Vid #1: Your Work!

And off we go!

Ali

The edits between items in Ali's vids are a little too abrupt, but that's not an uncommon problem in a first video.

Colin

The subjects were a bit distant. Don't be afraid to bring the camera up to them.

Dan

Good mix of B-roll, and nice job in jumping from one interview to another quickly, so it feels more like a conversation where people jump in and out, instead of having one person drone on, then the next.

Darien

The camera angles could be better-executed, but you have the concepts right.

Mandi

B-roll needn't be video; you can also use still images, like you do here.

Thrishanna

Be sure to get good, clear audio!

Charlene


Again, audio! Plus, it may have been helpful to have some narration as sort of a lede over the opening B-roll, just so we don't have a long period of no sound, and so the viewer knows what you'[re getting at. Just like a written story, we don't want a viewer to have to wait and guess what a vid is about; they should know right away.

Tyler

Don't be afraid to use B-roll in the middle of an interview segment, and not just as transitional B-roll between different interview segments.

Kaylonni


I know you're working with basic equipment, so I'm not very concerned with video quality. But in terms of concept, we could have used some B-roll to break up single interview segments while the subject keeps talking, just to break up that tedious shot of someone droning on.

Karilynn

Nice structure and good sound, but two things: first, this is a general news story for a general audience, so avoid the direct and opinionated statement at the end (though I appreciate the sentiment). Second, there was a fatal in the spelling of Yuehan Liu's first name. Let's be sure that we're following the EXACT same fact-checking standards as we have in print. The medium is different, but why we do it and the standards we're trying to execute are not.

Ariel

Just like in print stories we need attribution, we also do in video. Who are the interview subjects? Why are they talking about this subject? We could really use some attributing captions here.

Thomas

Audio, right? And B-roll? Captions?

Yuehan

Nice audio! Nice use of still pictures as B-roll!

Vid #1: Some Examples Of What It Could Look Like

For the first video assignment, I am asking you to do a news video on the topic of, what have you learned sofar in JRN 200?

In this assignment, I will split you up into groups, and you will interview your group members for this story.

As long as you meet the basic parameters of this assignment, I will give you a 4.0 equal to that of a practice story. Those parameters include:


-- Videos staying within the 1-2 minute range and on-topic
-- Videos containing at least two human interviews on tape
-- Videos containing NO fatals


The penalty for failing to meet these parameters is 0.5 of your grade, per error. In addition, a fatal resulted in a 1.0 grade. And failure to turn it in, of course, is a 0.0.

These same deductions will apply on all future multimedia assignments. But future assignments WILL include consideration of content and journalistic value.

Now, in doing a first video people demonstrate a wide range of starting points. Let's get a sense of what those starting points may look like, based on the first videos from my summer 2012 JRN 200 class. Let's point out and discuss good habits and ones that can be a bit better.

Off we go: 

Lindsay

Molly

Emily

Lilly

Max

Julia

Katelyn

Vid #1: Your Video Group!

For the video exercise, each person will be assigned to a four-person group with which you will work on the vid assignment and interview each other. Please share whatever video resources you have within your group.

For those of you who don't have a camera, please be sure to get a memory stick or comparable memory device in which to store your raw video.

You may edit your video on whatever editing program you have on your own personal computers (iMovie, ect.). If you lack such an editing program, the open lab on the second floor of the CAS building has such programs already loaded.

You MUST work with your group members and include their interviews in your story. However, additionally you MAY collaborate with other groups in working on this story and ALSO include their members among your interviews. You may NOT trade group members.

Green group: Anne, Colin, Kaylonni, Thomas

White group: Charlene, Ariel, Tyler, Jack

Sparty group:  Mandi, Ali, Thrishanna, Dan 

Izzo group: Darien, Karilynn, Yuehan, Whitney

Blog/Tweet #1: Some Examples Of What It Could Look Like

For our opening assignment in using social media and writing about breaking news, what I will ask you to do is to pick out anything in your daily routine for which to write an online breaking news preview story, an online breaking news follow-up story, and a live tweet stream as the event is unfolding.

