COURSE SCHEDULE
Week 1 M 8/24 W 8/26
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M: Intro to the course; intro to Dr. K.; student intros Look at some previous multimedia work Briggs Introduction: Journalism is About People, not Technology W: Photojournalism and photo technique Photo editing on mobile Mobile phone photography and social media |
1) Quiz 1 Syllabus and readings due Wednesday, 8/26 2) Intro Discussion 3) Social media photos due Wednesday, 8/26 #TXSTMultimedia |
Week 2 M 8/31 W 9/2 |
M: DSLR manual photography W: Photoshop, Lightroom, metadata in photos Favorite storytelling apps on Google Sheet Briggs Chapter 6: Visual Storytelling With Photographs |
1) Quiz 2: Ch. 6 photography; 2) Practice photo assignment due Wednesday, 9/4 |
Week 3 M 9/7 W 9/9 |
Monday, September 7, is Labor Day, no class meeting Wednesday, September 9, virtual class meeting Video storytelling; video sequences; Action video assignment |
1) Action cell-phone video due Sunday, 9/13
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Week 4 M 9/14 W 9/16
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Briggs Chapter 7: Making Audio Journalism Visible M: Telling stories with sound W: Edit audio story during class time
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1) Quiz 3: Ch 7 audio; 2) Practice audio assignment due Wednesday, 9/16 |
Week 5 M 9/21 W 9/23 |
Briggs Chapter 5: Telling Stories With Video M: Interviews; say dog, see dog W: We’ll edit video in class Wednesday |
1) Quiz 4: Ch. 5 video 2) Practice video assignment due Wednesday, 9/23 |
Week 6 M 9/28 W 9/30 |
Pitch story ideas for your final multimedia reporting package by Monday night Monday, September 28, Virtual Lecture Finding, Evaluating and Researching a story Wednesday: Podcasting |
Story pitch document due in Canvas Assignments midnight Monday, 9/28 |
Week 7 M 10/5 W 10/7 |
M: Conversational writing; hyperlinking; umbrella leads; magazine style W: Publishing to Soundcloud; YouTube; WordPress |
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Week 8 M 10/12 W 10/14 |
Monday and Wednesday, open lab to file stories (Possibly Mass Comm Week) |
2) Story element #1 due Wednesday, 10/14 |
Week 9 M 10/19 W 10/21 |
http://newslab.org/journalists-use-social-media/ https://muckrack.com/blog/2018/03/14/the-effects-of-social-media-on-journalism M: SEO: Search Engine Optimization Social media and news; Facebook live; Twitter; How journalists use mobile technology Wednesday, open lab to file stories |
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Week 10 M 10/26 W 10/28 |
M: Open lab to file stories Wednesday, October 28, Virtual Class Meeting: TV news standups: The theater of television news; live shots |
2) Story element #2 due Monday, 10/26
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Week 11 M 11/2 W 11/4 |
M: Multimedia Interactives; Google Maps; timelines Build a data interactive in class using Google Fusion and Google Drive Wednesday, open lab to file stories |
1) Story element #3 due Wednesday, 11/4 |
Week 12 M 11/9 W 11/11 |
Monday, November 9, Virtual Class Meeting: Historic Media; Emerging Media (360/Drone) Wednesday, November 11, Virtual Class Meeting: Advanced video techniques |
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Week 13 M 11/16 W 11/18 |
Briggs Chapter 2: The Power of Publishing M: Journalism and blogging https://infogram.com/blog/seven-data-journalism-blogs/ Wednesday, open lab to file stories |
1) Quiz 5: Ch. 2 The Power of Publishing 2) Story element #4 due Wednesday, 11/18 |
Week 14 M 11/23
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Thanksgiving holiday this Wednesday – Sunday Monday, November 23, Virtual Lecture: Kobre Chapter 14: Ethics Kobre Chapter 15: The Law |
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Week 15 M 11/30 W 12/2 |
Open lab Monday and Wednesday to file stories Thursday, 12/3, last day of classes |
1) Story element #5 due Wednesday, 12/2 |