Comments on: Day one of the multimedia newsroom

By: The New Media Journalists | Social Media Strategy | Online PR | Proactive Report | Sally Falkow

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:33:15 +0000

[...] on multiple platforms. See Jackie Hai’s list of what student journalists need to [...]

By: CSS workshop for online journalism // Jackie Hai // Convergence Commons

CSS workshop for online journalism // Jackie Hai // Convergence Commons — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:27:49 +0000

[...] Friday I taught my first workshop in the AW multimedia newsroom, an introductory primer on CSS geared toward online [...]

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Let old and new learn from each other // Jackie Hai // Convergence Commons — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:20:49 +0000

[...] its opening, The Amherst Wire’s multimedia newsroom has become a common space where both students and faculty drop by. So far, students have learned [...]

By: Part One: What’s an online-first newsroom? « Save the Media

Part One: What’s an online-first newsroom? « Save the Media — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 22:41:08 +0000

[...] writing for print and a small pool of crazies blogging, social networking and using multi-media. Jackie Hai at Convergence Commons has a great list of what journalists-in-training need to know to b…. Do existing journalists need to know all of these, including how to podcast and edit a video and [...]

By: Jackie Hai

Jackie Hai — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:22:45 +0000

@ceejayoz – WPMU is something I’ve been considering for a while. I actually just noticed that they’ve released version 2.7, so we may look into making the switch soon.

@S.P. – Exactly, none of us can do it alone, nor should we. Here’s hoping the summit will pave the way for more cross-org cooperation.

By: S.P. Sullivan

S.P. Sullivan — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:33:49 +0000

I’d add “Campus media co-ops,” because I don’t really think any of the campus media outlets can do this alone.

AmherstWire’s got some great new media experimentation going on, but lacks a frequent and steady stream of content. The Collegian’s got a lot of man power but is short on folks with tech skills [I'm still pretty illiterate with anything outside video and podcasting]. UVC is probably the only place where shots are being framed right and light and audio quality are being considered, but because of the better quality, turnover is slower.

I’m looking forward to meeting Wednesday to discuss filling in the gaps.

By: ceejayoz

ceejayoz — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:25:05 +0000

Why not use the multi-user version of WordPress – http://mu.wordpress.org/ ? Single login across all blogs in the system, no install required, etc.

By: Jackie Hai

Jackie Hai — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:44:52 +0000

@Gina – I really like those suggestions. You’re right that it’s important to get journalists into the mindset that news is no longer a one-way street.

@Eric – Thanks! I’m looking forward to this semester.

By: Eric Atnas

Eric Atnas — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:46:36 +0000

Great stuff! Glad to see you finally have a place you can call home.

By: Gina Chen

Gina Chen — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 16:37:14 +0000

First .. I think this is a great project. Hopefully newspapers that are really making the switch to being online first can learn from project like these

Second … really great, comprehensive list!

I do have some suggestions for additions, although perhaps these would be sub-bullets in your already quite wide-ranging list.

1. Vlogging. (I’m not talking podcasting here. I’m talking sending an reporter out with an easy video camera, such as the flip, and getting video for his or her story or using the video camera to talk to the reader directly on an blog. This would include learning to edit the video using programs such as Movie Maker.)

2. Creating a conversation. This is more of a mindset topic … but these new tools only work if journalists change how they think. We’re not publishing the news or broadcasting it or even posting it. We’re conversing with readers; we’re helping them make sense of the world and giving them the type of information they want in the format they want it. That means news isn’t just what journalists say is news. We might be giving readers information about where’s the best place to get a haircut or the best pizza shop, not traditional news topics.