brought my blanket, I was cold.” -Piper

“Over-emotional, write it all out.” -Pandora

“No, please mom, I can’t breathe.” – Nicole

Once again, we ponder the question:

Is this journalism?

The Job of Finding a New Job

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
11/09/09

BLOG POST 9
due midnight Sunday, Nov. 15

•    First Five Graphs text story
•    video sequence with edited video and audio
•    post on news blog

FINAL PROJECT IDEAS
due midnight Sunday, Nov. 15

•    short summary of one or more final project proposals
•    post on news blog

BLOG POST 10
due midnight Sunday, Nov. 22

•    First Five Graphs text story
•    video sequence with edited video and audio
•    post on news blog

FINAL PROJECT
due midnight Sunday, Dec. 13

Assignment: Create a multimedia news package based on your original reporting.  It must include a video package, text, still photos and any other multimedia elements of your choosing.

The minimum contents are:
•    text story of 750 words or more, First Five Graphs format
•    at least 4 sources, including at least 2 non-students
•    edited video package with audio, 2 minutes or more
•    photo slideshow with edited audio
•    one or more still photos with cutlines

Optional contents include:
•    sidebar text stories
•    additional video
•    additional slideshows
•    additional photos
•    audio clips
•    infographics
•    links to other sites

Post your finished project on your news blog.

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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.)

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

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.

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