For a panel about "Innovation in Journalism Education": How teaching multimedia journalism has changed since 1999, and how I have adapted my classes and pushed my department to innovate. Journalism students don't have to be programmers, but they should have an opportunity to learn how to create new story forms for web and mobile platforms.
2. What is “multimedia” journalism?
Web-based storytelling
Combining video, audio, text and graphics
• In one story
• In the same package, online
Can include maps, timeline of events, data
charts, animation, etc.—as needed
3. Back in … 1999–2002
Dreamweaver software
HTML and CSS
Microsoft .asp technologies
Video editing software
4. 2002–2011: “Interactives”
Flash software
ActionScript code
Single-screen experience
(instead of linked pages)
Flash Journalism: How to Create Multimedia
News Packages, 2005 (Focal Press/Elsevier)
8. Frustration … Success
Curriculum … department chairs ... someone
else’s idea of how to teach Web design and
development ...
Then finally, a new department chair
and two new “apps” courses for me to teach!
9. No course pre-requisites
Open to journalism, advertising, public relations and telecom students
HTML and CSS and JavaScript and jQuery
Maps, audio, responsive design, mobile and more!
23 students (capacity)
> Flipped classroom <
> YouTube videos for instruction <
Graded assignments EVERY WEEK
Syllabus and links: https://introwebapps.wordpress.com/
10. The intro course is the only pre-requisite
Also open to journalism, advertising, public relations and telecom students
More advanced technologies — Web “back end” databases (MySQL)
Python programming language, Web scraping
6 students (first class: January–May 2016)
They all gave the course high praise in written evaluations!
Not a flipped classroom — more collaborative
Syllabus and links: https://webappsplus.wordpress.com/
11. Who will be the innovators?
Who will create the next “Snow Fall”?
How will journalism engage and captivate a
mobile audience?
Code is a language of creative possibilities!
13. Links
(Re)defining multimedia journalism
http://bit.ly/mm-mmj
Intro to Web Apps syllabus
https://introwebapps.wordpress.com/
Advanced Web Apps syllabus
https://webappsplus.wordpress.com/
Videos for basic course
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZFU-
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Editor's Notes
"Multimedia innovations in the classroom," Mindy McAdams, University of Florida – WJEC 2016 panel: Innovation in Journalism Education
Friday, July 15 — 4-5:30 pm — WA2241
Definition: multimedia journalism
-- how/why you decided to start teaching this technology and/or this topic/way,
-- some of your ups and downs along the way,
-- how/why you decided to start teaching this technology and/or this topic/way,
-- some of your ups and downs along the way,
Website for book: http://flashjournalism.com/
It became clear that we would not be using Flash to create multimedia journalism in the future. Again, I had to change the course content.
CNN story: http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/09/tech/mobile/flash-steve-jobs/
Chart: http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-blackberry-vs-iphone-shipments-2011-9
In December 2012, The New York Times published a story package that changed the way journalists thought about “multimedia.”
Read this: http://bit.ly/mm-mmj Published: April 2014 ---------- By 2014 we were seeing a wide variety of new story forms that left “Snow Fall” in their dust.
-- in some detail, your biggest success story and how you made it work, warts and all.
-- in some detail, your biggest success story and how you made it work, warts and all. LINK https://introwebapps.wordpress.com/
-- in some detail, your biggest success story and how you made it work, warts and all. LINK https://webappsplus.wordpress.com/
-- Conclude with some quick take-away points for those wanting to do the same
-- tell us where you're headed next
"Multimedia innovations in the classroom," Mindy McAdams, University of Florida – WJEC panel - Innovation in Journalism Education
Friday, July 15 — 4-5:30 pm — WA2241
-- how to reach you with future questions.