Thursday, May 7, 2009

Final prep, finally

Final prep:

What does the author mean when he says:

“The fact is, if you work in journalism, you work for an online news organization – whether you want to or not.”

“News is a conversation, not a lecture.”


Definitions:
RSS
URL
html
mp3
jpg
byte vs bit
mega, giga, tera
vlog
tag
mobile journalist or backpack journalist
crowdsourcing

How might The Critic or News 7 use crowdsourcing to report a story?


Is Internet the same thing as World Wide Web?

Web 2.0 vs Web 1.0 (sites that get value from the actions of users)
Give an example of a Web site that manifests 2.0

Can you…?

Give an example of a blog
Tell the difference between the Internet and the World Wide Web?
Name the blogging platform you used to create your blog?
Name the audio editing software we used in class?
Name the video editing software installed on the Macs in the classroom?
Explain how often you should change images in a slideshow?

If you are a newspaper, what can you do with a Web site that you cannot do with the printed product?

If you are a television station, what can you do with a Web site that you cannot do with the 60-minute newscast at 6 p.m.?

How would you write a story differently for the Web and for a newspaper?