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

May 5-7
No work log due this week; meet in Windows lab
Both days as needed: Students work on perfecting Web versions of their two major reporting projects
Thursday: Looking onward and upward; review
  Readings for week (complete before May 5):
     Inventor of the Web speaks out [Link]
     How not to get that journalism job [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]

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

January 20-22
Introduction to course
Student skills survey; naming class news site; assignment of students to two sections
  Readings for week (complete before Jan. 22):
     How to be a multimedia hero [PDF] Quill
       Enduring values in a time of change [Link] Washington Post
       Newspapers go Darwin [Link] Phoenix.com

January 27-29
Tuesday: Guest speaker: Jim Belshaw, long-time columnist for the Albuquerque Journal — attendance is graded assignment
Thursday: FIRST REPORTING PROJECT due at start of class
Every student to have a blog created with at least one entry by Feb. 3
  Readings for week (complete before Jan. 27):
     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
      Journal police reporters blog [Link]
      Duke City Fix [Link]
      Joe Monahan's New Mexico [Link]
      What's Wrong With This Picture? [Link]
      Forgotten Albuquerque [Link]
      Outside.in [Link] An aggregator site

February 3-5
Rodríguez to critique writing of Jan. 29 stories Tuesday and Herrick to teach Dreamweaver basics Thursday.
Thursday: Every student must bring a USB thumb drive to class for storage of Dreamweaver template. Also, bring your résumé if you have one.
Either day: Instructor analysis of student blogs
  Readings for week (complete before Feb. 3):
     Citizen Media / Web 2.0 [Link]
     Using blogs to make reporters more relevant [Link]
     Small stories turn big [Link] Roy J. Harris
   Web Resources
      Online Web résumé templates [Link]
      Fugu installer [Link]
      Dreamweaver tutorial [Link]

February 10-12
Due Tuesday is your first work log; download as Word doc. and please type
On Tuesday, your Dreamweaver résumé is to be complete at the start of class; grading penalty for résumés not completed or posted by end of the day.
Herrick will help students upload their résumé Dreamweaver pages to the Web, and Rodríguez will work with students to improve their Jan. 29 story.
Thursday: Guest speaker Todd Winge on "news and the Web" in the Mac lab — attendance is graded assignment
  Readings for the week (complete before Feb. 10):
     Deconstructing the newspaper [Link] Jeff Jarvis
     The newspaper of the future [Link] NY Times
     Print and Web reporting [PDF] E&P
     Cities without dailies [PDF] E&P
   Web Resources
     Online publishing tools [Link] OJR

February 17-19
Tuesday: Your second work log is due; download as Word doc. and please type
Tuesday: Discussion of story writing structures
GRADED in-class writing exercise on Thursday; Class will still be in the Mac computer lab
Either day: Analyzing other Web news sites and online 'zines; also, instructor analysis of student blogs
  Readings for the week (complete before Feb. 17):
     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 Cranberry [Link] University of New Mexico
     C&J Online News [Link] University of New Mexico
   Albuquerque online news sites
      The Albuquerque Journal [Link]
      The New Mexico Independent [Link]
        Clearly New Mexico [Link]
        Más New Mexico [Link]
        Friends of the Albuquerque Tribune [Link]
        Examiner [Link] An aggregator / citizen journalist site
        Google [Link] An aggregator site

February 24-26
Tuesday: Review of your writing assignment that was done in class on Feb. 19
Due Tuesday is another work log; download as Word doc. and please type
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 assignment of a weekend project that will be due on Tuesday of next week involving magazines
  Readings for week (complete before Feb. 24):
     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 3-5
Tuesday: Weekend assignment on magazine writing is due; discussion of assignment and week's online readings
Due Tuesday is your first story proposal; also due is another work log; download as Word doc. and please type
Thursday: Guest speaker Rob Spiegel, a magazine writer and former magazine publisher — attendance is graded assignment
  Readings for week (complete before March 3):
     Are online tools making journalists lazy? [Link] OJR
     Writing for the Web [Link] Mindy McAdams
     An assortment of articles on magazine writing [Link]

March 10-12
Tuesday: Discussion of stories you're working on and reading assignments
Due Tuesday is another work log; download as Word doc. and please type
Thursday: FIRST MAJOR REPORTING PROJECT due
Thursday: Session on how to prepare stories, videos and photos for Dreamweaver
  Readings for week (complete before March 10):
     The Digital Journalist [Link] Latest issue

March 17-19
SPRING BREAK — NO CLASS

March 24-26
All students will meet in the Mac lab both days this week. No work log required this week.
Tuesday: Students will go over edited first major project stories and transfer to Dreamweaver files in class
 Either day: Developing a portfolio, ensuring online résumé is ready, and other issues
Thursday: Students to post photos and edited stories on class news site; grading penalty for stories not posted on time
  Readings for week (complete before March 24):
     The Gray Lady weaves a new website [Link] OJR
     Exploding wall between print, Web [Link] OJR
   Web Resources
     Newspaper Internet use [PDF] Bivins Group

March 31-April 2
Tuesday: Complete uploads of first reporting project; review of class Web news site
Due Tuesday is another work log; download as Word doc. and please type
Thursday: Guest speaker T.J. Martinez, an M.A. graduate student in communication, will speak on how to edit video using Final Cut software — attendance is a graded assignment
  Readings for week (complete before March 31):
     Internet/broadband changes everything [DOC]
     News that Comes to You [Link] OJR
     State of the News Media 2008 [Link] PEJ
     The Daily We [Link] Boston Review
   Web Resources
     Elements of Digital Storytelling [Link]
     Five keys to effective writing [Web slide show from PPT]
     -or- Five keys to effective writing [Powerpoint] Download and go to far right icon to play slide show

April 7-9
Tuesday: Story proposal for April 14 reporting assignment is due; discussion of Grindstone site on Web; discussion about requirements for a portfolio
Due Tuesday is another work log; download as Word doc. and please type
Thursday: Guest speaker Chantal Foster of Duke City Fix on how to create interactive Google maps for a Web story — attendance is graded assignment.
  Readings for week (complete before April 7):
     Ethics of online journalism [Link] OJR
     The online marketplace of ideas [Link] Jane Singer
   Demonstrations in class on Tuesday
     Six ways to make a slide show [Link] 

April 14-16
Tuesday: Discussion about work on your second major reporting assignment; discussion of this week's and previous reading assignments
Due Tuesday is another work log; download as Word doc. and please type
Thursday: SECOND MAJOR REPORTING PROJECT due
Thursday: portfolios due and reviewed in class
  Readings for week (complete before April 14):
     Newspapers/Web sites survival [Link] OJR
     Redefining the news online [Link] OJR

April 21-23
Due Tuesday is another work log; download as Word doc. and please type
Tuesday: Students will meet in the Windows lab both days to edit second major reporting assignment and to post stories to the class site
Thursday: Complete uploading of second major reporting project in Windows lab; grading penalty for projects not uploaded on time
Appointment schedule will be distributed for individual "job interview" appointments next week
  Readings for week (complete before April 21):
     Grady survey of journalism grads [Link]
     Online journalism job opportunities [Link] OJR
     Online journalists paid well [Link] Poynter
   Web Resources
     JournalismJobs.com [Link]

April 28-30
Individual "mock job interview" appointments with instructors during class time both days; bring your portfolio and edited copies of all stories; post your on-line résumé by Tuesday; bring mock letter of application
Due Tuesday is another work log; download as Word doc. and please type
Both days: When not in interviews, students will work on completing or refining second project uploads
  Readings for week (complete before April 28):
     How not to get that journalism job [Link]