posted Apr 27, 2009 6:06 AM by Andy Channelle
OK. You have two bits of work you need to hand in at the end of the course. The first is the Profile based on your research and interview last term. This is a print-based and you can, if you wish use the template designed for this project. You can, of course, create your own layout too. The second piece is the audio slideshow (150 words, 60-90 seconds of audio, 10-15 images) which is being created in either TrakAxPC (in your workshops* and at home) or on some other piece of software you may have.
Due to the difference in media formats, these bits of work have different submission formats. The first needs to be submitted in the usual way (two copies handed in at the reception), while the second will be submitted on CD. This simply involves burning your slideshow and a text file containing the text to a CD and submitting it as normal. However, we'd also like you to upload the slideshow and text to the Red Dress Press and I'll show you how to do that this week and next.
* Note, due to a stupid bug in the software, I have to log you in to the university computer in order to use it here. PITA, but has to be done. Email me ( andy@channelle.co.uk) if you need to arrange an out of hours sessions. |
posted Mar 13, 2009 4:54 AM by Andy Channelle
Just thought you might want to have a watch of Jon Stewart interviewing
a financial industry pundit. The pacing is brilliant and the questions
may be the kind of things that only comedians can get away with because
the interviewee is expecting an easy ride. |
posted Feb 3, 2009 5:54 AM by Andy Channelle
A short lesson in the perils of buggering about with story URLs when working in an online environment. Maybe the Express works its journalists too hard? |
posted Jan 29, 2009 4:23 AM by Andy Channelle
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In 1981, a selection of US newspapers attempted to start an online news service. Here's a news report made at the time. |
posted Jan 26, 2009 2:09 AM by Andy Channelle
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A couple of years ago, Russell Tice leaked a story to the New York Times that America's National Security Agency (NSA) was using wiretaps without getting warrents. At the time the NSA said is was exclusively monitoring international communications of know terror suspects. Turns out that might not be the case and some of the most monitored communications were actually from news organisations and journalists. More here |
posted Jan 5, 2009 7:02 AM by Andy Channelle
I've added a calendar to the base of this page which should give everyone a better idea of what we should be covering each week on the production side of the course. You'll note that we're moving away from the print focus (though you still have one print-based assignment to undertake) and will be using other media including photography and audio. The purpose of this is to get everyone thinking about constructing narratives visually/sonically in preparation for the move to video next year. If you want an idea of the kind of thing we'll be doing (though with less navigation/frills!), have a look at these:
If you find any examples you'd like to share. Chuck 'em in the comments... |
posted Dec 10, 2008 3:03 AM by Andy Channelle
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Columbia University, which administers the prestigious Pulitzer Prize, has changed the eligibility rules for the prizes allowing online news organisations to submit entries for the first time. Traditionally, the Pulitzer definition of a news organisation was largely restricted to institutions who produced physical newspapers, though earlier changes allowed online entries in the 'breaking news coverage' and 'breaking news photography' categories, stressing the immediacy of the medium. The Pulitzer board, which judges the prize, said entries in all 14 categories come now from news organisations that publish at least once a week and which are primarily dedicated to reporting and covering original stories. Though this is a widening of sorts, it still fails to recognise the potential for breaking a story that a person 'in the right place and right time' who may concentrate on commentary (typical blogger fayre) but who may also break a big story that is missed by the mainstream. |
posted Nov 24, 2008 2:32 AM by Andy Channelle
Google
and Time have just started to digitize and make available the entire
archive - estimated at 10 million images - of Life magazine. These
pictures, which go right back through the history of photography (with an inevitable US slant) have
been hidden away in dusty archives for decades, but now they’re
available.
This is a monumental event that has the potential to change the way
we understand history. For example, the image below shocked me because,
as a non-US citizen, my understanding of the American civil war was
that it was just a few years away from the wild west, wooden buildings
and horse drawn carts. This picture suggests the demise of an
industrial powerhouse that just doesn’t square with my (TV-based)
experience. |
posted Nov 7, 2008 5:28 AM by Andy Channelle
I've just re-designed and uploaded a series of page templates ready for your final projects for this semester. You'll find Evening Post and Western Daily Press style templates for the two news stories, each with three locations on the page for your story. For the reviews you'll find one with a selection of magazine-y type layouts for your cultural object and then a more serious layout for the journalistic book review thing. There are brief instructions in each template, but please talk to Darren or me if you have more ambitious plans or are building a page from scratch. The template collection is here... |
posted Nov 4, 2008 3:56 AM by Andy Channelle
Here are some more links culled from various locations. The BBC has extensive web coverage, as does ITV and Sky. Most of the papers, too, will be covering results in some fashion, but I'd point you towards The Guardian's coverage, which has embraced the blog/social media idea quite comprehensively.
Polls FiveThirtyEight, Pollster.com, Real Clear Politics, Talking Points Memo's Election Central.
Video
YouTube has put all its election video onto one page, and has begun a project called Video Your Vote, in which people video themselves voting. Maps
Google has some incredible election map pages. For instance, here's a great page of historical election maps. Their election homepage is here.
Congressional Quarterly: historical maps.
The American Prospect's
DailyKos and TPM both have fun and very functional interactive maps. Want to do your own interactive electoral vote map? There are several to choose from: PBS, Yahoo, CQ, CNN, New York Times, Washington Post. |
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