COMM 361 Online Journalism

•  Reading Assignments (125 pts.)
Home Reading Assignment #1 - Summary: Web 2.0 by Mark Briggs.
Home Reading Assignment #2 - Summary: Bloggers and Journalism from Lasica.
Home Reading Assignment #3 - Summary: On Jakob Nielsen.
Home Reading Assignment #4 - Summary: How to Blog by Mark Briggs.
Home Reading Assignment #5 (bonus) - Summary: Googling Tips from Sreetips.

•  Video Conference Stories (450 pts.)
Video Conference Story #1 - on Jose Antonio Vargas, Reporter, Jan. 29.
Video Conference Story #2 - on John Solomon of Washington Times, April 18.*
Video Conference Story #3 - on Mario Cuomo, Former NY Governor, Feb. 19.
Video Conference Story #4 - on Stephen Farnsworth, Author, Feb. 26.
Video Conference Story #5 - credit given, March 19.
Video Conference Story #6 - on Jim Mills, The Hill columnist, April 2.

* - video conference for Solomon added in place of previous conference with Grover Norquist. Kimbell favored the write-up due to relevance of the topic - the economy and journalism.

•  Class Speakers
Brad Kalbfeld

•  Final Project (200 pts.)
Final Version
Rough draft version is same as final draft, rough draft was overridden by final.

•  STAR Lab (50 pts. + 20 EC)
Dates attended:
Feb. 18 (Adobe Photoshop CS3)
March 23 (Adobe Illustrator CS3)

•  Media Pyramid
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•  Class Blog (100 pts.)
Obama-Rama Commentary
Class blog, updated at least twice a week. A discussion on Obama politcs, with a focus on how it hits and bounces on the Internet.
Starving Journalist
Second class blog, updated twice a week. A discussion about news media, and how the economy has affected its business.