Teaching Journalism

Jul 03, 2007 - Posted by Heather McCall
Kristian Strøbech, an Associate Professor at the Danish School of Journalism and the instructor of "Online Journalism & Multimedia Storytelling," gives an in-depth account of her class's project on reader interactivity. The project -- setting up a website to cover the hometown soccer team -- revealed how a live audience dialogue can be a great motivator in a training excercise as well as a useful source of inspiration and knowledge.
Jun 12, 2007 - Posted by Mary McGuire
An interesting blog discussion about what guidelines should be used to ensure fairness and accuracy when gathering and producing audio material to accompany multimedia stories online.
Mar 29, 2007 - Posted by Mary McGuire
An interactive website rich with tips, advice and resources for educators and others interested in learning how to use Flash to create intereactive, multimedia content for news websites.
Mar 21, 2007 - Posted by Julie Ryland
The Annenberg Online Journalism Review has posted these articles on online journalism and how to write for the Web. The articles include tips for writers, tools and glossaries for the terms used in online journalism. If you are a registered user in OJR.org, you can also add to and edit the articles.
Feb 21, 2007 - Posted by Mary McGuire
A helpful glossary of definitions from the Online Journalism Review about the common jargon used in Web journalism.
Feb 21, 2007 - Posted by Mary McGuire
A great list of the variety of ways in which news can be presented online, taking advantage of the unique features of the Internet from Jonathan Dube, the editor of CBC.ca and the publisher of Cyberjournalist.net.
Feb 21, 2007 - Posted by Mary McGuire
A database full of creative interactive narratives, which the site defines as "informational and storytelling experiences designed and produced for the web." They leverage great design, visual journalism and rich-media content.
Feb 21, 2007 - Posted by Mary McGuire
More from the Online Journalism Review about launching online journalism courses at the university level, which includes interviews with Canadian as well as American instructors.
Feb 21, 2007 - Posted by Mary McGuire
The Online Journalism Review published a list of resources for teaching online journalism in 2004, which includes a links to course syllabi, including Canadian ones.
Feb 21, 2007 - Posted by Mary McGuire
This site offers a series of tutorials for journalists who want to learn how to produce stories in the field using audio, video, photos and web design tools. The detailed instruction about shooting and editing video and audio make this site useful for broadcast instructors, too. This site is sponsored by The Western Knight Center for Specialized Journalism program, which offers workshops to mid-career journalists to enhance their expertise and multimedia skills.
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