Schedule
(subject to change—see archive at bottom for past weeks)

January 19-21
Introduction to course; class will meet in the Mac lab until further notice later in the semester
Student skills survey; naming class news site; organization of course
Thursday: in-class writing exercise
  Reading for week (complete before Jan. 21):
     40 Reasons to Study Journalism [Link] SocialButterfly
     Seven keys to effective writing [Web slide show]

January 26-28
Tuesday: Guest speaker: Ashley Biggers, associate editor of New Mexico Magazine — attendance is graded assignment
Thursday: 250- to 300-word magazine article on Ashley Biggers' presentation on magazines is due at the start of class
Thursday: Introduction to portfolio project
Thursday: Discussion of magazine project
Thursday: Response to first topic on "475 Course Blog" must have been posted by the start of class
  Readings for week (complete before Jan. 26):
     Enduring values in a time of change [Link] Wash. Post
     Should have executed reporters [Link] NY Times
     Newspapers go Darwin [Link] Phoenix.com

February 2-4
Tuesday: Review of your writing assignment that was done in class on Jan. 28
Due Tuesday is your first work log — download as Word doc and please type
Thursday: Graded assignment — every student must bring a USB thumb drive to class
Tuesday: Third graded magazine writing exercise will be written in class
Either day: tutorials on Microsoft Word links, Photoshop, creating pdfs, using Word instead of Dreamweaver for a résumé, introduction to the class Web news site, discussion of readings, examination of relevant Web sites, discussion of student blogs — plus discussion of magazine query due on Tuesday of next week
  Readings for week (complete before Feb. 2):
     How to be a multimedia hero [PDF] Quill
     Internet/broadband changes everything [DOC]
     News that Comes to You [Link] OJR
     The Daily We [Link] Boston Review
  Web Resources
     NewsU multimedia reporting online course that you can do on your own time
     State of the News Media 2009 [Link] PEJ (scan for any articles that interest you)

February 9-11
Tuesday: Copy of your portfolio due for review
Tuesday: Deadline for first magazine query to be e-mailed to with a copy e-mailed to the
Tuesday: Your second work log is due — download as Word doc and please type
Tuesday: Third graded magazine writing exercise will be written in class
Thursday: Every student to have a personal blog created with at least one entry; in-class review of student blog pages; discussion of Albuquerque blog sites (below)
  Readings for week (complete before Feb. 9):
      All the news that's fit to blog [Link] Charles Cooper
      Bloggers are liable for libel [Link] OJR
       Blogger Code of Ethics [Link]
  Web Resources
      Blogger [Link]
      Typepad [Link]
  Albuquerque Blogs
      Lights and Sirens [Link] Reporters blog
      Duke City Fix [Link] Community blog
      Joe Monahan's New Mexico [Link] Politics blog
      What's Wrong With This Picture? [Link] Photo blog
      Tag End [Link] Personal blog
      Forgotten Albuquerque [Link] Niche blog
      Outside.in [Link] An aggregator site
      Albuquerque Express [Link] An aggregator site

February 16-18
Tuesday: Your third work log is due — download as Word doc and please type
Tuesday: Final version of your portfolio due
Tuesday: Response to second topic on "475 Course Blog" must have been posted by the start of class
Tuesday: Discussion of story writing structures; possible in-class writing exercise
Thursday: Guest speaker Richard Schaefer will talk on shooting video, backpack journalism, and introductory broadcast — attendance is a graded assignment.
Either day: Analyzing other Web news sites and online 'zines
  Readings for the week (complete before Feb. 16):
     It just doesn't matter [Link] Bob Baker
     How digital natives experience news [Link] John Palfrey
     Writing for a Webzine [Link] Philip E. Agre
   University mulimedia journalism news sites
     The Devil's Tale [Link] Arizona State University
     The Cat Scan [Link] University of Arizona
     The Grindstone [Link] University of New Mexico
     C&J Online News [Link] University of New Mexico
   Albuquerque online news sites
      The Albuquerque Journal [Link] Newspaper site
      The New Mexico Independent [Link] Center for Independent Media
      Clearly New Mexico [Link] Center for Civic Action
      Más New Mexico[Link] English-Spanish site
      Examiner [Link] Aggregator / citizen journalist site
      Google [Link] An aggregator site

February 23-25
Tuesday: Deadline for second magazine query to be e-mailed to Ashley Biggers with a copy e-mailed to the instructor.
Tuesday: Dreamweaver basics in creating an online résumé; every student must bring a USB drive to class for storage of Dreamweaver files; bring your printed résumé
Thursday: Guest speaker T.J. Martinez, an M.A. graduate student in communication, will speak on how to edit video using Final Cut Express software — attendance is a graded assignment
  Readings for week (complete before March 30):
     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
     Online Web résumé templates [Link]
     Flickr [Link]
     PhotoBucket [Link]
     Elements of Digital Storytelling [Link]

March 2-4
Due Tuesday is another work log — download as Word doc and please type
Tuesday: Response to third topic on "475 Course Blog" must have been posted by the start of class
Tuesday: Your Dreamweaver résumé is to be complete by the end of class; Instructor will help students upload their résumé Dreamweaver pages to the Web; send e-mail to instructor with the address of your résumé
Thursday: Guest speaker Chantal Foster of dukecityfix.com on "interactive media" in the Mac lab — Attendance is graded assignment
  Readings for week (complete before March 2):
     Are online tools making journalists lazy? [Link] OJR
     Writing for the Web [Link] Mindy McAdams
    An assortment of articles on magazine writing [Link]

