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.

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

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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Here they are. Please correct anything I've got wrong here. I'll post the final handles when I get confirmation that I've got them all right. Include with that email a vote for either #heathshotties2013 or #seujour for the class hashtag. I am fine with either one. Some of you looked a little uncertain the other day when we voted, so I want to give you one more chance to choose between our feisty one and a more staid one. The majority will win:
Reagan - @Reaganomics7
Colin - @LLCoolin
Shelby - @JOUR 3322
Kelsey- @kelseyyyann21
Brooke - @brookenblanton
Max - @maxlillard
Phoenix - @phxj
Samantha - @samantharaaee
Oliver - @ollmurray1992
Hannah - @hannahthornby
Riana - @rianas92
Sara - @sesanchez21
Jena - @profheath

1. You will read Chapter 3 in your textbook

2. Read these two articles:
https://blog.twitter.com/2013/the-boston-bombing-how-journalists-used-twitter-to-tell-the-story

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/28/magazine/should-reddit-be-blamed-for-the-spreading-of-a-smear.html?pagewanted=all

3. Explore Reddit and do some research on the remedies, if any, proposed by Reddit and others involved in the Sunil Tripahti incident. You will write your first blog post. Slug it: REDDIT POST in the subject line.

All due Wednesday. Have a great Labor Day weekend!

By Friday: Please remember to play around with Storify and be sure you're up and running with your Twitter and Diigo accounts.

By Wednesday 9/4: Read the two articles on the Course Schedule document posted on the class website. One is about the use of Twitter during the Boston Marathon bombing and the other, from the NYTimes Magazine is called: "Should Reddit be Blamed for the Spreading of a Smear?" We'll discuss the issues both these articles raise in class.

Remember: First open HV meeting is Wednesday, 9/4 at 5 p.m. in the Andre Hall lobby. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to join us.