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Tuesday, January 8th, 2008Information Diffusion in the Blogosphere
Assigned: 1/29/2008 Due: 2/19/2008 before class
Work in Pairs! Get started early, this is a long assignment involving both media analysis, design, and programming.
The web as a publishing platform facilitates the rapid review and re-publishing of information through different outlets such as blogs and podcasts. In particular […]
Multimedia Reporting Examples
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008Here are some examples of multimedia reports that we’ll look at and discuss in class today.
Defining the Barrier: An example of maps + video feature / narrative
The Gulf Coast in Katrina’s Wake: Maps and panoramas, spatial understanding and immediacy
War in Lebanon: timed b&w photo essay, voice overs, ambient sound, and interspersed text
Heavy Beginnings: interactive photos […]
ANNOUNCEMENT: Please get this book for this course
Monday, January 7th, 2008Apologies for a last minute addition, but this did not make it to the cut-off date for ordering text books. Please try to get the book
Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel (2007). The Elements of Journalism: What Newspeople Should Know and the Public Should Expect. 2007. Three Rivers Press. (Amazon has it for $11.16).
This is a […]
Introduction / Overview
Monday, January 7th, 2008Tue 01/08/2008: Introduction and Overview
Overview of Journalism and Computational Disciplines
Critique of Example Interactive News Packages
ASSIGNMENT #1 Out
Ideas for First Assignment
ANNOUCEMENT: Symposium on Computation and Journalism (Feb 22-23, 2008).
Friday, January 4th, 2008A special for this term is that we are hosting a Symposium on Computation and Journalism, at GA Tech, Feb 22-23, 2008. All participants of this class will be invited to participate and help with this first of a kind event.
ASSIGNMENT #1: Multimedia News Gathering and Reporting
Thursday, January 3rd, 2008Assigned: 1/8/2008
Due: 1/29/2008, 1pm.
For this assignment you’ll be on the ground collecting and reporting multimedia information on a newsworthy story of your choosing. This might include integrated elements such as text, audio, video, photos, slideshows, panoramas, interactive infographics, maps, interviews or anything else you can think of. Get creative! You should select a story […]
ANNOUNCEMENT: Site Started
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008Started the CJ 2008 site.
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