Dr. Kristen LandrevilleAugust 22, 2011

Dr. Kristen Landreville◦ BS and MA, University of Florida

BS: Journalism MA: Mass Communication

◦ PhD, The Ohio State University, Communication Primary research areas

◦ Effects of political communication (news, entertainment, and discussion) on people

◦ New media (social networking, UGC) Teaching and professional experience

◦ Online Journalism, Visual Communication◦ Gainesville Sun

Complete questionnaire

Class introductions

Chat with your neighbors for 5 minutes◦ Get contact info. in case you miss class and need

notes or updates

Our class blog: http://www.uwyojournalism.com

Thirst in the Mojave, Las Vegas Sun

Reviving Ground Zero, The New York Times

What is Multimedia Journalism to you? Where do you go for Multimedia Journalism?

What medium is best to relay the story? Can I report the story best with text, photos, audio, or video?

Can I add new information (e.g., snippets of sound, video, photos, graphics) with different media? Or am I duplicating information?

Do I have permission to gather information in more than one way? Ask your sources!

Can I efficiently and effectively collect information in more than one way? Ask for help if needed!

If I collect more information than my editor needs, can I post some to my blog or on the Web site?

Take a look at past students’ blogs to get ideas about this class

Dyann Diercks

Brooke Eades

This is where you’ll submit most of your assignments.

Sign up with a web hosting partner that offers easy-install WordPress◦ Have to buy your own space and domain name◦ Uwyo offers free hosting at http://students.uwyo.edu/ ◦ You can use a WordPress recommended host as well

OR, use free WordPress hosting (recommended for folks who aren’t long-term interested in new media)◦ If you use the free WordPress hosting, it gets expensive

when you add any upgrades and limits your posting ability.

Choose a professional domain name◦ E.g., you can use your name or initials

Choose a clean template◦ Don’t want a lot of clutter because you’ll be

posting a lot of photos and some video

Familiarize yourself with the “dashboard”◦ Examine the options◦ Look at the widgets

Use the “visual” view in the posting area

Scroll over the icons to see what they do

You can:◦ Bold◦ Italicize◦ Create a list◦ Insert links◦ Insert images◦ Make an image a link

Now that you have a blog, you have to use it. See full instructions on course blog at

◦ http://uwyojournalism.com/?page_id=30 Focus your “about” page on

◦ The purpose of your blog ◦ Your career goals and how your blog can help

Focus your blog post on◦ Your news diet

Due: Mon. Aug. 23 by 11:59 p.m.

Consume news 15-20 minutes each day

Critically think about the storytelling

Proofreading tips◦ Allow time for proofing and editing◦ Proofread and edit several times with different

objectives For flow of information (are ideas clear?) For grammar and spelling For accuracy of facts and information

◦ If someone tells you something isn’t clear, they are always correct.

I want to help you earn an internship!

Create your resume and/or cover letter for a job and email it to me

I will give you comments

Read Briggs: Introduction, Ch. 1, Ch. 2, Ch. 3

Topics: Review of Attributes of Objective Journalism Basics of Online Journalism Tools & Terminology Web 2.0