Schedule (subject to change)

May 6-8
All students will meet in the Windows lab May 6 and May 8 to make corrections to third reporting assignment and to post stories to the Cranberry site. Grading penalty for stories not posted on time.
Short technically perfect story that was assigned May 1 is due at start of class on May 6
Review and looking onward and upward
  Readings for week (complete before May 6):
     The end of the Internet? [Link] NewsCloud
     Inventor of the Web speaks out [Link]

. . . . . . ARCHIVE OF PAST WEEKS. . . . . .

January 22-24
Introduction to course
Student skills survey; naming class news site
  Readings for week (complete before Jan. 24):
     How to be a multimedia hero [PDF] Quill
       Enduring values in a time of change [Link] Washington Post

January 29-31
Guest speaker Jan. 29 is Phill Casaus, editor of The Albuquerque Tribune, speaking on the future of journalism in a joint session with Broadcast 460. Attendance is graded assignment.
FIRST REPORTING PROJECT written in class Jan. 31
Every student to have a blog created by Jan. 29
  Readings for week (complete before Jan. 29):
     All the news that's fit to blog [Link] Charles Cooper
     How to blog [Link] Tony Pierce
       Bloggers are liable for libel [Link] OJR
   Web Resources
      Google Page Creator [Link]
      Blogger [Link]
      Fugu installer [Link]
      Dreamweaver tutorial [Link]
      Typepad [Link]

February 5-7
Feb. 5: Casaus to critique writing of Jan. 31 stories in Windows section, with Herrick teaching Dreamweaver basics in Mac section, with them switching labs on Feb. 7
  Readings for week (complete before Feb. 5):
     What is Web 2.0? [Link]
     Using blogs to make reporters more relevant [Link]l
   Web Resources
       Online Web résumé templates [Link]

February 12-14
Due Tuesday is your first work log. Please type.
On Tuesday, Herrick will spend 45 minutes in each section helping students upload their résumé Dreamweaver pages to the Web, and Casaus will spend 45 minutes in each section working with students to improve their Jan. 31 story.
Guest Feb. 14: Chantal Foster of dukecityfix.com on "interactive media" in joint session with Broadcast 460 in the Mac lab. Attendance is graded assignment.
  Readings for the week (complete before Feb. 12):
     Deconstructing the newspaper [Link] Jeff Jarvis
     The newspaper of the future [Link] NY Times
     Print and Web reporting [PDF] E&P
   Web Resources
     Online publishing tools [Link] OJR

February 19-21
GRADED in-class writing exercise on Tuesday. Everyone reports to Windows computer lab.
Due Tuesday is your second work log. Please type.
Discussion of story writing structures Thursday
Analyzing other Web news sites and online 'zines
Also, instructor analysis of student blogs. Have at least one journalism entry on your personal blog by Feb. 21.
  Readings for the week (complete before Feb. 19):
     It just doesn't matter [Link] Bob Baker
     How digital natives experience news [Link] John Palfrey
     Writing for a Webzine [Link] Philip E. Agre
   Web Resources
     The Devil's Tale [Link] Arizona State University
     The Cat Scan [Link] University of Arizona
     The Naples News [Link] Florida
     C&J Online News [Link] University of New Mexico

February 26-28
Feb. 26: Review of your writing assignment that was done in class on Feb. 19
Feb. 28: Joint organizational meeting with Broadcast 460 students on your shared reporting project. There willl be a graded "summary blurb" assignment.
  Readings for week (complete before Feb. 26):
     What works in online video news? [Link] OJR
     Revolutionary camera phones [Link] Digital Journalist
     How to become a YouTube star [Link] The Register
     Shooting Web video [Link] OJR
  Web Resources
     Flickr [Link]
      PhotoBucket [Link]
      NewsU multimedia reporting online course that you can do on your own time.

March 4-6
March 4: Review of previous writing assignment by Phill Casaus. Then class will go to the Career Fair.
March 6: Guest: T.J. Wilham of the Albuquerque Journal, speaking on "writing for print and the Web." Attendance is graded assignment.
  Readings for week (complete before March 4):
     Code of ethics for citizen journalists [Link]
     A new media tells different stories [Link] Bruno Giusanni
      Are online tools making journalists lazy? [Link] OJR
     The end of news [Link] (we will watch this in class)

March 11-13
In-class teamwork with Broadcast 460 students on team projects on March 11
FIRST MAJOR REPORTING PROJECT (joint project with Broadcast 460 students) due March 13
Session on how to transfer your stories from Word to Dreamweaver on March 13
  Readings for week (complete before March 11):
     The Digital Journalist [Link] Latest issue

March 18-20
SPRING BREAK — NO CLASS

March 25-27
Phill Casaus is on vacation, so all students will meet in the Mac lab both days this week.
Students will go over edited stories and do rewrites of their stories on Dreamweaver files on March 25
 Tutorial on Photoshop basics, Microsoft Word hyperlinks and developing a portfolio on March 27
Students to post photos and edited stories on Cranberry site on March 27. Grading penalty for stories not posted on time.
  Readings for week (complete before March 25):
     Spelling it out [Link] AJR
     The Gray Lady weaves a new website [Link] OJR
     Exploding wall between print, Web [Link] OJR
   Web Resources
     Newspaper Internet use [PDF] Bivins Group

April 1-3
Portfolio due April 1; discuss reading assignments
Review of Cranberry site on April 1
Journal assistant managing editor Donn Friedman and journalist/webmaster Todd Winge will be guest speakers on April 3 in the Mac lab talking about the Journal's Web site. Attendance is a graded assignment.
  Readings for week (complete before April 1):
     Digital communities [Link] Robin Good
     News that Comes to You [Link] OJR
     State of news media—ownership [Link] PEJ
     The Daily We [Link] Boston Review
   Web Resources
     Elements of Digital Storytelling [Link]

April 8-10
In-class writing exercises on April 8
Story proposal for April 15 reporting assignment is due by April 8
Guest speaker April 10 is Maggie Shepard, former police reporter for The Albuquerque Tribune. Attendance is graded assignment.
  Readings for week (complete before April 8):
     Web Credibility Guidelines [Link] Stanford University
     Ethics of online journalism [Link] OJR
     The online marketplace of ideas [Link] Jane Singer

April 15-17
SECOND MAJOR REPORTING PROJECT due April 15, with students meeting in their respective labs
All students will meet in the Mac lab on April 17 for a workshop by T.J. Martinez on Final Cut, a video editing software. Attendance is graded assignment.
  Readings for week (complete before April 15):
     Newspapers/Web sites survival [Link] OJR
     How media might respond [Link] We Media
     Redefining the news online [Link] OJR

April 22-24
Students will meet in the Mac lab both days to correct second major reporting assignment and post stories to Cranberry site. Grading penalty for stories not posted by end of class on Thursday.
Story proposal for May 1 reporting assignment is due on April 24
Appointment schedule will be finalized on April 24 for individual "job interview" appointments next week
Provide instructors with a mock letter of job application on April 24
  Readings for week (complete before April 22 ):
     Grady survey of journalism grads [Link]
     Online journalism job opportunities [Link] OJR
     Online journalists paid well [Link] Poynter
   Web Resources
     JournalismJobs.com [Link]

April 29-May 1
Individual "mock job interview" appointments with instructors during class time on April 29 and May 1; bring your portfolio and edited copies of all stories; post your on-line résumé by April 29
Writing assignment will be given on May 1 for students to complete while not doing their mock job interviews
All students meet in the Windows lab on May 1
THIRD MAJOR REPORTING PROJECT due May 1
  Readings for week (complete before April 29):
     How not to get that journalism job [Link]