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Topic 1: Introduction to online journalism: People and platforms
COM10111 ONLINE JOURNALISM
Agenda
1. Welcome and orientation2. Unit syllabus3. Intro to online journalism: processes,
tools and roles 4. Examples of great online journalism
stories 5. Unit Overview6. Assessment7. Advice on how to study this unit8. Weekly lectures/tutorials9. Unit learning resources10. Equipment requirements11. Question & Answer
HELLO! AND WELCOME
Orientation …Collaborate check …. Meet and greet
JEANTI ST CLAIRUNIT ASSESSOR, LECTURER
Consultation hour: Tuesday 11-12 ---- Office number: 02 6620 3126 ---- [email protected]
Innovation Collaboration Conversation
Journalism 2.0: People and platforms
Syllabus1. People and platforms 2. Principles of online journalism3. Text-based journalism4. Multimedia storytelling 1& 25. Online journalism and social
media6. Data journalism and visualisation7. Editing and publishing online8. Audience interaction and user-
generated content9. Legal stuff10. Blogging and online opinion11. Online journalism futures12. Colloquium and debrief
Topic 1 People and platforms
• Convergence of media and platforms
• Multimedia journalists
• Collaborations, production teams
New roles include:
• Story builder/editor• Newsflow editor• UGC editor• Digital rights manager• Interactive content manager• Social media editor• Data journalists• Web designers/coders
Topic 2 Principles of online journalism
Topic 2 Principles of online journalism
• Speed and accuracy in breaking news• Comprehensiveness in content• Open-endedness in story development• Centrality of conversation
From Craig, D. A. Excellence in Online Journalism (2011)
JOURNALISM-AS-PROCESS
Examples
• Breaking news story http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/15/live-updates-explosion-at-boston-marathon/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0
• Multimedia feature story• http://www.theguardian.com/world/interactiv
e/2013/may/26/firestorm-bushfire-dunalley-holmes-family [combines text, image, audio, video, and graphics – truly multimedia storytelling]
Examples
• http://www.theguardian.com/audioslideshows - from pure art to news and current affairs.
• Image galleries are popular, as is the creation of stories which collate images with captions. Rely on news to tell a story or report and event.
• http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-21/student-protests-across-australia/5468726
Why use social media in journalism?
• Promote your content• Engage with audience• Source story ideas• Gauge the public/expert
mood on issues (problematic tho’)
• Verify social media sources
Data journalism is big
• Make sense of numbers with visualisations• Find the story in numbers• Encourage audience interaction and aid understanding of
complex data• Egs:
http://www.thedetail.tv/issues/150/religioninschools/how-integrated-are-schools-where-you-live
• http://www.thewire.com/politics/2013/09/there-will-be-another-mass-shooting/69508
• http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-history-of-the-world-cup-in-20-charts/
• http://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2014/may/09/budget-cuts-revenue-interactive
Audience Interaction & User-generated content
• Encourage active readership – story comments, social media, transparency
• Crowd source content• Solicit user generation content – ideas, images,
facts, tips etc • Be wary of veracity and content ownership• http
://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/interactive/2011/oct/18/occupy-protests-map-world
Content Management System
Style Guide
basic html coding, picture editing
Self-publish – Build-Your-Own blog
Online Journalism Futures
InnovateExploreCollaborateBe an Entrepreneur
INDEPENDENT MEDIANew Matilda
New DailySaturday paperFiveThirtyEight
The WireMama Mia
Hoopla
UNIT OVERVIEW
Access via MySCU navigation menu
ASSIGNMENT 1: CASE STUDY
Find out about this assignment via MySCU Assessment Details
ASSIGNMENT 2: NEWS WEBSITE PRODUCTION
Find out about this assignment via MySCU Assessment Details
LEARNING RESOURCES
MySCU, Textbooks, Study Guide, eReadings, Collaborate, Discussion Board, Facebook group, MediaDrive site
Weekly Lectures and Tutorials
• Monday Weeks 1-6, and Weeks 8-14 Lecture 6-7pm Tutorial 7-7.30pm
• Here on Collaborate• Tech requirements:
Broadband Microphone Preferably a web cam
ADVICE ON HOW TO SUCCEED IN THIS UNIT
Advice on how to succeed in this unit
• Work ahead – cover the material the week before a topic is discussed in lectures/tutorial
• Participate in forum discussions and study guide activities.• Actively explore internet for examples of good online journalism,
and the tools journalists are using. • Use the resources section in each Study Guide chapter. • Lectures explore case studies of great journalism, tutorials involve
discussions on how we can make great online journalism• Create a study planner, drawing on the suggested study plan at the
back of the Unit Overview.• Plan ahead for making publication deadlines in Assignment 2.
EQUIPMENT
Equipment access
• Arrange your own access
• Minimum standards of equipment:– Audio– Image– Video
• SCU Lismore equipment for loan
• Artsbooking site