Reflections about the declaration of principles
Some discussion about the World Journalism Education Conference’s declaration by journalism educators at the RConversation Blog.
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Declaration of principles of journalism education
The World Journalism Education Conference in Singapore adopted this set of principles in June, 2007.
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Audio vs. video storytelling
An essay about the differences between audio and video storytelling from a journalist who has done both in Canada and the U.S. the essay includes links to audio and video examples.
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Producing breaking news online
A training module from the Gannet Corporation, a leading newspaper company in the U.S. designed to help newsrooms understand how and why they need to change their ways and put online news first. It includes tips on writing like a wire reporter and videos from editors about why online news matters to the future of newspapers.
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Interviewing tips from NPR for young radio journalists
NPR’s project called Teenage Diaries on National Public Radio included a website with lots of tips for people about producing good radio stories. This page is the list of tips for conducting effective interviews.
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Learning to use the audio editing software Adobe Audition
A series of videos designed to teach people how to use one of the most popular audio editing software pacakges. Some of the sections are free online. There’s a charge for viewing the entire set or purchasing the CD.
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Tips for producing radio reports from the BBC
A site designed for high school journalism teachers with lots of great advice about everything from using a microphone and editing software to writing and interviewing for radio. It includes audio reports and interactive lessons.
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Writing and using effective links in online stories
Poynter’s Chip Scanlan has started a new series called the ABC’s of Online Journalism. In this, his first column, he describes his views about when and how links should be used in online news stories.
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Journalism schools out-of-date
An article from Insidehighered.com about how journalism schools are falling behind and failing to adapt to the new media world. As a result, students are not learning the skills they need in the new multi-media world of online journalism. The article is based, in part, on a presentation to the AEJMC’s convention in Washington in August…
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Ethics in multimedia storytelling
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.