Dec. 1 highlights

OK, when you return from your Thanksgiving break, your Competitive Analysis of Web sites is due to Eve.

Also, she will be awarding the third installment of the "Evies" -- her blog awards.

Have fun.

Eve's Nov. 17 materials

Here are the links for Eve's lecture on Monday, Nov. 17, and SEO guidelines and Web design guide in two Word files.

Web Site Project Design Guide
SEO Guidelines

Links for Web Design and SEO Lecture
Visit the sites under Web Design and SEO for Monday

Web Design
http://webstyleguide.com/
http://webdesignfromscratch.com/web-2.0-design-style-guide.cfm
http://www.csszengarden.com/

SEO
http://searchenginewatch.com/

Fonts
http://www.dafont.com/
http://www.urbanfonts.com/

Colors
http://kuler.adobe.com/

Dreamweaver Tutorials
http://www.vtutorial.com/videos/Adobe_Dreamweaver

CSS & JavaScript
http://dynamicdrive.com/
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/csslibrary/
http://www.editsite.net/blog/rounded_corners.html
http://www.crucialwebhost.com/blog/master-stylesheet-the-most-useful-css-technique/
http://www.emailmeform.com/
http://jquery.com/
http://www.w3schools.com/css/

Usability & Accessibility
http://www.upassoc.org/usability_resources/
Validate your markup
Validate your style sheet
Validate your pages at WebXACT (formerly Bobby)
Check your colors in Vischeck
Perform a readability check
Check site on different browsers (not free)

Hosting Sites
http://www.top10hostinglist.com/?gclid=CPCgxd__3Y8CFUaPOAodmiGp8g
http://www.godaddy.com/

Stock Photos, Videos
http://www.istockphoto.com/index.php
http://pro.corbis.com/

Michael Rosenblum talks about video for the Web

Here's a great series of three videos featuring Michael Rosenblum, the "Father of Video Journalism," speaking to Britain's Society of Editors earlier this month.

He makes some great points about video news on the Web, its place in traditional newspaper newsroom, and its ultimate superiority over traditional television journalism.

The Online Journalism Blog in which these videos are housed is also an interesting for other information, if you have time to browse.

Cheers.

Is Twitter a passing fad?

Poynter's Romanesko e-mailed this Advertising Age article as part of his daily update today, so here it is, at least one critical discussion of Twitter as a reporting tool, drawing upon the Rocky Mountain News' Twittered coverage of the funeral of a three-year-old boy.

The Rocky drew a ton of criticism from its readers for using the micro-blogging tool to "Twitter" details in short bursts.

Advertising Age also asks the central question about Twitter that haunts so many other online ventures: Will it ever make enough money to keep it afloat?

What do y'all think?

Class Schedule Weeks 10-15 and Finals

Standards, Law, and Ethics
Monday, Oct. 27
Class: “Online-only work versus Traditional Journalism”
Guest speaker, Jason Kosena, Colorado Independent
Introduction to second audio project: Online Audio News Package

Wednesday, Oct. 29
Class: “Radio News Packages versus Online Audio News Packages"
Guest Instructor, Mario Caballero, KCSU-FM and Student Media
Lab: Audio Script Writing/Natural Sound Gathering/Plan Package

Monday, Nov. 3
Class: Blog reviews and awards from Eve Fisher, Ph. D. candidate
Multiple-track editing on Audition demonstration by Jason Moses
Lab: Second audio project field work

Wednesday, Nov. 5
Class: “Legal and Ethical Issues Online”
Readings for class: "Diversity at Work: Rewriting the American Story" by Tom Huang
"RTNDA Survey: Women, Minorities Progress in TV Newsrooms" by Jill Geisler
"Legal and business advice for online publishers and bloggers" by Kim Pearson
Lab: Second audio project editing
Project is due before class Nov. 10, posted on or linked from blog site

Multi-media Reporting and Design
Monday, Nov. 10
Class: Introduction to in-depth cooperative “Multi-Media Reporting” and Planning Guide
Lab : Form teams and brainstorm assignment