When I say I want you to do anything in your daily routine, I do mean anything. Cover your watching your favorite TV show. Or your roommate making breakfast. Or a game on TV you're watching. Really, anything.

The reason for that is that I simply want you to get used to the technical process, without having to do any real and time-consuming reporting. We will incorporate reporting in latter versions of this assignment.


Now, on these assignments, everyone will get a 4.0 as long as long as we meet the basic parameters of the assignment.

Those include:

-- Each breaking news entry being about the SAME topic, being covered as a preview and then a recap of what happened
-- Each breaking news story staying over the 100-word minimum
-- The breaking news stories being written in a journalistic style, as opposed to a first-person blog-like style
-- Each breaking news item containing two working hyperlinks, inserted onto text
-- A minimum of 12 tweets on the same subject as the breaking news topic
-- Each tweet having a consistent unique hash tag, to allow the tweets to be chained together

The penalty for failing to meet these parameters is 0.5 of your grade, per error. So, if your tweets lacked a consistent unique hashtag, you got a 3.5. If your breaking news stories lacked topic consistency AND the minimum hyperlinks, you got a 3.0.

In addition, a fatal resulted in a 1.0 grade. And failure to turn it in, of course, is a 0.0.

These same deductions will apply on all future multimedia assignments. But future assignments WILL include consideration of content and journalistic value.

Now, to give you an idea of what the final product might look like, let's look at breaking news/tweet combos from the first such assignment my summer 2012 JRN 200 class, and let's talk about what worked and what can be done better.

And we're off:


Max: Stanley Cup preview / review  /tweets #maxonstanleycup

Julia: making pasta preview / review / tweets

Lindsay: rainy day preview / review / tweets #whenitsraining

Molly: making a sandwich preview / review / tweets #bestroomie

Nubia: movies review / another review / tweets #vh1babyboy

Tiarra: TV show preview / review / tweets #funnyshow

Justin: NBA Finals preview / review / tweets  #NBAFJRN200MSU

Emily: TV show preview / review / tweets #finallysomedecenttv

Kyle: NBA Finals preview and review / tweets

JRN 200: Multimedia Resources Are Here!

You know how at the start of the semester I said we'd be working with video, social media, online media and new media in general? Well, the time is almost here! 

From these hyperlinks, you can download both Journalism 2.0 (in either the English, Spanish or Portuguese versions; whatever ya want. Knock yerself out) and the Reporters Guide to Multimedia Proficiency.

Please download BOTH free texts and read each in its entirety (close to 200 pages total) before class on Wednesday.

Also, please read Reporting For The Media Ch. 14 (p. 353-373) by that same date.

Plus, please set up FREE accounts at YouTube.com, blogger.com and twitter.com for use in class, no later than Wednesday. You may use personal social media accounts, but please be aware that if you do, I will see your personal content and your friends will see your class content. If this is a problem, please set up class-only accounts as needed.

Finally, if you have a Flip camera or some sort of video-recording equipment, please start bringing it to class on Wednesday.

Thanks!

Vid/MM #2: Let's Take A Look-See!

This time, we're going to look at the videos/tweets/blog posts as a unit, to see how each medium cross-told the story. Off we go:


Bella: news stress  video / blog 1 / blog 2 / tweets #badnewsstudy


Angelica O: student voting video / blog 1 / blog 2 / tweets #postelection2012

Alex: college hockey video / blog 1 / blog 2 / tweets #msuhockey

Tia: dining halls video / blog 1 / blog 2 / tweets #dininghallsjrn

Carly: housing  video / blog 1 / blog 2 / tweets #housingatmsu

Nourhan: movie screening video / blog 1 / blog 2 / tweets #crossingbordersmsu

Okay, now the next four I'd like you to also look at after class, because included are links to the related written out-of-class stories, as published by spartanedge.com. If you want to get an idea of what all parts of your third out-of-class story should look like, this gives you a pretty good and thorough idea:

