J309: Intro to Online Journalism

Deadline: Monday, Dec. 6 by 3PM

In the comments section of this post, you must add the required elements to make a teaser. A URL to the teaser image (../beat/beat-lastname-tzr.jpg), a headline for your story, a summary (no more than 45 words) and the URL you want it to link to (typically either index.html or beat-lastname.html) 

Again, the elements are:

- URL to the 200x125 image

- The headline

- The sumamry

- The URL to the story

Week 11 | Brainstorming and wireframing sites

Folks,

Week 8 | Slides, Community site topics and Assignment [Slides] [PDF]

Assignments

#1] Find your Digital Footprint
Google yourself and write a 400 to 600 word post on what you find. Post this piece as an HTML document onto your ascjweb.org server and add the link to the comments of the class site.

Deadline: Thursday, Oct. 21 at noon

#2] Review a tech tool
Pick a tool, from the list or not, and write a 400 to 600 word review, from a journalistic point of view.

Deadline: Thursday, Oct. 21 at noon

Midterm | Details [Slides] [Template]
http://elprofe.me/usc/2010/309/midterm/


For your midterm, write a text main bar that is at least 600 words long... no longer than 800 words. Do one “in-their-own-words” audio slideshow (absolutely no narration). Do either a video that includes the BBC 5-shot, in the correct sequence, or a Webby element that offers the user a two-minute experience.

Put all your different elements/packages onto this template. Rename the title, headline, byline, etc. of this HTML document. And rename this HTML file as midterm-first initial last name.html EXAMPLE: midterm-rhernandez.html

Upload to your ascjweb.org server.

I will be grading the overall story, the quality of the individual packages, the quality of the individual elements inside packages (photos, audio, editing, captions, etc.) and how everything works together.

Of course I will be also checking spelling, grammar, AP Style and general HTML code. Do not let these little mistakes kill your grade. Read the syllabus for details.

Deadline is 9AM, Monday Oct. 18. You will be posting your URLs in the comments of THIS blog post.

NOTE: How do you embed a soundeslide? Go to this URL: http://tinyurl.com/ssembed and paste in the URL of your uploaded audio slideshow. Resize the audio slideshow to 500x430 ... you’ll see that option after you click on "continue" ... it’s at the bottom.

NOTE: How do you get this HTML file? Euther view source, select all and paste all into an HTML editor. Or do a right mouse button click on this link and 'Download' or 'Save Link' as.

Professor Jack Lerner's presentation
http://elprofe.me/usc/2010/501/week7/

Make sure you learn a lot of details relating to this slide:
http://elprofe.me/usc/2010/501/week7/lernerlawslides_files/lernerlawslides.003.png

Assignments

#1] Work on Midterm