Transcript Week 8: March 24 - University of Minnesota Duluth
Slide 1
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Email
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
E-mail
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Google
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 2
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Email
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
E-mail
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Google
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 3
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Email
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
E-mail
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Google
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 4
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Email
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
E-mail
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Google
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 5
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Email
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
E-mail
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Google
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 6
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Email
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
E-mail
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Google
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 7
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Email
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
E-mail
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Google
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 8
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Email
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
E-mail
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Google
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 9
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Email
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
E-mail
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Google
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 10
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Email
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
E-mail
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Google
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 11
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Email
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
E-mail
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Google
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 12
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Email
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
E-mail
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Google
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 13
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Email
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
E-mail
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Google
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 14
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Email
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
E-mail
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Google
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 15
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Email
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
E-mail
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Google
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 16
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Email
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
E-mail
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Google
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
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Slide 17
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Email
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
E-mail
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Google
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
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sp
Slide 18
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Email
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
E-mail
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Google
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 19
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Email
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
E-mail
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Google
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 20
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Email
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
E-mail
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Google
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 21
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Email
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
E-mail
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Google
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 22
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Email
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
E-mail
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Google
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 23
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Email
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
E-mail
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Google
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 24
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Email
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
E-mail
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Google
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 25
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Email
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
E-mail
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Google
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 26
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Email
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
E-mail
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Google
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 27
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Email
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
E-mail
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Google
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 28
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Email
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
E-mail
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Google
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 29
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Email
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
E-mail
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Google
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 30
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Email
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
E-mail
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Google
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 31
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Email
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
E-mail
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Google
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 32
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Email
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
E-mail
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Google
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
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Slide 33
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Email
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
E-mail
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Google
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 34
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Email
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
E-mail
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Google
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 35
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Email
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
E-mail
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Google
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 36
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Email
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
E-mail
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Google
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 37
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Email
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
E-mail
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Google
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 38
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Email
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
E-mail
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Google
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 39
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Email
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
E-mail
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Google
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 40
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Email
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
E-mail
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Google
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 41
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Email
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
E-mail
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Google
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 42
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Email
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
E-mail
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Google
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 43
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Email
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
E-mail
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Google
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 44
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Email
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
E-mail
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Google
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 2
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 3
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 4
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 5
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 6
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 7
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 8
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 9
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 10
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 11
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 12
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 13
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 14
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 15
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 16
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 17
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 18
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 19
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 20
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
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Slide 21
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 22
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 23
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 24
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 25
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 26
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 27
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 28
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 29
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 30
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 31
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 32
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 33
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 34
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 35
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 36
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 37
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 38
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 39
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 40
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 41
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 42
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
sp
Slide 43
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
1.
2.
3.
snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
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Slide 44
Week 8: Journalism 2001
March 24, 2008
What’s misspelled?
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snowmobilers
designated
snowmobling
Internship Workshop
Andrea Novel Buck: Duluth News-Tribune Managing Editor
– Resumes forwarded to all publications
Duluth News-Tribune, Cloquet Pine Knot, Superior Telegram, Duluth
Budgeteer
– Available for college credit or paid
– Proven journalism experience essential
Clips: Printed or online
Look at writing/clips first: degree last
Variety of majors: often minors in journalism/professional writing
– What they’re looking for:
Understanding of deadlines
Eagerness to follow a story
Good attitude: “Dumb-ass job” comment doomed one applicant
Ability to think on feet, ask interesting questions
– Photography Internship Applications forwarded to Bob King
Duluth News-Tribune Facts
4 p.m. editorial meeting; community invited
58 employees: half news, half production
21,000 new hits on website during blizzard
Of the newsroom employees, 1/3 move on after
2-3 years, 1/3 have been at DNT 8-10 years,
and 1/3 are long timers
126 years in Duluth community: Third owner
General assignment reporter sees it all:
– Works Tuesday through Saturday night
Rob Karwath Column
Before it reaches print, every story
deserves a second look
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/in
dex.cfm?id=62952§ion=columnists&colu
mnist=Rob%20Karwath
Review of last week’s news
Hard News:
(murders, city council, government, etc.)
– Major local stories
– Major national/international stories
– Major sports stories
Soft News:
(retirements, school programs, human interest)
– Local stories
– National/international stories
– Sports stories
Upcoming stories
Hard News 2 Reporting Assignment
– Final article was due: March 14
– Tonight will edit classmate’s story, return feedback
– Rewrite/edit stories in class, will be put up on class website
Sports Reporting Assignment
– Final article due: Next Monday, March 31
– Any problems?
