Meredith will walk the class through how she did this map for JII a couple of years ago. She can also talk to you about life post-graduation.

Please read this piece about Storyful, which we'll talk about tomorrow. It was on NPR this evening.

Please post the pitch for your second major assignment (profile, plus video) by the time we meet on Friday. The pitch should tell me who you will be profiling and why you think this person makes an interesting story. It should also tell me what the video will be about, how it will complement, round/out the story. If your pitch isn't posted by 11 a.m. Friday, I'm afraid it's a zero for the assignment. You can always change course, but we need to get something going for consideration sooner rather than later.

Some help for Major Assignment 2.

This semester, you will complete a Poynter Institute online course: Getting it Right: Accuracy and Verification in the Online Age.

You will need to enroll. Here are the instructions:

You must log in at www.newsu.org or create an account if you don't already have one.
(Course Name) is here: (Insert Link) It is important that you enroll in this specific unit in order to receive your course grade.
Click on the blue Enroll Now button to add the course to your cart.
Click on the Checkout button. Enter 13PSEU100 in the box marked Promo Code to make the cost zero.
Click on Review order, then click Submit order.
You are now enrolled in the course.
To access the course, log in at NewsU.org. The page you land on is called My NewsU and contains the link to the Digital Course Pack.

Please read 11 in your textbook by Friday: Gathering and Editing Images, Audio and Video.

Josh Hinkle from KXAN will be talking with us tomorrow about shooting images - the basics. This textbook reading will help reinforce what he has to say and prepare you for Friday.

Finally, if you haven't done so yet, please check out a video camera on the second floor of the Munday Library. Shoot some video before coming to class Friday. Don't forget your camera and please be on time so we can get right down to business.

We will be doing Exercise 11.2 on page 273 Friday in class.

See you tomorrow, JH

Let's watch this together in class.

How to do a great story with video

Adrian Tapia will be here Monday and Friday to teach editing on Premiere Pro.

Josh Hinkle will be here Wednesday to talk about shooting video like a pro: http://www.kxan.com/josh-hinkle

I am posting some documents that Josh wanted you all to have on the course website. Please take a quick look before class on Wednesday.

Thanks,
Jena
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Interesting post on Slate. Colin sent it. Thought I'd share. It's true that rushing to judgment and making errors are as old as journalism (and humanity) itself.

Brooke found this. Helpful for your first big assignment.

SEOs and Headlines: This 2009 On the Media story still holds water. You can read the transcript or download the podcast

Is SEO killing a time-honored journalistic art form?

This story is a great example of breaking up online narrative with subheads and multimedia components. Shelby sent the link for us to discuss in class.

Searchable index of every tweet ever tweeted.

Highlights from Pew survey