1. JO304 ONLINE JOURNALISM Nick Barber, January 20, 2012

2. January 20, 2012  Introductions  Review course syllabus & requirements  Skill assessment

3. RSS reader  Google Reader recommended  Select at least 15 sources  Sharing, starring, offline reading, etc.

4. News Quiz  Every week  How to prepare  Sample this week

5. Practice News Quiz  Name one of two bills in Congress that has caused the Internet to erupt in criticism and websites to go dark.  Which candidate won, then lost the Iowa caucus?  What happened to a cruise ship off the Italian coast?

6. Blog set up  Choose a blog name at blogger.com if you don’t already have one  If you already have a blog, a completely new page must be created for JO304  http://www.youtube.com/BloggerHelp http://www.youtube.com/BloggerHelp

7. Multimedia Terms  Convergence  Parallel reporting  Interactivity  Evergreen  User generated content

8. Convergence  Cruise ship runs aground http://on.msnbc.com/xxUvM8 http://on.msnbc.com/xxUvM8  The Big Picture http://bo.st/wxnjbPhttp://bo.st/wxnjbP  Throwing punches http://bit.ly/wpyKhlhttp://bit.ly/wpyKhl

9. Parallel reporting  Off duty firefighter saves woman from burning home http://bit.ly/xvqYjJhttp://bit.ly/xvqYjJ

10. Interactivity  Elections http://on.wsj.com/oAZOR4http://on.wsj.com/oAZOR4  Hurricane Tracker http://on.msnbc.com/oqlacshttp://on.msnbc.com/oqlacs

11. Evergreen  GMA personal finance http://abcn.ws/o6fT1Nhttp://abcn.ws/o6fT1N

12. User Generated  CNN iReport http://bit.ly/pF6YZ4http://bit.ly/pF6YZ4

13. News Track  Main part of your blog  Choose a website to follow  Update weekly with observations, changes, criticism, questions  Monitor and comment on posts

14. Business cards  A must for any journalist for freelancer  Create them for next week  Buy/share paper http://bit.ly/rk8YhFhttp://bit.ly/rk8YhF  Should include  Name  Email  Website  Social accounts

15. For next week…  Textbook – preface, chapter 1  Update News Track blog  Prepare for news quiz  Business cards