*****

Danielle: campus safety video / blog 1 / blog 2 / tweets #msucampussafety (spartanedge.com version)

Brytanie: Body image video / blog 1 / blog 2 / tweets #menonbodyimage (spartanedge.com version)

Nick: campus smoking video / blog 1 / blog 2 / tweets #smokingjrn200  (spartanedge.com version)

Shelby: student stress video / blog 1 / blog 2 / tweets #midyrstress  (spartanedge.com version)



*****

Now, back to the rest:


Cait: student voting video / blog 1 / blog 2 / tweets #msuvote

Matt: instant replay video / blog 1 / blog 2 / tweets #jrn200 #mlb

Liam: student voting video / blog 1 / blog 2 / tweets #msuvoters

Amber: student voting video / blog 1 / blog 2 / tweets #jrn200tweet


Angelica C: health care costs Video / blog 1 / blog 2 / tweets

Out-of-Class #3: Don't Forget ...

... that you will have related multimedia on the same topic that will be due the last day of class!

That includes a video with at least two interviews and b-roll, two online news posts with at least two hyperlinks each, and a tweet stream with at least 12 tweets and a universal hash tag.

The old-fashioned written version will be due Nov. 20. The usual rules apply.

MM #1: In General

Good job by most folks on this first round of multimedia work! If you have not received a grade email for me, you can assume you received 4.0s on each segment, each of which counts as a practice story grade on this assignment (but will weigh much more on future assignments).

Also, in the future it would be very helpful to me if you sent all your links to all different media assignments in ONE email, and if you provided hyperlinks to each in that email. Thanks!

Blogs/Tweets #1: Your Work!

Let's take a look:


Bella: TV show preview / review / tweets #cm21

Cait: Cleaning up preview / review / tweets #cliquewentsick
Insert your hyperlinks INSIDE the text!

Nick: TV show preview / review / tweets #onehilarioustvshow

Angelica O: Library preview / review / tweets #nightsatthemsulibrary
Don't forget a lede tweet, so people know what will follow


Leah: making a pie preview / review / tweets #joeyjrn200
Make sure your links all work!


Carly: TV show preview / review / tweets #crimminds
Need a lede tweet, and more description of what you're seeing instead of what you think

Alyssa: trash ball game preview / review / tweets #obrienblalock

Shelby: TV show preview / review / tweets #jrn200oth

Needs a lede tweet; no such thing as too many tweets. But this comes close.

Brytanie: Cafe preview / review / tweets #ryanschapelureadventure
Nice use of varied hyperlinks from different sources in the blog, and Twit pics in the tweets

Stephen: TV show preview / review / tweets #scrubs #musical
Let's not forget journalistic writing style: short grafs, use of quotes, ect.

Nourhan: TV show preview / review / tweets #nollyonrevenge

Liam: TV show preview / review / tweets #watchinggameofthrones

Danielle: TV show preview / review / tweets #tladdictedtoheroin
Don't forget your hyperlinks!

Tia: World Series preview / review / tweets #jrn200tigers

Alex: World Series preview / review / tweets #alexonws

Amber: Tablet / fire / tweets #jrn200tweet
Make sure we stay on topic!

Matt: football game preview / review / tweets #jrn200 #gogreen

Vid #1: Your Work!

Let's take a look!

Leah
Could have used more b-roll and a title slide, and it ran too long

Amber
A tripod would be nice. No matter how steady you think you can hold a camera, it will look shaky without a tripod.

Bella
Good use of captioning.  See how much better the shot is with a tripod?

Nourhan
Nice back-and-forth interviews. But, tripod! And b-roll!

Nick
The audio is a bit uneven. Try to get the mics as close as you can to the subject.

