No one has ever asked me to be a professor of whatever they call "journalism" online. But plenty of people have been asking me questions about various trends and technologies, and some of them are also teaching. I also had the great pleasure to work with some outstanding interns from Northeastern University over the past couple of years.
And of course, I've spent many years in and around journalism and think tanks and training institutes and non-profits that are attempting to educate.
So I got to thinking. If I were to teach a course on something resembling "online journalism" what would it look like? What would it cover? What are the essentials that people should enter the world with an understanding of so that great journalism can be done with the wonderful tools that I am fortunate enough to play with nearly every day?
This isn't everything I'd want to include, but they are some things I think are important. I encourage you to add yours as well.
And who knows? Maybe someone will read them, and think about them, and start teaching them. Dare to dream...
And of course, I've spent many years in and around journalism and think tanks and training institutes and non-profits that are attempting to educate.
So I got to thinking. If I were to teach a course on something resembling "online journalism" what would it look like? What would it cover? What are the essentials that people should enter the world with an understanding of so that great journalism can be done with the wonderful tools that I am fortunate enough to play with nearly every day?
This isn't everything I'd want to include, but they are some things I think are important. I encourage you to add yours as well.
And who knows? Maybe someone will read them, and think about them, and start teaching them. Dare to dream...
Wrangling RSS - Using Yahoo! Pipes to divine meaning from feeds
Geo Metro - Understanding how longitude, latitude and mapping technology can have an impact on readers
Twend reporting - Using tools like search.twitter.com to glean insight into the minds of the audience
Crowdsourcing investigations - Use the leverage of the audience to demand, and vet, answers
XBRL - Where online journalism means business
Flash - No. Not unless you REALLY need to. (One day session)
A Web of Ties - It's not just about your content on your web site, but about extending it online
Online video - Dos, don'ts and how and where to publish to have the biggest impact
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