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124 Pedagogical approach or method This course adopts a dual pedagogical approach, as it includes traditional lecture/ discussion or seminar sessions and practical, hands-on tutorials and exercises in a computer laboratory. The ideal is a small class (up to 20 students), with one computer per student. A larger class may be divided into small groups for the lab session. Each student should have a computer with Internet access. If this is not affordable, the instructor’s computer screen could be projected (though this is not recommended, since students learn much better by doing than by watching). Number of hours per week: 4 hours (two for lecture/discussion, two for lab work). A list of required and recommended texts and/or equipment Online Relevant contemporary material published on specializing sites on the Internet, including software tutorials and articles on online journalism. Books • Foust, James, Online Journalism - Principles and Practices of News for the Web, (2005), Holcomb Hathaway Publishers, Scottsdale, AZ. • Stovall, James Glen, Web Journalism - Practice and Promise of a New Medium, (2004), Pearson Education, Boston, MA. • Quinn, Stephen, Convergent Journalism: The Fundamentals of Multimedia Reporting, 2005, Peter Lang Publishing, New York, NY. • Kovach, Bill, and Rosentiel, Tom, The Elements of Journalism : What newspeople should know and the public should expect (2001), Crown Publishers, New York, NY. • Software: Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Audacity, Soundslides, iMovie (or other video editing software like FinalCut Pro or Adobe Premiere) Schedule of classes Week 1 Seminar: Syllabus presentation. Students’ introduction. Overview of local and international online journalism. How the Web works (Foust Chapter 2). Lab: Tools and terminology (Foust 1) and Introduction to HTML (Foust 3). Reading assignments for the following week: For seminar, Ward 1 and Stovall 1; for the lab, Foust 1 and 3. Week 2 Seminar: What online journalism is and how it has evolved. A brief history of the Internet and the digital revolution, and its impact on journalism in the world and in your country. A local or regional case study is presented. Lab: HTML and CSS introduction. Starting the Web publishing project: students’
125 resume pages. Reading: Kovach & Rosentiel (or http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reports/professor/elements.pdf ). Foust 1. Week 3 Seminar: Basic values of journalism applied to the new media. “The Nine Elements of Journalism.” Types of online journalism (abroad and local). Discussing and selecting topics for short research paper to be presented during week 8. Lab: HTML: Hyperlinking, inserting images and other advanced authoring techniques. Working on resume pages. Reading: Foust 6 Week 4 Seminar: Planning a class project: Web zine or news Web site. Principles of Web design, information architecture, usability of news Web sites. Lab: Finishing resume pages. Starting to build the class Web zine. Reading: Stovall 2 Week 5 Seminar: News Web site analysis: students dissect local and/or foreign news Web site that will serve as benchmark for the class Web zine project. Discussing and assigning stories students will write and edit for the class Web zine. Lab: HTML: Introduction to creating tables and using CSS. Creation of Web zine in HTML and CSS. Reading: Foust 5. Stovall 4. Week 6 Seminar: Gathering information on the Web. Principles of Computer-Assisted Reporting. Progress reports of the stories for the Web zine. Lab: HTML: Additional techniques with tables and CSS. Continuation of development of Web zine in HTML with CSS. Reading: Foust 7. Stovall 5. Week 7 Seminar: Principles of writing and editing for the Web. Stories are due and edited for publication on the Web zine. Lab: Introduction to digital camera and techniques. Week 8 Seminar: Web zine evaluation. Mid term exam or short paper/essay presentation. Lab: Introduction to Photoshop and introduction to audio interviewing for the Web. Reading: Gillmor 1, 12
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