Schedule

Note that additional assignments with TBD deadlines are listed in 'assignments.' They include:  
WJ/SPJ chat participation & presentation 

Blog updates 

Live tweeting a meeting with photo

iPad2 video soundbite & tweet

iPad2 video action & tweet

Rockbridge Report 

WEEK 1

1/10  Introduction, role of digital journalism in society, a philosophy of news, multimedia/ interactive mindset, social media & journalism--Twitter.

1/12  RPDM, Chapters 1, 4

The five I's, blogging, HTML, WordPress/Blogger, 

Reporting skills: Finding stories and sources, localizing national stories

WEEK 2

1/17  RPDM, Chapter 5

Headlines, story focus, key facts, chunking, writing across media.  Live tweeting.

1/19  Adjusted schedule, Founders’ Day

Leads, writing with audio and video for web and broadcast

Blog/localized national story due at 10:10 a.m.

          

WEEK 3

1/24  RPDM, Chapter 7

Recording audio, mic handling, nat. sound, audio interviewing,

choosing sound bites, writing around bites, audio postcards for social media (Audioboo)

1/26  RPDM, Chapter 8

Audio editing, recording narration, packaging audio for Web

Audioboo due 10:10 a.m.

      

WEEK 4

1/31  RPDM, Chapters 2, 9

Digital still photos, visual communication research, Photoshop, creating slideshows, writing captions (cutlines), pics on Twitter

               

2/2 Video concepts, shooting video for TV news, Web and other formats

Audio package with photo & web elements due at 10:10

WEEK 5

2/7  RPDM, Chapters 10, 3

Conducting & shooting video interviews for TV news, Web and other formats (iPad, smartphone, Skype)

2/9  Video editing I, storyboarding, legal & ethical issues

Ambient narrative video due at 10:10 a.m.

2/10  Mock Convention

                 

WEEK 6  

2/14   RPDM, Chapter 6 

SWAP, constructing the TV news video package, video editing II

2/16   Reporting through the senses, Storify 

Slideshow with captions due at 10:10 a.m.

Work on Storify piece in class:  due at noon 

WASHINGTON BREAK

WEEK 7

2/28  Midterm Exam

3/1  TV scripting, writing  

Video clips, rough outline due at 10:10 a.m.

               

WEEK 8

3/6  Reporting live and standups

Video script draft due at 10:10 a.m.:  I will return to you with comments by 3/7.

3/8   Data mining and storytelling, data visualizations

Work on data visualization in class:  due at noon

        

3/9 :90 video package with Web elements due at noon

WEEK 9

3/13  Producing webcasts

3/15  Webcasts:  in-studio recording 

Webcast script due at 10:10 a.m.

    

WEEK 10    

3/20   Class online multimedia project activities

3/22   Class online multimedia project activities

WEEK 11

3/27  Class online multimedia project activities

3/29  Truth, accuracy, fairness, independence, serving citizens.

WEEK 12

4/3  In-studio interviews  

4/5  Creating quizzes, polls, timelines         

WEEK 13    

4/10  Open lab

                 

4/12  Course wrap-up

Class online multimedia project due at 10:10 a.m.