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Melbourne Future of Journalism Summit – Program
Wednesday, November 26 – Telstra Conference Centre
Level 1,
242 Exhibition St (cnr Lonsdale & Exhibition streets),
Melbourne
$80 for non members
Program
9am-9.05am Welcome
Christopher Warren – Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance federal secretary and CEO of the Walkley Foundation
9.05am – 9.25am Launch of Life in the Clickstream – the future of journalism report and discussion of the findings of the Media Alliance mission to US and Western Europe
Matt Brown – producer, ABC Radio, Melbourne
Louise Connor – Alliance Victorian branch secretary
Terry O’Connor – production editor – couriermail.com.au, Queensland branch secretary
Ruth Pollard – Journalist – Sydney Morning Herald, Media Alliance federal president
Christopher Warren – Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance federal secretary and CEO of the Walkley Foundation
9.30-10.10am: In conversation – The state of the global news media
Phil Meyer - Knight Chair of Journalism, University of North Carolina; author – The Vanishing Newspaper
Margaret Simons – Journalist and author – The Content Makers
Moderator: Matt Brown – producer, ABC Radio, Melbourne
10.15am – 10.55am The economics of journalism
Christian Guerra – head of communications, media and entertainment research – Goldman Sachs JBWere
Russel Howcroft – chairman and managing director of George Pattersons Y&R and panellist – ABC TV’s The Gruen Transfer
Ivor Ries – head of research, EL&C Baillieu Stockbroking, former Chanticleer columnist with the Australian Financial Review
Robert Gottliebsen - columnist, Business Spectator, former publisher Business Review Weekly
Moderator: Kathy Bowlen - presenter Stateline, ABC TV
10.55-11.10 Morning tea and networking
11.10am – 11.40pm Opportunities and challenges
Tony Wheeler – founder – Lonely Planet
Jane Schulze – media section editor, The Australian
James Kirby – editor – The Eureka Report
Moderator: Damien Carrick - presenter/producer – The Law Report, ABC Radio National
11.45pm – 12.30pm Innovation
Matthew Ricketson – media and communications editor – The Age
Trevor Cook - author of Corporate Engagement blog
Rod Peno - editor- Wires and Lights in a Box blog - The Australian
Moderator: Paul Colgan – Deputy Editor of News Digital Media’s news.com.au
12.30-1.30 Lunch and networking
1.30-2.15pm: Keynote discussion – What next for the media?
Jan Schaffer – former Pulitzer Prize winner and executive director of J-Lab
Michael Gawenda – Director of the Centre for Advanced Journalism, University of Melbourne, former editor of The Age
2.15pm-3.00pm: Gadgets and applications – the technology transforming journalism
Asher Moses – Young Australian Journalist of the Year online winner
Stephen Quinn – Associate professor of journalism, Deakin University
Andrew Maiden – Director – Media Communications, Telstra
Moderator: Misha Ketchell - researcher, Media Watch, ABC TV
3.00pm – 3.15pm afternoon tea and networking
3.15pm – 3.55pm Building the journalist of the future
Lawrie Zion – Senior Lecturer and Journalism Coordinator, Media Studies Program, La Trobe University
Chris Smyth – Acting Dean of Murdoch University
Ian Royall – City Editor – Herald Sun and Cadet Trainer – Herald & Weekly Times Ltd
Colin McKinnon – Learning & Development Manager – Editorial – The Age
Moderator: Heather Ewart - journalist, The 7.30 Report, ABC TV
4.00pm – 4.55pm Connecting with the audience
Stephen Brook – assistant news editor – MediaGuardian.co.uk
Annie Fox – editor-in-chief, The Vine – Fairfax
Moderator: Jonathan Este – Director – Communications, Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance
5pm Close followed by drinks
Tags: Academic · Independent · News Orgs · newjournalism
Analysis of an online news site
http://theage.com.au
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/
http://www.abc.net.au/news
http://au.yahoo.com/
http://ninemsn.com.au/default.aspx
Answer the following with examples where possible
What is the structure of the front screen?
What categories is the news divided into?
How closely does the site resemble the print/broadcast entities associated with them?
What new media elements are present? How are they integrated into the site? Is content being pulled from other sources?
How is hyperlinking used? Internally? Externally?
How web aware is the site – use of XML, search customization? How well does it work?
Describe the use of layout, graphics, design, typography?
Describe the quantity, position and type of adverstising – how well integrated is it?
Shooting your video
In groups of 4, you are going to interview one member of the group about the findings of the class exercise.
This exercise is designed to get you used to the cameras you will be using in your assignments and to introduce some concepts in relation to video techniques.
After recording your interview, capture the footage to a computer using Movie Maker or iMovie (only available in the Mac lab).
