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Try this link for the "Counting" podcast.

Podcast test

I'm using Webng as the host.

From Google's Blogger Help:
"Once you've uploaded your files to your web host of choice, you'll need to enable enclosure links to link to the file from within a Blogger post. To do so, just go to your Settings | Formatting tab and set the "Show Link fields" option to "Yes." This will add the enclosure link fields to your post editor. When composing a post, you'll then see a field for your enclosures. From there, just enter the URLs of your audio files, and your blog will instantly become a podcast. When viewed with most RSS readers or podcatchers (such as Google Reader, iTunes, or Bloglines), your recordings will appear as embedded music players. It's that easy!'

Assignment for March 2

Over Winter Break, subscribe to three podcasts. You can do this at the iTunes store – they are free. Write a post on your blog that explains
- why you picked each one,
- what you liked and disliked about each one,
- whether you think you will continue listening to them,
- and whether you put them on an iPod.

Also read Chapter 7 in Journalism 2.0: Digital Audio and Podcasting.

Iran

This is the start of a series of videos posted on Facebook today.



No wonder the BBC is telling staff to embrace social media: "I'm afraid you're not doing your job if you can't do those things." -- Peter Horrocks, director of Global News.

Assignment for Feb. 18

Map project

Create an interactive map with accompanying text to tell a story. This is a group project that will require work outside of class.

Here is a list of ideas:

Restaurant reviews
Ski areas
Campus crime
Town crime
Accidents
Sports team home towns
Dorm demographics

The “balloons” on the map should include photos, a text description, and other information as appropriate (addresses, phone numbers, prices, dates).

Post the maps to your blogs by embedding.

Assignment for Feb. 11

Critique Vtdigger.org

Spend some time on www.vtdigger.org, a Web news start-up created by Anne Galloway, a former newspaper reporter. Ms. Galloway will speak to the class on Thursday, Feb. 11.

Your assignment for that day is to critique her Web site, which she says is dedicated to “coverage of government, business and community life issues.”

Examine the tab marked Business Model. Look at the tab marked Grantors. Where does her money come from? Do you think she can succeed?

Read some of the stories on the site. Do they have a political leaning? Are they well-written? Do the topics interest you? Would you like to do a multimedia project for the site (a real possibility)?

Post a 300-word critique on your blog and come to class on Thursday with at least one question to ask Anne Galloway.

An embedded Google map

View Test in a larger map

How to make a Google map

Here is a video describing how to create a Google map.

Adding links

This is a link for the front page of the New York Times Web site.