Community Journalism reporting assignment
– Story pitch due: March 12
– Final article due: April 14
Feature Story Assignment: Will discuss next week
– Story pitch due: April 9
– First draft due: April 21
– Final article due: May 5
Community Journalism Reporting
Assignment
Story Pitch Due: Wednesday, March 12
– No more than three paragraphs, 200 words
– Include 5Ws and H
– Email to: [email protected]
Go out into an area of Duluth, report on a topic of interest in that area
– Divide the city into zones: Each reporter picks a neighborhood to cover
Central Hillside
Chester Park/UMD: Michelle, Mandee, Cheri, Cara
Congdon Park
Downtown/Central Business District: Becca, James
Duluth Heights: Kayla
East Hillside/Endion: Jenna
Kenwood: Alex, Cory K., Ross
Lakeside/Lester Park: Jake
Lincoln Park/West End
Park Point: Chelsea, Amber
Piedmont Heights
West Duluth: Matt, Cory B.
Woodland: Nichole, Josh
Final story due: April 14
Do I stop him?
“Do I stop him?” Reporter's arresting
question is news
– A TV team chases a story to the finish. Was
there a confusion of roles? “Film at 6.”
– http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics
/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/
What would you do?
Chapter 17: Multimedia Journalism
Storytelling on the Web
– Print, broadcast journalists inevitably online
journalists
– Internet explosion: 7 out of 10 surf in 2005
Established in 1969 by Department of Defense
(not Al Gore)
– Shovelware: text, photos, audio, video from
other sources
What’s the difference from print?
Multimedia stories:
– Linear or nonlinear
– Unlimited background, space
– Less formal – snappy, conversational, edgy
– More active with searchable databases, blogs,
games, polls, surveys, quizzes, etc.
– Needs to be constantly updated
Multimedia story structure
Inverted pyramid
Linear stories best on scrolling pages
Screen-size chunks for nonlinear stories
– Readers rule: Each chunk independent
National Geographic:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearl
harbor/
To link or not to link
– What do you think?
Story summaries: a type of link
Sidebars, information boxes
Slide Shows (Photo Galleries)
Take readers behind scenes
Washington Post’s Camera Works
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpsrv/photo
Duluth News-Tribune
– Editors told to put stories on web first
– http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/
Tips for cutlines:
– Good ol’ 5Ws and maybe H
Multimedia Storytelling on the Web
Seven steps to success
– Find a fresh idea
– Focus your topic
– Plan and research
– Sketch a storyboard
– Report, interview, observe
– Edit and revise
– Test and troubleshoot
Your future as a Multimedia Journalist
The Backpack Journalist
– Write, shoot and record
What skills do you need?
– Strong writing
– Use digital still camera, video camera, audio recorder
– Edit photos, videos, html
Global, yet personal
– How does it affect your readers?
The Bottom Line: Sky’s the limit
– May the force be with you……
Chapter 11: Computer-Assisted
Reporting and Research
Traditional journalism skills:
– Good interviewing
– Accurate note-taking
– Organization and fast writing
New journalism skills:
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Searching the Internet
Using email, chat programs for collaboration, interviews
Building computer spreadsheets
Using online databases
Laptop computers
Cell phones
Wireless internet
Digital cameras
Precision Journalism
Precision Journalism, book by Philip Meyer
– Among the first journalists to experiment with
social science tools of public opinion surveys,
statistical analysis to examine social problems
of the 1960s
– Desktop computer revolution of 1980s led to
journalism specialty
– Today, evolved into computer-assisted
reporting, or CAR
Stories by CAR specialists
Criminal justice sentencing patterns
Election campaign contributions
Election results
Tax roll studies
School test scores
Residential segregation
Local examples of CAR stories
Hospital deaths in state
Housing values drop
Nursing home abuses
Rip tide currents
State budget analysis
Online research
Newspaper archives, commercial
databases
– Duluth News-Tribune
Using the Internet
– Listservs
– Newsgroups
– Chat
– World Wide Web
What an email account means
– [email protected]
Name: lucy kragness
@: at
Host computer: Duluth University of Minnesota
Type of host computer: education
edu: educational institution
org: nonprofit organization
gov: government
com: commercial
net: network
mil: military
Types of host computer:
Listservs
Virtual community of people linked together by
some common interest
– NICAR-L list: National Institute of Computer-Assisted
Reporting at the University of Missouri
“One to many” communication
Emails sent to all members of the listserv
Most open to anyone, some are moderated
– NAPANET
Typically, 15 percent actively post messages,
others are “lurkers”
Where to find listservs
Tile.net: www.tile.net
Profnet: www.profnet.com
‘zines: Use a search engine such as
Save instruction email when sign on to a
listserv
Find a listserv to possibly join…..
