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Lecture 22/09 2009 - Jour 202 Searching the Web, Storyboard, Web 2.0 Tools

Lecture 22/09 2009 - Jour 202 Searching the Web, Storyboard, Web 2.0 Tools. Today. 1. Your blogs, my comments 2. A few Blogs and J-Projects 3. RSS, Google Reader (iGoogle) 4. The Pitch – Developping a story and presenting it

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Lecture 22/09 2009 - Jour 202 Searching the Web, Storyboard, Web 2.0 Tools

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  1. Lecture 22/09 2009 - Jour 202 Searching the Web, Storyboard, Web 2.0 Tools

  2. Today 1. Your blogs, my comments 2. A few Blogs and J-Projects 3. RSS, Google Reader (iGoogle) 4. The Pitch – Developping a story and presenting it 5. Databases and story development : the questions to ask, the numbers to use 6. Search engines vs. directories; query language and Boolean logic; how a database thinks; narrowing your search; how to find what you need 7. Storyboard again 8. CAR1 Assignment: Use the Net to research and write a 500-word piece related to preliminary project topic and post on your blog (due Sept. 29) 9. Blog Assignment #2 10. Tools : Twitter

  3. Marking of blog posts • Each blog posts will be graded on 10. • What I’m looking for : • Content (multimedia and journalism related) • Structure (appropriate lead, syntax and grammar) • Referencing & sourcing (use of hyperlinks, correct attributions/citations) • Research (quality and breadth of material used) • Use of multimedia features (when a tool is discussed in class, you are to use it in your blog i.e. video, graphs, audio, still pix). • Each element is give 2 out of 10 marks. • You’re to produce anywhere between 20 and 30 blog posts during the course of the term. Marks will be added up and then normalized to tabulate a grade worth 50 % of the final mark.

  4. Your blogs… • Leads • Be careful with adjectives, redundancies, and hinges that just clutter the texte. • Watch for Clutter • You need to develop the blog a bit more ; I need you to build side bars where you'll reference stuff, your musings, and eventually other blogs. • Paragraphs are most often times way too long. Separate it a bit more. • And plan out more what you’re going to write about.

  5. Real simple syndication - RSS • 100 times more efficient than using your browser bookmarks (or favorites). • A customized Page One, ready for you on any computer with Internet access, at home or at work, and even on your phone. • It’s better than an aggregate of all the wire services—because YOU set it up to bring you what YOU want. (Mindy McAdams) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSPZ2Uu_X3Y • http://mashable.com/2008/12/07/how-to-use-google-reader/

  6. The best story idea is (most often) at most 1 km away from you • … Choose something that you care for, that you really want to do • Circumscribe your problem in little units, easier to manage • One theme at a time : History, chronology, data, people, consequences, impacts, etc. • Then, set out to research the info you need : • Questions you need answered • Documents you may need • People who will talk about your story • Images, sounds, data

  7. How to get started 1- What’s the starting Point/Question/Hypothesis? 2- ID the info 3- ID the sources 4- ID the Audio/Images/Graphs you need, 5- Why you need it and what you’re going to do with it? 6- What do you need the info/sources for? 7- What are you going to do with it? 8- ID the people who make the story

  8. ‘’How does it work? Does it work well? Who wins? Who loses? How? Why?‘’ Chronology also comes in handy because :: • It gives you an idea of how the story evolves • Tells you how a person/a fact/a situation is important to a story • Helps you plan the writing/story board Organise the material as you go along. It helps sort through the stuff you collect, make sure you don’t miss out on anything. • One page, one idea • A folder on each subtheme • A folder on each character

  9. What’s the story about To convince an editor to let you go along with time and resources, ‘’pitching’’ the story requires a few ingredients : • Timing, public interest, never heard of before • Story isn’t covered • The question asked is funny • Injustice • Corruption, crime • System fails • A character who carries the story • An element of contradiction, a paradox, an opposition

  10. STORYBOARD ONE – The story • A multimedia storyboard is a story outline that lays out the multimedia possibilities. • The best multimedia stories are multi-dimensional. They include action for video, a process that can be illustrated with a graphic, strong quotes for video or audio, and/or powerful emotions for still photos and audio. • They use the strengths of each medium to tell the story in a way that draws in readers. • Multimedia stories also are nonlinear. You engage readers by letting them choose which elements to read and when to read them. • Then consider what media you will use to tell each part. • A multimedia piece has action, process and a person who can give strong quotes.

  11. STORYBOARD TWO - Collect Preliminary Information Gather as much information as possible to put together a rough storyboard. Preliminary interviews with sources Getting a basic idea of what to expect in the field Research what’s published in print or on the Web Collect visuals -- photos, videos, maps and graphics

  12. THE STORYBOARD – Define the elements • A paragraph or two explaining the story • Profiles of the main characters • The main event • The process of how something works • Pros and cons • Background of the situation • Other issues Again, a multimedia piece has action, process and a person who can give strong quotes.

  13. THE STORYBOARD Identify the media • Video – Best for describing action and emotions, presenting characters • Animated Graphics – Describes a process • Audio – adds drama to still photos and videos ; avoid audio alone • Maps – Location, and possibly interactive information • Words – Describes a story, gives accounts • Still photos – best for emphasizing strong emotions ; makes strong points in the story ; can be more dramatic than video, as they don’t go by as quickly Again, a multimedia piece has action, process and a person who can give strong quotes.

  14. Databases Sophisticated computer programs used to manipulate, query and organize electronic data. Flat-file databases, basically spreadsheets; they store the data in rows and columns; you sort and filter, and can calculate/tabulate. Relationnal databases also let you query the data in all forms (Through SQL). Most websites, when offering research, use relationnal databases. A list of American/Canadian databases http://www.library.ucsb.edu/istl/01-winter/internet.html

  15. Basic Research Proquest & Canadian Newstand : Books, dailies, magazines, trades, academic papers, etc. http://library.concordia.ca/research/databases/index.php?subid=15&action=ListBySub&ListDB=List+databases Lexis Nexis : www.lexisnexis.com/news Lists most of English mediawith an online presence the world over. The unsub’d access is not a search engine, but a newsfeed10 Press Display www.pressdisplay.com : Over 500 world dailies are referenced, and their lead stories are organized by subject. Searches by countries/subject Google advanced search and its multiple features Reports, experts, documents, groups, blogs, books, etc.

  16. Basic Research Social Media Personnal contacts, forums and blogs, Twitter, Facebook, etc. For characters, or to refine story ideas. Interest Groups For each and every subject, chances are someone, somewhere, will have a group about it. Repertories and search engines Yahoo, Google, http://www.sources.com/ Wikipedia, Britannica, and encyclopedias in general : Good to explain a subject and get a head start on a situation

  17. JournalismNet • How to find people in discussion groups • How to search government websites • How to find media • How to use search engines • How to find stats HINTS at research : JournalismNet http://www.peoplesearchpro.com/journalism/

  18. Twitter • Twitter is a mass medium or ‘’broadcast’’ platform — Twitter is also a personal space for those who choose to use it that way. (‘’Why are people putting such drivel? They’re not talking to you.’’) • You need a strategy : you use it for personnal reasons, to keep in touch with friends, or to network with other colleagues, professionnals? • Figure out what you’re doing and why you’re doing it. Another way to put it: Who is your audience, or who do you want to be in your audience? Who is this for? There’s an old creative-writing maximum that goes something like this: If you write only for yourself, you’re likely to have an audience of one. • http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2009/whats-your-strategy-for-your-online-work/ • See also http://mashable.com/2009/05/14/twitter-journalism/

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