J453 Online Reporting

and Editing: Spring

2011
Brian Duggan
David Calvert
Brian Duggan
 bpduggan@gmail.com (preferred)
 702-203-7679
 @brianduggan
 www.bpduggan.com
 TheNevada Appeal business and legislative
reporter; also written for the Arizona
Republic, Scripps News, Las Vegas Review
Journal and the Bismarck Tribune.
David Calvert
 david@calvertphotography.com

 775-848-3510

 @calvertphoto

 www.calvertphotography.com

 Freelance photojournalist. Corporate and

editorial clients: New York Times, USA
Today, Wells Fargo, Reno Aces.
Your assignments
 Think about the recession and its effect on
higher education in Nevada and UNR.
 You are reporters/web producers/editors at
this publication.
 Maintain a blog with weekly updates (three
minimum).
 Give a 10 minute group presentation.
What you will do
 Twitter  Maintain active account
 WordPress  Weekly blogging
 Cover It Live  Event coverage
 Slide shows  Click through w/ copy
 Final Cut Express  Video story
 Amadeus  Audio story
 Google maps  Visual story with data
 CS5  InDesign, Photoshop
Grades
 75 percent: Five stories and group
presentation
 12.5 percent: Five quizzes

 12.5 percent: Regular blog posts, at least

three per week
Instructor blog
 www.journalism453.wordpress.com
 Class news
 Readings
 Syllabus
 Contact info
 Publishyour work on a class blog, name to
be determined later
 Local media outlets (RGJ, Sagebrush, J-school
website, etc…)
Required materials
 The Associated Press Style Book
 Producing Online News, Ryan M. Thornburg

 An external hard drive, especially needed for

multimedia
 Headphones
Journalism yesterday
 Dailynews cycles
 Legacy media outlets control message

 Consumption of one medium, maybe two

 Resources (Cash, skrill, cheese, $$$)

 Credibility (at least more of it)

Source: http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/data_access/tag/news_media.html
Journalism today
 1440/7 news cycle
 New and authoritative voices (blogosphere)

 Consumed over multiple platforms

 Fewer resources

 Credibility perhaps more difficult, unless your

audience accepts your approach
Resources, tips
 http://nv20.unlv.edu/
 http://www.nevadaworkforce.com/
 http://www.business.unr.edu/faculty/parker/
 Local media: RGJ, Las Vegas Gleaner, Face to
Face, etc…
 Gawker, Huffington Post, Paul Krugman, Media
Storm, etc…
 We’ll post links on the instructor blog, too.
Twitter
 Ifyou haven’t already, establish one by next
class
 Tucson shooting

 Thoughts on Twitter by Jay Rosen

Precautions to consider
 Your work and blogs will be public
 The Jordan Butler Experience

 When you use Twitter remember you are

making a public statement that can be read
by anyone.
Blogging
 Write a blog post on this: Is Twitter a useful
tool for journalism? Why or why not?
 E-mail the blog to David and me with the
subject: J453 — All e-mails MUST contain
“J453” in the subject line or else they may be
overseen and remain unread.