Newsgroups
Post messages to a newsgroup area
– An electronic bulletin board
Messages posted publicly
Like listservs, good source of story ideas
Google Groups: groups.google.com
Online Forum
– Similar to newsgroups, but open to members
of a specific service
Chat
Online chat areas are real-time typed
“conversations”
Chat room
– Can be waste of time unless active area
– Major websites host chat sessions with
prominent people
Find chat rooms at:
– ICQ (I seek you): www.searchirc.com
– Yahoo: chat.yahoo.com
World Wide Web
Began in late 1960s as U.S. military project
For 20 years, used by computer engineers,
research scientists, government contractors
– Problem: Mastery of often cryptic commands
Gopher: Early way to navigate the web
Hyper-text system developed in 1989 by Tim
Berner-Lee, a Swiss physicist
By 1994, WWW began to eclipse Gopher
Why did the Web grow?
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
coding and web browser software meant
that Web pages could be created that
incorporate text, images, sound files
Web pages designed to easily link to other
pages
Web pages could be interactive
Useful information
Government websites
– Securities and Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov
Annual reports, etc., about publicly owned comptanies
– U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
Population statistics
– White House: www.whitehouse.gov
– Minnesota Legislature: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/
Companies
– Often find a company: www.companyname.com
Duluth.com
Associations
– Greenpeace: www.greenpeace.org
– Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org
– World Health Organization: www.who.org
Reference Works
– UMD Library
– Information Please almanac:
www.infoplease.com
– Merriam-Webster dictionary, thesaurus
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Search tool categories
Directories: organized by subject
– Yahoo: www.yahoo.com
– Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
Spiders/Robots: Roam the Web, index
words
– Google: www.google.com
– AltaVista: www.altavista.com
– HotBot: www.hotbot.lycos.com
“Shaft” search sites: Like spiders, but only goes to
certain selected Web sites
– TotalNews searches news sites: www.totalnews.com
– Medical World Search: www.mwsearch.com
– Euroseek: www.euroseek.com
Metasearch databases: multiple search engines
– Dogpile: www.dogpile.com
– Metacrawler: www.metacrawler
Scouting reports: Evaluated, annotated by scouts
– Poynter Institute for Media Studies
– FindLaw: www.findlaw.org
Web Rings: www.webring.com
Guessing:
– Let’s find: White House, Burger King, Mayo Clinic, St. Scholastica
Checklist when looking at websites
Authority
– Who sponsors page? Link to goals?
Accuracy
– Sources listed so they can be verified
– Free of grammatical, spelling errors
Objectivity
– Check if biases clearly stated
Timeliness
– Look for dates showing when page was written
Coverage
– Is the page complete or under construction?
Ways to use website information
Story ideas: identify trends, interest of
readers
Use as background information
– When have new story assignment, search the
web for similar stories, ideas
– Find sources on a particular topic
Make sure the website is legitimate
Never attribute by writing “according to
the Internet”
Dan Rather Assignment
Out of Class Assignment: Due today
Next week’s assignment
Computer Assisted Reporting worksheet
Due: March 31
In-class Assignment: Due today
Editing classmate story
– Make changes, give to reporter
– Editing form returned to me: Worth 5 points
Rewrite Hard News 2 stories
– Using all of the editing suggestions, rewrite/edit your
story
– Email final copy to: [email protected]
Worth 5 points
– Stories will be posted on class website:
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lkragnes/jour2001spring
2008/
Hard News 2 Review
Overall strong stories
Remember to focus on news: What happened, not how
– Avoid chronology!
– Ask yourself “what happened”
– How you would explain what happened to friend
Attribution strongest after quote
Keep graphs to 2-3 sentences max
Need background information
– If idea mentioned in lead, needs to be included in story
Direct quotes bring story to life
– Trust your notes!
Need first names for sources
Watch the use of acronyms
The Lakewalk extension along Lake Superior will go
ahead as planned after the City Council rejected changes
to the plan at Tuesday’s meeting.
Public opinion dominated Monday night’s City Council
meeting as many Duluth citizens protested changes to
the Lakewalk extension, leading to a 6-3 vote rejecting
the changes in favor of keeping the Lakewalk by the
lake.
The message is loud and clear: Minnesota’s Public
School funding is out of whack, and substantial changes
need to be made to the state’s public school funding.
At the local “Spend an Hour with your Superintendent –
Budget Meeting,” School Board members and Duluth
citizens discussed the projected budget as well as some
concerns regarding Duluth’s Red Plan and taxes.
Egradebook
Doublecheck assignments correct in
egradebook:
– http://www.d.umn.edu/egradebook
Portfolio
Store academic information on your
Electronic Portfolio. Each student has 100
mb of storage.
Access Electronic Portfolio at:
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/index.j
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