J352: Online Journalism

Friday, November 6, 2009

Who do you want to speak to the class?

I'm looking into lining up another speaker before the semester is over and I'm soliciting opinions and giving you all a chance to notch one of your five required comments.

Your options include:
  • Database reporter (younger reporter, moved from small paper in Arizona to USA TODAY.)
  • Art director (career started a long time ago, runs gamut from illustrator to learning Flash animation. Was the artist who did the 9/11 plane landing graphic.)
  • Videojournalist (did the day-in-the-life football player video).
  • Interactive artist (creates interactives -- graphics, databases, etc.)
  • Blogger, but I'm not sure who yet.
We also could plan the field trip to USA TODAY, but traffic + road construction + holiday shopping spells traffic disasters out here in Tysons Corner. If you'd rather come here, I can arrange for several of these speakers in a 2.5 hour session. And I bring cookies.

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posted by Alex Newman at 6:26 PM

12 Comments:

  • I would like to hear from the interactive artist, although all sound interesting. As far as where, it doesn't really matter to me.

    By Blogger Collin, At November 7, 2009 4:17 PM  

  • I would like to hear from the video journalist or the blogger. It would probably be better for me to have them come here but if we make a trip out there that would probably work as well.

    By Blogger Pete, At November 9, 2009 7:07 PM  

  • I would like to hear from the database reporter. I found the example of the Michael Jackson database very interesting and think a lecture from someone in that field would be a worthwhile experience.

    By Blogger Matthew Livi, At November 9, 2009 7:18 PM  

  • I would like to listen to an interactive artist because graphics, especially with the creative aspect, interests me. I also would like to go to the USA newsroom, even though it seems very inconvenient.

    By Blogger MelissaQuijada, At November 10, 2009 12:46 PM  

  • I would like to hear from the interactive artist or a blogger.

    By Blogger Nikki Adelman, At November 10, 2009 8:48 PM  

  • I would love to hear from the blogger..

    By Blogger Ben Goldberg, At November 10, 2009 9:29 PM  

  • I would like to hear from either the video journalist or the blogger because I really liked the video about the football player we watched in class. I think that kind of mini-documentary is really interesting. I'd rather not go to the USA Today newsroom if it's going to be a pain to get there.

    By Blogger Betty, At November 10, 2009 10:14 PM  

  • I think it would be very interesting to hear from the video journalist. I would rather stay in College Park because it'd probably be easier for everyone.

    By Blogger Stephanie Huff, At November 11, 2009 1:58 PM  

  • Personally I think we should stay on campus because it could get complicated with rides, traffic, time, etc. I would be really interested in hearing from the videojournalist. I feel like we've talked a lot about the print aspect of online journalism, and it would be a nice change to hear about the other sides. It would also be interesting hearing from someone when we've already seen what they can do - which is excellent work.

    By Blogger Alex Ludka, At November 11, 2009 4:00 PM  

  • As much as I would like to go to USA Today, I feel like it would just be a hassle getting there and back. I would be most interested in hearing from the video journalist. I liked the snippet of his work that we saw in class!

    By Blogger Denisha, At November 12, 2009 10:10 AM  

  • I would love to hear from either the art director (I loved the 9/11 graphic!) or the interactive artist. I think either of these speakers would go beyond what we heard from Marc Carig about blogging and tie in the multimedia art component of online journalism, which I am very interested in. I also think these speakers' insights would be helpful as we all plan out the multimedia components to our final projects.

    By Blogger Erin, At November 16, 2009 6:04 PM  

  • I would love to hear from the video journalist. I enjoyed watching what he did and would like to learn more on how he got started. This is definitely a field I am interested in but don't know enough about. Also, I would really like to see the newsroom, but it just doesn't seem like it will work.

    By Blogger katherine, At November 18, 2009 9:42 PM  

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