Matt
Again, mic + distance = lousy audio

Carly
Better audio. Good thing you asked Brytanie how she spells her first name. Watch your editing at the end; the last sound byte gets cut off.

Stephen
B-roll was wise to use between segments, but would also have been helpful amid segments, too, to break up that constant head shot of your interview subject.

Brytanie
Good tight head shots, but needs more b-roll

Alex
Good audio; good b-roll but needs more b-roll.

Shelby
Under copyright law, you can't use copyrighted music without expressed written permission of the author. It's not enough to credit it. (Same with pictures.) So, no fatal, but you do get a federal lawsuit.

Angelica O.
Ambitious interviewing: you interviewed a FORMER student, too!

Danielle
Captions when we first introduced interview subjects would have been helpful.

Alyssa
Nice interviews, but a lack of b-roll.

Liam
Ditto

Tia
Fun opening b-roll!

Cait
Unfortunately, a fatal: be sure to double-check name-spellings!

Vid #1: Your Video Group!

For the video exercise, each person will be assigned to a three-person group with which you will work on the vid assignment and interview each other. Each group has at least one person who told me they have a Flip camera or comparable video recording device; please share whatever video resources you have within your group.

For those of you who don't have a camera, please be sure to get a memory stick or comparable memory device in which to store your raw video.

You may edit your video on whatever editing program you have on your own personal computers (iMovie, ect.). If you lack such an editing program, the open lab on the second floor of the CAS building has such programs already loaded.

You MUST work with your group members and include their interviews in your story. However, additionally you MAY collaborate with other groups in working on this story and ALSO include their members among your interviews. You may NOT trade group members.

Green group: Shelby, Amber, Matt

White group: Tia, Cait, Leah

Sparty group: Nourhan, Danielle, Stephen

Izzo group: Angelica O., Alex, Nick

Breslin group: Carly, Angelica C., Brytanie

Munn group: Alyssa, Liam, Bella

(NOTE: The Munn group of State Newsers is being grouped together only because two of these three people will be at the same convention as I am, and won't be available at most times to work with non-State Newsers in a group. I would rather have mixed them up with the rest of the class, but this is a nod to practicality. Plus, this is my full disclosure of a conflict of interest, so nyah.)

Vid #1: Your First Assignment, Some Examples

For the first video assignment, I am asking you to do a news video on the topic of, what have you learned sofar in JRN 200?

In this assignment, I will split you up into groups, and you will interview your group members for this story.

As long as you meet the basic parameters of this assignment, I will give you a 4.0 equal to that of a practice story. Those parameters include:


-- Videos staying within the 1-2 minute range and on-topic
-- Videos containing at least two human interviews on tape
-- Videos containing NO fatals


The penalty for failing to meet these parameters is 0.5 of your grade, per error. In addition, a fatal resulted in a 1.0 grade. And failure to turn it in, of course, is a 0.0.

These same deductions will apply on all future multimedia assignments. But future assignments WILL include consideration of content and journalistic value.

Now, in doing a first video people demonstrate a wide range of starting points. Let's get a sense of what those starting points may look like, based on the first videos from my summer 2012 JRN 200 class. Let's point out and discuss good habits and ones that can be a bit better.

Off we go: 



Justin

Lindsay

Molly

Emily

Tiarra

Lilly

Nubia

Kyle

Max

Julia

Katelyn

JRN 200: Multimedia Dowloads Are Here!

From these hyperlinks, you can download both Journalism 2.0 (in either the English, Spanish or Portuguese versions; whatever ya want. Knock yerself out) and the Reporters Guide to Multimedia Proficiency.

Please download BOTH free texts and read each in its entirety (close to 200 pages total) before class on Thursday, Oct. 25.

Also, please read Reporting For The Media Ch. 14 (p. 353-373) by that same date.

