HAM420 Convergent Journalism

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/

EPIC 2015
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/epic

Interactive Narratives
http://www.interactivenarratives.org/

Society of News Design Award winners
https://www.snd.org/competitions/sndies.lasso

Online Journalism Review’s links to multimedia stories
http://www.ojr.org/archive.cfm?topic=multimedia

JLab’s Cool Stuff
http://www.j-lab.org/coolstuff.shtml

Join the News University
http://www.newsu.org/profile/

and take the Course “Steps to Multimedia Storytelling”

I have updated the Motif site and added your names to the motif team on the about page – as well as made some changes which we will discuss in class on Wednesday.

Hey guys just running question ideas for Paul Green, who works for Ericsson. He is our moblile phone expert. Please comment here with any ideas you have, thanks.

1. Tell us about your job

2. The mobile delivers text, audio and video to users. Which of these do you think is the best for delivering news?

3. How about length/time?

4. Where are people consuming such media?

5. News content is currently being repurposed for mobiles, do you see a dedicated mobile news service in the future? Why/Why not?

6. How important is branding in terms of news for mobiles? Does the quality image of say The Age carry over to the mobile screen?

7. What innovations does mobile technology enable in terms of news delivery?

8. Video blogging and services like YouTube have enabled users to broadcast themselves. Will this take off on mobile phones too?

9. Will mobile video blogs provide an alternative to professional news services?

10. Users of 3G services currently use their provider to access content (Planet 3, BigPond Mobile etc) and don’t leave that portal. What’s stopping users from accessing other sites?

11. How do you see people accessing news on their phone in 5 years time?

Mon

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hi everyone

just thought i would let you all know that the interview went well and we have some good stuff on the digital divide. Am thinking a bit of research on the digital divide & the way it effects convergent Journalism could accompany this interview. I shall try to capture all the interview before next weeks class and bring it in.
cheers suz

Peter Barnett has re-scheduled the interview to tomorrow! Wed 30th Aug @ 5pm!

Hello people!

I’ve finally organised an interview with Peter Barnett. Friday 1/09 at 5pm at his place, in Toorak. If anyone wants to come along, you’re more than welcome to. Just e-mail or call me on 0400 099 553. Please refer to my blog for the interview agenda. Good luck.

Hey! I met Paul Green in class today and told him about our project and he’s agreed to an interview..I think Trent was planning to do it? Anyhow, if someone has already made contact with him, ignore this..but I will update his contact details on the MOTIF schedule page.