Upload the footage to Youtube.
To retrieve the footage you can use, Vixy Converter available at http://vixy.net
Read this helpful tutorial between now and next week
http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/tutorials/video/shooting_tips/
You can download a User Manual for the camera here
Tags: Academic · classexercise
A general guide for word/time length
Video – no longer than 10 minutes
Audio – no longer than 10 minues
Text interviews – no longer than 2000 wordsBlogging and news
1. Interview a blogger from a mainstream news publication (audio or video)
2. Interview an academic about blogging and news media (audio or video)
3. Undertake a 3 minute vox pop about blogging (audio or video)
4. Write a 200 word introduction to blogging and news
5. Create a timeline of key moments in the history of blogging
6. Compile a list of important sites/articles about blogging and news (10 minimum)
Some starting points for research
Just what is a blog, anyway? By Michael Conniff
Defining this variable form is not easy in the highly opinionated blogosphere – nor is it simple in the increasing number of newsrooms that are in embracing blogging.
http://www.ojr.org/ojr/stories/050929/
Bruns, A., and Jacobs, J. (eds) Uses of Blogs (New York: Peter Lang, 2006)
Hands-On Guide to Video Blogging and Podcasting : Emerging Media Tools for Business Communication (see handout)
Citizen Journalism
1. Interview a journalist from a mainstream news publication about the rise of citizen journalism (audio or video)
2. Interview a key player in a citizen journalism project (audio or video or text)
3. Interview an academic about citizen journalism and news media (audio or video)
4. Undertake a 3 minute vox pop about citizen journalism (audio or video)
5. Write a 200 word introduction to citizen journalism and news
6. Create a timeline of key moments in the history of citizen journalism
7. Compile a list of important sites/articles about citizen journalism and news (10 minimum)
Some starting points for research
http://del.icio.us/tag/citizenjournalism
Bruns, A., Gatewatching: Collaborative Online news Production (New York: Peter Lang, 2005) and also his blog http://snurb.info/
Hyperlocal Journalism
1. Interview a journalist from a mainstream local news publication about hyperlocal journalism (audio or video)
2. Interview a key player in a hyperlocal journalism project (audio or video or text)
3. Interview an academic about hyperlocal journalism and news media (audio or video)
4. Undertake a 3 minute vox pop about hyperlocal journalism (audio or video)
5. Write a 200 word introduction to hyperlocal journalism
6. Create a timeline of key moments in the history of hyperlocal journalism
7. Compile a list of important sites/articles about hyperlocal journalism (10 minimum)
Some starting points for research
Margaret Simons is a former Age journalist and current research fellow at the Institute for Social Research at Swinburne. She is currently undertaking a project on focused around hyperlocal journalism.
http://del.icio.us/convergentjournalism/hyperlocal
Jay Rosen’s Press Think blog
http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/pressthink/2006/08/08/pl_bass.html
New tools and new journalism
1. Interview a key thinker about the phenomenon of crowdsourcing (audio or video or text)
2. Write a 200 word introduction to crowdsourcing
3. Compile a list of important sites/articles about crowdsourcing
4. Interview a key thinker about the phenomenon of podcasting/videocasting and news (audio or video or text)
5. Write a 200 word introduction to podcasting/videocasting and news
6. Compile a list of important sites/articles about podcasting/videocasting and news
7. Create a timeline of key moments in the history of podcasting/videocasting and news
8. Interview a multimedia journalist from one of the mainstream media organisations (audio or video or text)
9. Interview a journalist about the changing nature of their work as a journalist (audio or video or text)
10. Interview a digital media producer about the possible uses of mapping technologies such as Google maps in news production (audio or video or text)
11. Compile a list of important sites about mapping technologies and news
Some starting points for research
Crowdsourcing
The Rise of Crowdsourcing
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.06/crowds.html
Crowdsourcing: Consumers as Creators
http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/jul2006/id20060713_755844.htm
Videocasting/podcasting
Vodcast.tv directory
http://www.vodcasts.tv/category/18/News
BBC’s guide to vodcasting and podcasting
http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/askbruce/articles/video/podcast_1.shtml
Multimedia Journalism
Interview with Tom Kennedy, managing editor for multimedia at Washingtonpost.
http://www.thepomoblog.com/papers/10Q6.htm
Interactive Narratives
http://www.interactivenarratives.org/
News University
http://www.newsu.org/courses/course_detail.aspx?id=ucknight_multimedia07
Mapping Technologies
Cool uses of Google Maps
http://www.cyberjournalist.net/news/002626.php
Newsmap
http://marumushi.com/apps/newsmap/
Tags: Academic · Ideas and planning
Tags: Academic · General · Ideas and planning