Plus, please set up FREE accounts at YouTube.com, blogger.com and twitter.com for use in class, no later than Oct. 25. You may use personal social media accounts, but please be aware that if you do, I will see your personal content and your friends will see your class content. If this is a problem, please set up class-only accounts as needed.

Finally, if you have a Flip camera or some sort of video-recording equipment, please start bringing it to class on Oct. 25.

Thanks!

MM #2: Let's Look At Some Vid/Blog/Tweet Combos!

Okay, round two of multimedia. Except this time, we're going to look at how each medium -- social, online and video -- told the same story topic in different ways.

Let's look at how each medium maximized its advantages -- video telling stories in motion and sound, online using hyperlinks for background, and social breaking things into short blasts -- and how each medium complemented the others and helped form a well-rounded examination of the subject at hand.


Off we go:


Julia: construction accident first story / update story / video / tweets #jrn200collapse

Max: MSU baseball: first story / update story / video / tweets #maxonmsubaseball

Justin: summer school  first story / update story / video / tweets #msujrn200class


Lindsay: grub crawl event  first story / update story / video / tweets #omargrubbing

Kyle: healthy eating first story / update story / video / tweets #healthyisexpensive

Lilly: Facebook policy  first story / update story / video / tweets  #facebookpolicy


Nubia: bike safety first story / update story / video / tweets #msubikesafety

Emily: student work  first story / update story / video / tweets  #jrn200story2tweetstream


Now, this is how the grading worked: the first story, second story and tweets were individually graded, then an average grade was determined that was your multimedia assignment grade.

Your video was graded individually, and had its own grade equal in weight to the multimedia package grade.

Grades were figured more on content and substance and proper use of journalistic style than in the previous multimedia/video assignment. This assignment was NOT a perfect 4.0 as long as you met the technical requirements, as was the last assignment, though the technical aspects still weighned in as part of your grade. Those were:

-- Videos staying within the 1-2 minute range and on-topic
-- Videos containing at least two human interviews on tape
-- Videos containing sufficient attribution of sources

-- Each breaking news story staying over the 100-word minimum
-- The breaking news stories being written in a journalistic style, as opposed to a first-person blog-like style
-- Each breaking news item containing two working hyperlinks, inserted onto text
-- A minimum of 12 tweets on the same subject as the breaking news topic
-- Each tweet having a consistent unique hash tag, to allow the tweets to be chained together


In addition, a fatal resulted in a 1.0 grade. And failure to turn it in without proper and verified excuse, of course, is a 0.0.

Multimedia #2: How My Last Class Did It

If you're looking for some examples of people who were at the same stage you're at now. Let's look at some of the groupings!

Sam: beyond coal video General comments: Video: Watch your spellings! One video caption has a misspelling.


Jessy: roommate conflicts video General comments: Video***: Notice the back-and-forth use of sound bytes, where you talk to one person, then another, then go back to the first person. It's more conversational and generally preferable to using everything someone has to say all at once.

Darcie: protest video General comments: Video***: note the use of narration to help keep the story moving between sound bytes.


Julianne: restaurant video  General comments: Video*** Nice use of b-roll and neutral experts! The latter turns what could have been a one-sided puff piece into something more analytical.


Stefany: speaker video General comments: Video***: This was a tough assignment, in that you were reporting on a speech that already took place. Smart back-tracking in getting an interview with the speaker, reactions from people who were in the audience.





BriAnn: dodgeball fundraiser video / General comments: Video***: Good use of b-roll and nice use of yourself as an on-camera narrator. But remember as journalists we need to present ourselves neutrally, which means don't wear a Greek shirt when doing a NEWS story about Greek life.

Julia: holiday creep video


Connor: Dorm security video General comments: Video: a little more b-roll, pleez!

Videos: Let's Look At Some Vids!

Justin

Lindsay

Molly

Emily

Tiarra

Lilly

Nubia

Kyle

Max

Julia

Katelyn

Now, on these assignments, everyone got a 4.0 as long as they met the basic parameters of the assignment. (Remember I said that was the condition of getting an automatic 4.0?)

