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A focus paragraph that reveals the main idea of a story.
Nutgraph
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Characteristics of an online reader
Impatient, scans instead of reads, wants instant gratification.
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Tips for web writing
Bolding key words, short paragraphs, bullet points.
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3 Tips for Captions
- 1. ID the main people
- 2 .don’t state the obvious
- 3. don’t editorialize.
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How to make hyperlinks in Tumblr?
Highlight text and click "Insert/Edit" link
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Reading a story from top to bottom
Linear storytelling
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Citizen Journalism/User Generated Content
Crowd Sourcing
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Max # Characters in a twitter post
140
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Things to look out for when using photos
- Accuracy
- Currency
- Permission/Rights
- Newsworthiness
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Other things to look out for using photos
- Tastefulness
- Objectivity
- Relevance
- Transparency
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3 Criteria to evaluate a source
- Accuracy
- Objectivity
- Currency
- Smell test: Gut Instinct
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How to crop in photoshop
- 1. Crop tool -> Edit width/height boxes at top
- 2. Resolution (72) if necessary
- 3. To fix brightness/colors: Adjustments -> Isolate mountain
- 4. Unsharp mask, adjust mount -> 50%
- 5. Save for Web & Devices: JPEG high
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TMZ
Non-Traditional Media
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Building Trust with an audience
Transparency
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characteristics of multimedia story
- Combines full text with extra value added (images, video, etc.)
- usually interactive
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Multi-platform strategy
Presenting an original story that can be accessed from a variety of "platforms" like print, web, mobile
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RSS Feed
- Method of distributing links to content in your website you'd like others to see
- News aggregator
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Jim Brady
Joel Sucherman
Guest speakers so far this course
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Frequently updated journal, usually hosted by a 3rd party, containing surveillance and opinion
Blog
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Joel Sucherman
Senior Director/Digital Products @ NPR
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