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Online Journalism: Theory and Practice

Online Journalism: Theory and Practice. Week 9 Lecture 1 Summer 2011 G. F Khan, PhD Dept. of Media & Communication, YeungNam University, South Korea g ohar.feroz@gmail.com. Last lecture…. _Audio Journalism. This lecture…. -- Organizing data and information.

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Online Journalism: Theory and Practice

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  1. Online Journalism: Theory and Practice Week 9 Lecture 1 Summer 2011 G. F Khan, PhD Dept. of Media & Communication, YeungNam University,South Korea gohar.feroz@gmail.com

  2. Last lecture… _Audio Journalism

  3. This lecture… --Organizing data and information Mostly lecture notes are taken from the book: Journalism Next: Chapter 11: Building a Digital Audience for News by Mark Briggs

  4. Before we start… • Survey • Time & Date for the missed class • Midterm results • Average=25 • Max=39 • Low=5.5

  5. Data Driven journalism • Use of database, spreadsheets, and other forms of structured or fielded data in news coverage or story development • Use of DATA for writing stories related to your topic.

  6. Data is everywhere • Amount of information in our lives is increasing. Need curation and filters to help it make sense • Social media is based on programming, data and databases. Information is stored in these places and brought to you based on your logins and preferences • First, tools to help organize your life, then data-driven journalism projects • Most tools are free, so barrier to try new things is very low.

  7. Organizingdataandinformation • Personal Challenge • Information that is as simple as the e-mails and spam you get on a daily basis in your inbox. • Professional Challenge • Use of information as a professional journalism • It is called as “digitizing your life,” which will eventually lead to digitizing your journalism.

  8. “There is no such thing as information overload, only filter failure.” Clay Shirky.

  9. Organizingdataandinformation • Identify • Capture • Organize • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbkSRLYSojo

  10. Organizational Tools • How much your are willing to pay? • Find right personal productivity tools - Google Docs, OpenOffice, • Cloud Computing - store files online; must have Internet access

  11. Organizational Tools • Specialized solutions: • Instapaper: save webpages for later reading. http://www.instapaper.com/ • Remember the milk: To-do and task lists • http://www.rememberthemilk.com/ • Oh don’t forget: quick reminder tool that send SMS to everyone’s cell phone, http://ohdontforget.com/ • DropBox • Basecamp: project management system for teams

  12. Organizational Tools • Develop a personal productivity strategy • What you need to manage+ right tools=personal productivity • What you need to manage? • E-mails, Quick searches (files on your computer or stuff off the web), Pictures, To-do lists, Calendar and Contacts and even your word office – Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

  13. Manage Your Email • Organize your e-mail. Limit the time your e-mail program is up on your screen.  And then begin to focus on other tasks and duties done. Spend no more than two minutes on every e-mail. • Create folder: • “Waiting On” Folder ~ Store e-mails that you are unable to respond without additional information • “Read This” Folder ~ Store e-mails that contain attachments or more information that can be read in 2 minutes

  14. Data-driven Journalism • Opportunities abound for using data in news coverage • Based on computer-assisted reporting, but for the Web • Depth, customization, searchability, long shelf life

  15. Data and storytelling • Every story is a field of data • Telling stories with data • E.g. a business reporter who produces a profile of a local company that recently won an award may report the following: • Company name, Location, address, city, CEO, no. of employees, years in business, annual revenue, market segment, awards, etc

  16. Data and storytelling • Computers & Databases helping reporters do their jobs - sort through information • Sharing data - APIs (Application Programming Interfaces • Closed systems and absolute control over content doesn't work in the modern newsroom • Other programmers and newsrooms can mashup their data

  17. Getting started • Start with spreadsheets, move to databases • Map Mashups - stories and in breaking news • Location-aware devices • Store data online, then convert, organize, update, enhance

  18. Other terms to KNOW: • API(Application Interface Programming) is a connection of data and technology exchanged between two separate Web sites. • Map Mashups is “physical location data” that is organized according to its category or information type.

  19. Thank You Questions & Comments

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