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February 6 – Pie Chart
I’m almost caught up. I’ve been able to provide annotated feedback to seven of you so far. My apologies to the final four. I hope to have this squared away before our next meeting. Tonight’s primary...
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1896: Newspaper Wars
The other evening in class I tried to find an article I’d recently read that featured the Yellow Kid graphic. Now I’ve found it and would like to direct your attention to 1896: Newspaper Wars. In...
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February 8 – Pie Chart
Your quizzes have been marked and will be returned at the start of class. We will briefly go over the answers. Please check my math on the scoring, it’s possible I made a mistake and will make...
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Best Designed Papers
A recent twitter tweet mentioned a blog post that names the 5 of the best designed papers in the world. It might be useful to look at the design and layout of some of the the award winning papers as...
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Audio Resources
As we dig into our audio feature assignment, I’d like to direct your attention to some great examples of radio journalism. First up will be a couple of different pieces featuring Kelly McEvers, a...
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Issuu Pages – Review Activity
I’m so happy to see how cool everyone’s pages look. For now, I’ve uploaded each of your PDF files to Issuu.com so they can be see online. I’ve also assigned each of you two articles to review on your...
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Data Smog via Storify
I just discovered how to get a Storify collection into a wordpress.com site. The trick is to use the export feature instead of the embed feature. You will have to enter the URL and login details for...
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3/14 Class Plan
No Pie Chart today. Here’s how we will deal with Chapter 11 tonight. I’ve set up a storify page looking at several online news organizations’ packages for a big story in the American politics. With...
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Time Running Out
At long last I have finally posted the details for activity and project 3. I feel that I’ve mentioned all the points covered in class. Please have a look at the details and let me know if there any...
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Listen Up
I’m delighted to see that almost everyone is finished with audio projects. I was hoping that students would listen to one another’s work and leave comments on the blogs. So far this doesn’t seem to...
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