Wednesday, Nov. 12
Class: Guest Instructor, Julia Sandidge: "In-Camera Editing”
Reading for class: Chapters 9, 10 and 11 from Briggs and "Multi-media Storytelling" by Jane Stevens

Monday, Nov. 17
Class: “Basic Online Design Principles and Search Engine Optimization” with Eve Fisher, Ph.D. candidate
Reading for class: TBA
Introduction to second Web site critique assignment

Wednesday, Nov. 19
Class: Finalize assignments for multi-media project, turn in formal outline
Readings for class: "Map Mashup Resources" by Jerry Monti
"Using Spreadsheet Data in Google Maps and Google Earth" by Jerry Monti
"Google Map Basics" by Jerry Monti

Monday, Dec. 1
Class: Newsroom (Your group must be ready to meet at 4 p.m.)
Second Web site critique due
Eve's final blog awards!!!

Wednesday, Dec. 3
Class: Newsroom (Your group must be ready to meet at 4 p.m.)

Monday, Dec. 8
Class: Newsroom (Your group must be ready to meet at 4 p.m.)

Wednesday, Dec. 10
Class: Drafts of all materials due to instructor/GTA (page designs, written, video, audio, graphics, etc.) at the beginning of the class (4 p.m.)
Discussion of progress

Each group must make appointment with GTA and/or instructor on between Dec. 11 and Dec. 15 to review work before it is posted to Web.

All Multi-Media projects must be posted to the Web BEFORE the beginning of the final exam period on Dec. 17 at 7 a.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 17 at 7 a.m.
Presentations of multi-media projects: Q&A
Evaluations of class, peers and self

Online Journalism Review is back

Hey, kids:

As you review for Wednesday's exam, there are dozens of useful articles at the Online Journalism Review, a site once hosted by the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California and now a project supported by the Knight Digital Media Center, which is housed at both USC and UC-Berkeley.

OJR suspended publication on June 16, 2008, but resumed Sept. 17, 2008. The current site has all of its archives.

Have fun researching.

Class Schedule Weeks 6-9

Reporting and Writing for Online Media
Monday, Sept. 29
Class: “Generating and Focusing Story Ideas”
Readings for Class: Chapters 4 and 6 of Briggs
Lab: Begin generating ideas for Reporting Assignment
Arrange carpools for Wednesday's road trip

Wednesday, Oct. 1
Class: Road Trip to Fort Collins Coloradoan, 1300 Riverside Avenue
Meet in the lobby of the Coloradoan

Monday, Oct. 6
Class: “Web Resources and Databases” discussion of readings
Readings for Class: "Wikipedia in the Newsroom" and "Citing Wikipedia" by Donna Shaw, American Journalism Review
"Open-Source Journalism: It's a Lot Tougher than You Think" by Anna Haynes, in wired.com
"Step-by-Step E-Mail Interviewing Tips" by Sandeep Junnarkar, Poynter Online
Lab: Finalize story ideas and assignments (includes traditional Web writing and photo storytelling)

Wednesday, Oct. 8
Class: “Photo Storytelling on the Web”
Readings for Class: Chapter 8 of Briggs
Sound Slide Shows from the San Jose Mercury
Shows from San Francisco State
Audio Slide Shows with Microsoft Photo Story
Soundslides Tutorial
And Another Tutorial
Or just flickr it with five photos:
Bike rescue mission
Cousins being cousins
Lab: Continue working on Reporting Assignment

Monday, Oct. 13
Class: “Online Writing Styles, Hooking and Keeping Readers” with Eve Fisher, Ph.D. candidate
Readings for Class: Writing style for print vs. Web and one other article of your choosing.
Lab: Review for Mid-Term Exam

Wednesday, Oct. 15
Class: Mid-term essay exam on blogs, citizen journalism, convergence, and online news reporting and writing

Monday, Oct. 20
Class: Work on all aspects of Reporting Project
Lab: Feedback and work on written and audio drafts, which are due at beginning of class

Wednesday, Oct. 22
Lab: Finish and post reporting projects on blog site