Skills That You Will Use in Your Media Career
First, Why Visualize Information? We tend to start with information and then try to visualize the information. For example, you may be given a story to tell that deals with data, numbers, statistics, etc. Many storytellers would start by looking … Continue reading “Information Visualization: Mapping” →
Blog Post #5 Due Tonight by 11:59 p.m. Embed 5-minute raw file Embed 2-minute edited file Answer required questions and write the post. Submit post URL to WyoCourses Blog Post #5 Twitter Know the basics. @username, #topic, and RTs (retweets). … Continue reading “A Focus on Twitter for Reporting and Promoting” →
Week 10 Plan Today Share ideas about how you could use crowd-powered collaborations in your future media job. Write down your response on a paper with your name. This should be a short paragraph or two. We will review online … Continue reading “Social Media Management for Journalism, PR, and Advertising” →
Week 10 Plan Today: Quiz 2 on Audio Overview of SoundCloud (see bottom of this post) Audio Editing Work Time View Quiz Results at 9:40 a.m. to 10 a.m. For Wednesday: Read second half of Ch. 2 on Microblogging. Read … Continue reading “Converting, Editing, and Sharing Audio Stories” →
Week 9 Plan Monday: Review Blog Post 5 – Audio Profile (Raw and Edited) Monday: Gathering Audio Wednesday: Audio Editing; Audacity Tutorial Fri. March 29: Guest Speakers Micah Schweizer and Erin Jones, NPR journalists and producers –> Take Notes During Their … Continue reading “Gathering Audio” →
Week 7 Plan Reminder: Blog Post 4 – Journalistic Web Story due tonight by 11:59 p.m. In-Class Assignment: Audio Stories Review of Popular Audio Storytelling on StoryCorps, NPR, and Podcasts In-Class Assignment: Your Future in Podcasting Review of Blog Post 5 – … Continue reading “Audio Storytelling & Audio Profile Project” →
Institutional Marketing is interested in finding students to take over the Arts & Sciences Instagram account every Thursday (see forwarded email below).This is the student’s chance to show us a day in their life at UW. Institutional Marketing sits down … Continue reading “Help Wanted: Instagram Takeovers for the A&S College” →
Week 5 Plan Reminder: Submit Blog Post 3 – Photojournalism by 11:59 p.m. today (Mon. Feb. 25) In-Class Activity Mon. Feb. 25: “Week 5: Your Initial Web Story Idea” — Let’s briefly talk about your ideas, if we haven’t talked already. In-Class Activity … Continue reading “Journalism for the Web” →
The Department of Communication & Journalism seeks proposals from students for a $5,000 stipend for a photojournalism project called the Larsh Bristol Photojournalism Fellowship. The stipend will be awarded through a competitive process that is open to all students at … Continue reading “Call for Applications: Larsh Bristol Photojournalism Fellowship” →
Week 4 Plan Any questions before the quiz on Photojournalism Basics? Quiz 1 on Photography and Photojournalism. Review Blog Post 3 – Photojournalism — Any questions? Review Blog Post 4 – Journalistic Web Story — Look up your individual meeting date for draft story; … Continue reading “Remembering the Groundwork of Journalistic Writing” →
Week 3 Plan Questions about Blog Post #2 on Creative Devices? — Due Mon. 2/11 by 11:59 p.m. Submit URL to WyoCourses. Discussion of Photojournalism Power and Categories Short-Write #3: Exploring Photojournalism Review of Blog Post #3: Photojournalism Tips for … Continue reading “Photojournalism Basics” →
Week 2 Plan 15 minutes class time to ask any questions about Blog Post 1 5-minute short-write #1 reflection on Journalism Next Ch. 5 on Photography Review this photography blog post Active learning activity in groups Review Blog Post 2: Creative … Continue reading “Basics of Photography” →
From Week 1’s readings on the Forward, Introduction, Ch. 1, and Ch. 2 in Mark Briggs’ Journalism Next book, I would like you to remember: The online resources: Hacks and Hackers in Colorado Poynter’s NewsU Nieman Lab Online News Association The National … Continue reading “Dr. Landreville’s Top 5 List from Week 1 Readings” →
Syllabus Questions? Now that you’ve had the chance to fully read the syllabus and course schedule, do you have any questions? Week 1: Overview Quick review of blogs Importance of branding and marketing yourself with your blog Review first assignment … Continue reading “Blogging, Branding, and WordPress-ing” →
Welcome! About Me About You Take this note card. Fill it out with: 1. Your name. 2. What you like to be called. 3. Your major. 4. The type of media content that you’re most excited to learn about and … Continue reading “Here We Go! Multimedia Production!” →
Multimedia Finish Blogging Workshop Document Your HSI Experience with Photography We will go on three field trips during this class: Vedauwoo, the Wyoming Tribune Eagle, and the Snowy Range Mountains. At each field trip, I want you to take as … Continue reading “HSI, Class 2: Photography Basics” →