Those included:

-- Videos staying within the 1-2 minute range and on-topic
-- Videos containing at least two human interviews on tape
-- Each breaking news entry being about the SAME topic, being covered as a preview and then a recap of what happened
-- Each breaking news story staying over the 100-word minimum
-- The breaking news stories being written in a journalistic style, as opposed to a first-person blog-like style
-- Each breaking news item containing two working hyperlinks, inserted onto text
-- A minimum of 12 tweets on the same subject as the breaking news topic
-- Each tweet having a consistent unique hash tag, to allow the tweets to be chained together

The penalty for failing to meet these parameters is 0.5 of your grade, per error. So, if your tweets lacked a consistent unique hashtag, you got a 3.5. If your breaking news stories lacked topic consistency AND the minimum hyperlinks, you got a 3.0.

In addition, a fatal resulted in a 1.0 grade. And failure to turn it in, of course, is a 0.0.

These same deductions will apply on all future multimedia assignments. But future assignments WILL include consideration of content and journalistic value.

JRN 200: Multimedia Downloads Are Here!

From this hyperlink you can download the Reporters Guide to Multimedia Proficiency.

Please download this FREE text and read each in its entirety (just over 40 pages) before class n Monday, June 11. And thanks!

Vids/Blogs/Tweets #2: The Roundup

Let's look at some of the groupings!

Sam: beyond coal video / blog / tweets #jrn200msuenergy General comments: Video: Watch your spellings! One video caption has a misspelling. Blog: Give each post its own headline, not just one that's the old post name, plus "continued." Also, don't use the same hyperlink in consecutive posts. Use new hyperlinks.

Breanna: cosmetics video / blog / tweets #organicvsconventional General comments: Video: What is the attribution for the information in your text slides? Don't forget attribution there! Also, watch your editing. A latter caption had text saying "text here" or something like that; there was also a span with no video. Blog***: EXCELLENT use of embedded video and hyperlinks. Tweets***: EXCELLENT use of hyperlinks!

Trisha: housing video / blog / tweets #toliveonoroff General comments: Video***: Good range of interviews.

Jessy: roommate conflicts video / blog / tweets #roommateconflictsstory General comments: Video***: Notice the back-and-forth use of sound bytes, where you talk to one person, then another, then go back to the first person. It's more conversational and generally preferable to using everything someone has to say all at once.

Darcie: protest video / blog / tweets #MSUsafety General comments: Video***: note the use of narration to help keep the story moving between sound bytes. Blog/tweets***: EXCELLENT use of hyperlinks to give people more information. See how each medium tells a story using basically similar content, but parsing that content in different ways?

Mattie O.: college housing video / blog / tweets #collegehousing General comments: Video***; EXCELLENT use of captions to introduce each subsection and nice b-roll, but where are the minimum two interviews with a human being? Perhaps you could have introduced sound bytes to explain some of the subsections instead relying solely on what was otherwise strong narration. Blog***: Insert hyperlinks into existing text as opposed to saying, "Watch this!" Tweets*** Strong hyperlinks, including link to video. But make sure your hash tag is truly unique unless you WANT to let your readers see related topic tweets beyond your own.

Ashley: inclusion video / blog / tweets #MRULESouth General comments: Video: B-roll would have helped break up the long interview segments. Tweets: You have some tweets that are quotes. If they are from someone else, you still need attribution. If they are your observations, then you don't need quotation marks; tweets are assumed to be from you.

Nick: cigar tax video / blog / tweets #jrncigars General comments: Video***: When you're doing a news story as opposed to an opinion piece, please refrain from interjecting opinion, like you did at the end here.

Julianne: restaurant video / blog / tweets #recordbreakingnoodles General comments: Video*** Nice use of b-roll and neutral experts! The latter turns what could have been a one-sided puff piece into something more analytical. Tweets:*** Nice mix of quotes and facts.

