Dr. Kristen Landreville August 22, 2011

 Dr. Kristen Landreville ◦ BS and MA, University of Florida  BS: Journalism  MA: Mass Communication ◦ PhD, The Ohio State University, Communication  Primary research areas ◦ Effects of political communication (news, entertainment, and discussion) on people ◦ New media (social networking, UGC)  Teaching and professional experience ◦ Online Journalism, Visual Communication ◦ Gainesville Sun

 Complete questionnaire  Class introductions  Chat with your neighbors for 5 minutes ◦ Get contact info. in case you miss class and need notes or updates

 Our class blog:  Thirst in the Mojave, Las Vegas Sun Thirst in the Mojave  Reviving Ground Zero, The New York Times Reviving Ground Zero  What is Multimedia Journalism to you?  Where do you go for Multimedia Journalism?

 What medium is best to relay the story? Can I report the story best with text, photos, audio, or video?  Can I add new information (e.g., snippets of sound, video, photos, graphics) with different media? Or am I duplicating information?  Do I have permission to gather information in more than one way? Ask your sources!  Can I efficiently and effectively collect information in more than one way? Ask for help if needed!  If I collect more information than my editor needs, can I post some to my blog or on the Web site?

 Take a look at past students’ blogs to get ideas about this class  Dyann Diercks Dyann Diercks  Brooke Eades Brooke Eades

This is where you’ll submit most of your assignments.

 Sign up with a web hosting partner that offers easy-install WordPress ◦ Have to buy your own space and domain name ◦ Uwyo offers free hosting at ◦ You can use a WordPress recommended host as well  OR, use free WordPress hosting (recommended for folks who aren’t long-term interested in new media)free WordPress hosting ◦ If you use the free WordPress hosting, it gets expensive when you add any upgrades and limits your posting ability.

 Choose a professional domain name ◦ E.g., you can use your name or initials  Choose a clean template ◦ Don’t want a lot of clutter because you’ll be posting a lot of photos and some video  Familiarize yourself with the “dashboard” ◦ Examine the options ◦ Look at the widgets

 Use the “visual” view in the posting area  Scroll over the icons to see what they do  You can: ◦ Bold ◦ Italicize ◦ Create a list ◦ Insert links ◦ Insert images ◦ Make an image a link

 Now that you have a blog, you have to use it.  See full instructions on course blog at ◦  Focus your “about” page on ◦ The purpose of your blog ◦ Your career goals and how your blog can help  Focus your blog post on ◦ Your news diet  Due: Mon. Aug. 23 by 11:59 p.m.

 Consume news minutes each day  Critically think about the storytelling  Proofreading tips ◦ Allow time for proofing and editing ◦ Proofread and edit several times with different objectives  For flow of information (are ideas clear?)  For grammar and spelling  For accuracy of facts and information ◦ If someone tells you something isn’t clear, they are always correct.

 I want to help you earn an internship!  Create your resume and/or cover letter for a job and it to me  I will give you comments

 Read Briggs: Introduction, Ch. 1, Ch. 2, Ch. 3 Topics:  Review of Attributes of Objective Journalism  Basics of Online Journalism  Tools & Terminology  Web 2.0