Week 5
Sep 23rd, 2011 by Maria Burns Ortiz
Week 5 – Oct. 7
Blogs as reporting tools and live blogging
Journalism 2.0 – Chapter 4, Chapter 6
Blogs: All the noise that fits
Has the Blog Killed the Journalist
Journalism that Bloggers Actually Do
I Am Not a Blogger
Bloggers and Reporters…Why We Need Both
Sites to check out:
Boston Metro Desk
Sheepshead Bites
Republic Tiger Sports
Cover it Live (Create an account. Review the tutorial and demo.)
Al Jazeera Egypt live blog (Note there are multiple days.)
USA Today Emmy live blog
Patriots live blog
Obama Jobs Speech live blog
Homework:
Blog 1 – Choose an event to live blog (Event MUST be approved in advance.)
Blog 2 – 3 – Reporting assignment (300 words). Produce two blogs with original reporting that relate to your “beat.” Do not post more than one per day.
Blog 4 – Discuss your news tracking site’s use of blogs. What kind of blogs do they use? Do they live blog? What is the commenting process like?
In-class:
Cover It Live
Twitter 101