Nicole: keg law video / blog / tweets #kegtags General comments: Video: more b-roll would help break up the interview shots a bit. Blog: Hyperlink on text and don't create a "click here" link. For example, instead of saying "To see what the tag looks like, click here," just create a hyperlink on your first reference to the tag. Tweets***: It flows well, like a story would.

Stefany: speaker video / blog / tweets #takethepledge General comments: Video***: This was a tough assignment, in that you were reporting on a speech that already took place. Smart back-tracking in getting an interview with the speaker, reactions from people who were in the audience. Blog***: Smartly updates and evolves original post on he speaker by delving into one of the subtopics of the speech. Tweets***: A basic play-by-play rundown of the speech.

Mike: dorm water podcast / blog / tweets #hubbardwater General comments: podcast***: something different, but the same. Note the structure: you still have a (narrated) lede, you still have quotes (via sound bytes), you still have attribution. Blog: Give each post its own headline, not just one that's the old post name, plus "continued."

Bethan: LGBT community video / blog / tweets #bethanstory General comments: Video: B-roll would be helpful, even with a topic where visuals aren't obvious. The story is about individuals becoming part of a community; show them interacting with others, on their daily rounds, ect. Blog: Insert hyperlinks into the text, not into a separate line. So, instead of having a line at the end saying, "All of these groups have pages" and then offering links, instead put hyperlinks over the first reference to each group.

Alissa: online dating video / blog / tweets #loveisintech General comments: Blog: Give each post its own headline, not just one that's the old post name, plus "continued."

Maddie F.: MSU entertainment video / blog / tweets #iloverha General comments: nice job all around.

BriAnn: dodgeball fundraiser video / blog / tweets #SKPhilanthropy General comments: Video***: Good use of janky-free b-roll and nice use of yourself as an on-camera narrator. But remember as journalists we need to present ourselves neutrally, which means don't wear a Greek shirt when doing a NEWS story about Greek life. Tweets***: a play-by-play of the event that complements -- but doesn't overlap -- the vid and blog.

Julia: holiday creep video / blog / tweets #christmascreep General comments: Blog***: nice use of an initial overview, then a post on reaction. Also, nice link to your own video. Tweets***: make sure your hash tag is truly unique unless you WANT to let your readers see related topic tweets beyond your own. Which, in this case, might be kinda useful.

Kevin: MSU entertainment video / blog / tweets #uabmsu General comments: Video***: your b-roll of the sales stuff would have been better used while the co-owner was talking, so you can show and tell at the same time.

Connor: Dorm security video / blog / tweets #msudormsecurity General comments: Video: a little more b-roll, pleez! Blog: Posts are a bit on the long side; you may have been better off in breaking up your two posts into four or five shorter posts.

Carly: Greek life video / blog/ tweets #missgreek2011 General comments: video: nice use of b-roll, but you only used one source when the assignment required at least two. Plus, unauthorized use of copyrighted music.

Maggie: Fan violence video / blog / tweets General comments: blog: Hyperlinking is best done when embedded in ordinary text passages, as opposed to at the end of all text. Tweets***: nice overview where the tweets collectively read like a story.

JRN 200: Multimedia Downloads Are Here!

From these hyperlinks, you can download both Journalism 2.0 (in either the English, Spanish or Portuguese versions; whatever ya want. Knock yerself out) and the Reporters Guide to Multimedia Proficiency.

Please download BOTH free texts and read each in its entirety (close to 200 pages total) before we next meet on Wednesday, Nov. 2. And thanks!

JRN 200: Multimedia Downloads Are Here!

From these hyperlinks, you can download both Journalism 2.0 (in either the English, Spanish or Portuguese versions; whatever ya want. Knock yerself out) and the Reporters Guide to Multimedia Proficiency.

Please download BOTH free texts and read each in its entirety (close to 200 pages total) before we next meet on Wednesday, Nov. 2. And thanks!