March 9-11
Due Tuesday is another work log — download as Word doc. and please type
Tuesday: Grading penalty for résumés not completed and posted by the start of class; contact the instructor beforehand if you're still having difficulties
Tuesday: In-class exercises
Thursday: NO CLASS
  Readings for the week (complete before Feb. 9):
     Deconstructing the newspaper [Link] Jeff Jarvis
     The newspaper of the future [Link] NY Times
   Web Resources
     Online publishing tools [Link] OJR

March 16-18
SPRING BREAK — NO CLASS

March 23-25
Tuesday: Welcome back; no work log this week; orientation on remainder of semester
Thursday: Guest speaker Todd Winge, former photojournalist, newsman and newspaper web technician, on "news and the Web" — attendance is graded assignment
  Readings for week (complete before March 25):
     Citizen Media / Web 2.0 [Link]
     Using blogs to make reporters more relevant [Link]
     Small stories turn big [Link] Roy J. Harris
   Web Resources
      Fugu installer [Link]
      Dreamweaver tutorial [Link]

March 30-April 1
Tuesday: New Mexico Magazine project is due with copies of all correspondence with Ashley Biggers and printed copy of your article for the instructor
Due Tuesday is another work log — download as Word doc and please type
Tuesday: Response to fourth topic on "475 Course Blog" must have been posted by the start of class
Thursday: Printed story proposal for Web reporting assignment is due
Thursday: Mobile journalist reporting exercise transmitting a photo as a jpeg and five-second video clip with a cell phone, Blackberry or wireless laptop, as well as a Word document cutline (or short story) also wirelessly from a remote location
  Readings for week (complete before March 30):
     The Digital Journalist [Link] Latest issue
     The Gray Lady weaves a new website [Link] OJR
     Exploding wall between print, Web [Link] OJR
   Web Resources
     Newspaper Internet use [PDF] Bivins Group
     Online software training tutorials [link]
     Mobile Media Blog [link]

April 6-8
Tuesday: NO CLASS — Work on your web reporting project
Thursday: Printed version of Web reporting project due (multimedia elements not required at this point)
No work log required this week.
Thursday: Five ways to make a slide show (maybe six if Brandon is available to talk about Soundslides [Link] 
Thursday: Discussion of class news site on Web; preparing photos, videos, articles for the class news site
  Readings for week (complete before April 6):
     Ethics of online journalism [Link] OJR
     The online marketplace of ideas [Link] Jane Singer

 April 13-15
Tuesday: NO CLASS — attend the C&J Career Fair from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the SUB — this is a graded assignment, so be sure to sign in so you receive credit; take your résumé if you're looking for a job or an internship
Due Thursday is another work log — download as Word doc and please type
Thursday: Response to fifth topic on "475 Course Blog" must have been posted by the start of class
Thursday: Graded assignment on every student bringing USB drive to class; in-class edit of stories as necessary and transfer of files to Dreamweaver story templates
  Readings for week (complete before April 13):
     Newspapers/Web sites survival [Link] OJR
     Redefining the news online [Link] OJR

April 20-22
Due Tuesday is the final work log — download as Word doc and please type
Tuesday: For accreditation purposes, seniors will complete a graduating student survey, and everyone will take the exit exam that's being given to students in all the 400-level journalism and mass communication classes
Tuesday: Students to post Web reporting project to the class site
Thursday: Students to continue posting Web reporting project to the class site
Appointment schedule will be distributed Thursday for individual "mock job interview" appointments next week
   Web Resources
     Dreamweaver tips [Link]

April 27-29
Tuesday: Final deadline at end of class for posting of Web reporting project without a grading penalty
Individual "mock job interview" appointments with instructor during class time both days; bring your portfolio and a mock letter of application that incudes the URL for your on-line résumé (repost the résumé by Tuesday)
No work log is due this week
Tuesday or Thursday as each student's time permits: Do another mobile journalist reporting exercise transmitting to herrick@unm.edu a photo as a jpeg and five-second video clip with a cell phone, Blackberry or wireless laptop, as well as a Word document cutline (or short story) also wirelessly from a remote location
Thursday: Response to sixth topic on "475 Course Blog" must have been posted by the end of class
Both days: When not in interviews, students will work on completing or refining Web reporting project uploads, reposting their online résumé, posting their sixth blog, and doing the mobile journalist exercise
  Readings for week (complete before April 27):
     How not to get that journalism job [Link]
     Grady survey of journalism grads [Link]
     Online journalism job opportunities [Link] OJR
     Online journalists paid well [Link] Poynter
   Web Resources
     JournalismJobs.com [Link]

May 4-6
No work log due this week
Both days as needed: Instructor suggestions on Web reporting projects with students working on perfecting posted Web versions
Thursday: Looking onward and upward; review
  Readings for week (complete before May 4):
     Inventor of the Web speaks out [Link]
   Web Resources
     The future?
        Community news site by news pros [Link]
          A closed newspaper's successor site [Link]
          Site started by reporters of closed paper [Link]
          A "voluntary" conversion to the Web [Link]
          Hybrid twice a week print, every day on Web [Link
          A nonprofit foundation online news site [Link]
       An early independent nonprofit news site [Link]
       An aggregator/blogger "news" site [Link]
       Nation's most successful subscriber news site [Link]
       Online magazine publishing; papers to follow? [Link]

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