Thanks to Bailey O’Malia for spotting this infographic on the power of Linked In. Our class guest tonight, Jonathan Oleisky, is the CEO and founder of Media 924, a social media and brand development firm. He’ll speak about the value of Linked In and why you should start using it now. Afterwards, we’ll read Pulitzer [...]
Ira Glass on the basic building blocks of stories: Anecdotes and moments of reflection. Tips for multimedia stories Find characters, actions. The best visuals are interesting people doing interesting things. Use good composition and sequences: wide/medium/tight, the 5-shot sequence Shoot first, then ask questions Slideshow model: Chess competition. Notice the mixture of wide/medium/tight shots, the [...]
Basic composition Fill the frame | Get closer | Take a giant step closer to your subjects! Use the rule of thirds Tips for working with people Look for soft outdoor light Sequences Sequences tell stories: Rescue me 5 shot rule: The BBC method | Venice pier gets its fill | Andrew Lih’s handout Notice [...]
Today we believe anyone can be an artist. Anyone can be a photographer. Anyone can be a blogger or journalist. While technology makes it easier to create and share, the true artist relentlessly studies craft and practices technique. Your textbook author, Carl Sessions Stepp, writes: Writing is a craft. Good writers advance methodically through a [...]
A few recent anniversary stories–the 10th anniversary of 9/11, the 150th anniversary of the Civil War and the one-year anniversary of the disappearance of Phylicia Barnes–have me thinking: what makes an anniversary story good? Readers sometimes complain such stories are “lazy and pointless.” Scholars often point out that these stories are filled with myth, not [...]
Congratulations to the winners of our second MCOM 407 Best In Show contest! The winners, clockwise from left: Alex Sutton, who won Best Photos for Baltimore Urban Agriculture BoJo Bauer, who won Best Multimedia for Loch Raven Mountain Biking Anni Milli, who won the Judges’ Choice Award for Best Overall Project for Baltimore Community Groups [...]
This one is from Kristin Pattik. Great job!
Before we start, please check the blogroll and Blackboard. Is your site address correct? Are your scores correct? Tuesday class: Using html anchors If you’re a student with a great business idea, your elevator pitch could win $100,000 to start your business. But what if you’re a journalism student? A great elevator pitch that features [...]
This one from Alex Sutton: Read her full story: Baltimore farmers’ markets season coming to an end
Look at the lovely work Annie Millie turned in after our discussion of explainers and infographics a few weeks ago in class: Read her full story: Watch for Flying Discs: Coldstream-Homestead-Montebello Community Corporation Brings Disc Golf to Baltimore’s Lake Montebello. Here’s another one, this one from Sarah Alexander. Read her full story: City Residents [...]
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Stacy Spaulding teaches journalism and new media at Towson University.
"The best-written journalism comes from direct observation or eyewitness accounts of people in action." --America's Best Newspaper Writing
"The single biggest step toward better writing is better reporting." --Carl Sessions Stepp
