MULTIPLATFORM JOURNALISM JOU 360 The Basics: Instructor: David Swartzlander Class location: 130 Gaylord Hall Instructors

Office: 12 Gaylord Hall Office !"one: #02$%2&$%2& Cell !"one: #02$&#3$'13' Instructors e()ail address: david$swartzlander*doane$edu Online course address: davidswartzlander$co) Office Hours: +,: (11 a$)$- 2(# !$)$ Or .y a!!oint)ent Recommended supp ies: /0 Style.oo1 2ote.oo1s 0ens /udio recorder Di3ital ca)era or cell !"one t"at can ta1e !"otos and4or video 5S6 flas" drive Head!"ones or ear .uds / dictionary and t"esaurus / 3ra))ar style 3uide$ I reco))end 7/ ,riters 8esource-9 .y :laine 0$ +ai)on- ;anice H$ 0eritz and <at"leen 6la1e =ancey- +cGraw Hill- t"ird edition2012$ On ine cou!se: 0lease .eco)e fa)iliar wit" t"e online course .y visitin3 t"e site and tourin3 it$ >"ere you will find daily lesson !lans$ >o find your 3rades- c"ec1 6lac1.oard$ >"e sylla.us for t"is class is included in t"e online course$ "ou!se #oa s: >"is course !re!ares students to wor1 as ?ournalists in todays newsroo)s w"ere t"e online and di3ital !latfor)s are at least as i)!ortant as t"e traditional !rint or .roadcast !latfor)s$ It is not a ,e. desi3n course- t"ou3" I will 3ive you t"e site for a tutorial to learn H>+@ codin3 so you can create your own ,e. site$ >"is course !rovides an introduction to .asic ele)ents of )ulti)edia ?ournalistic storytellin3- includin3 audio- video- slides"ows and ot"er online ?ournalis) for)ats$ Students in t"is course learn "ow to use di3ital tools to re!ort for Internet news sites$ >"e focus is on usin3 t"e tools to 3at"er audio and visual )aterial t"at "el!s to tell a ?ournalistic story A and on "ow to !lan and eBecute t"e story tellin3 for eac" )ediu)$ Students are eB!ected to want to re!ort and to .e conscientious a.out accuracy$

=ou wonCt .e an eB!ert at any of t"e tas1s unless you !ractice t"e) re!eatedly$ In t"is course- youCll learn t"e .asics$ It will .e u! to you to a!!ly w"at you "ave learned if you want to .eco)e !roficient at any of t"ese s1ills$ ,ell use co)!uters- readin3s- discussions and "ands(on eB!erience to learn a.out online news !u.lis"in3 and online storytellin3$ >"e class will include: @earnin3 "ow to re!ort- !roduce and edit online !ac1a3es usin3 .lo3saudio- video and !"otos to3et"er wit" teBt to tell stories$ Discussions on e)er3in3 )edia t"e)es and on .usiness- et"ical and le3al i)!lications of !u.lis"in3 online$ Discussion of t"e c"aracteristics t"at distin3uis" news ,e. sites and t"eir stories fro) t"eir !rint and .roadcast counter!arts$

/ core !ortion of t"e class will include "ands(on assi3n)ents- allowin3 students to re!ort and edit stories usin3 audio- video and !"otos$ ,e will eB!eri)ent wit" a variety of different storytellin3 and re!ortin3 )et"ods- includin3 >witterStorify and CoverIt@ive$ Stayin3 on to! of t"e news is an inte3ral !art of t"is course$ I eB!ect you to .e re3istered on )ulti!le news we. sites as well as industry news sites$ Ou$comes: /t t"e co)!letion of t"is class- students will .e a.le to:

Identify ele)ents of )ulti!le )edia used in ?ournalistic storytellin3$ Critically evaluate !rofessional ?ournalistic )ulti)edia !ac1a3es$ Create story !itc"es$ @earn to write for t"e we.$ 0roduce online audio stories$ 0roduce online video stories$ Co).ine audio and still !"oto3ra!"s to !roduce audio slides"ows as a storytellin3 tec"niDue$ De)onstrate understandin3 of c"aracteristics of online ?ournalistic storytellin3$ @earn "ow to !ac1a3e different !latfor)s into a co"esive storytellin3 unit$ 0roduce stories for t"e online news site$ S"oot !"oto3ra!"s$ 5se >witter to re!ort and .rea1 news$ Discuss ever(c"an3in3 tec"nolo3y and its i)!ortance to ?ournalis) and )edia$

Minimum "ou!se Re%ui!emen$s:

/s class )e).ers- you will .e reDuired to !roduce content for Doaneline- t"e student news we. site$ >"is class contains no teBt.oo1 to read- tests or eBa)s$ >"e class involves discussion and "ands(on eB!erience$ >o receive a !assin3 3rade in t"is class- you )ust: ,rite at least two news stories wit" lin1s and4or ot"er )ulti)edia or interactive tools for use on >"e Doaneline$ Create and write a .lo3- u!dated at least twice a wee1$ Create two audio stories no )ore t"an 0 seconds in len3t"$ Create two audio slides"ows Ein addition to t"e !revious reDuire)entF.ot" a )aBi)u) 120 seconds lon3$ Create two online video stories- a )aBi)u) of two )inutes lon3$ 6uild a )a! or ot"er 3ra!"ic to acco)!any a story$ Develo! at least one story usin3 Storify- Coveritlive or ot"er alternative story )et"od$ 5sin3 ?ust your cell !"one or ta.let- create a )ulti!latfor) story$ It doesnt need to contain all of t"e !latfor)s- .ut s"ould contain at least two$ ,or1 as a tea) to create at least t"ree !rofessional(loo1in3 )ulti)edia !ac1a3es: o >"e first s"ould include at least t"ree of t"e five )edia for)ats Ewritten story or .lo3- !"oto3ra!"s or 3ra!"ics- audio- audio slides"ow and videoF$ o >"e second s"ould enco)!ass at least four of t"e five )edia for)ats o >"e t"ird s"ould include all five )edia for)ats and s"ould delve in de!t" into a su.?ect of your c"oosin3$ It s"ould .e of sufficient Duality t"at t"e story can .e .roadcast on <D2: and DC>G!u.lis"ed on Doaneline and !rinted in >"e Doane Owl$ >"is- on a s)aller scale- will re!licate and !re!are you for t"e ca!stone course in your senior year$

8e!ort wee1ly a.out ca)!us events- t"rou3" social )edia- stories or .lo3s$ 0ost stories to Doaneline$ /ttend and !artici!ate in a wee1ly news !lannin3 session$ >"e !lannin3 session is at ' !$)$ +ondays in Gaylord 213$ Send story ideas .y noon t"e !revious day to +ar1 @ucas or Hanna" 6auer$ /ttendance will .e ta1en at +onday )eetin3s$ Cover one event usin3 >witter and use >witter to .rea1 news$ /sse).le an online !ortfolio of your wor1$

Students also are eB!ected to co)!lete any assi3ned "o)ewor1$ S$o!& Su'mission: /ll stories will .e su.)itted to Doaneline for !ossi.le !u.lication$ ,e will review stories in class$ (ead ines: Deadlines are crucial and )ust .e )et$ Deadline is as news .rea1s$ Hor eBa)!leif a s"ootin3 "a!!ens on ca)!us- we s"ould !ost news as it is "a!!enin3- not wait several "ours until we 3et a co)!lete story !ut to3et"er- edited- etc$ Deadline "a!!ens 2#4I$ If coverin3 an event- t"e co)!lete story- no )atter t"e for)- )ust .e su.)itted wit"in t"ree "ours of t"e event$ If its .rea1in3 news.riefs u!datin3 !eo!le on t"e story )ust .e su.)itted occasionally as you !re!are t"e )ain story$ Get used to .ein3 constantly on deadline$ @ate assi3n)ents will receive a 3rade of 0$ I deter)ine w"ats late$ )!adin# Po ic&: =ou can earn a total of 1-000 !oints$ I reserve t"e ri3"t to add- delete or )odify assi3n)ents accordin3 to ti)e constraints and t"e availa.ility of resources$ Class ele)ents will .e 3raded on t"e followin3 scale: ,ritten story J1 K 20 !oints E2 !ercentF ,ritten story J2 K 30 !oints E3 !ercentF /udio story J1 K 20 !oints E2 !ercentF /udio story J2 K 30 !oints E3 !ercentF

/udio slide s"ow J1 K 20 !oints E2 !ercentF /udio slide s"ow J2 K 30 !oints E3 !ercentF Gideo story J1 K 20 !oints E2 !ercentF Gideo story J2 K 30 !oints E3 !ercentF +a! or 3ra!"ic K 20 !oints E2 !ercentF /lternative story K 30 !oints E3 !ercentF Cell !"one or ta.let story K '0 !oints E' !ercentF Hirst )ulti)edia !ac1a3e K '0 !oints E' !ercentF Second )ulti)edia !ac1a3e K 100 !oints E10 !ercentF >"ird )ulti)edia !ac1a3e K 1'0 !oints E1' !ercentF 6lo3: 100 !oints E10 !ercentF >weets: 100 !oints E' !ercentF 0ortfolio: 100 !oints E10 !ercentF ,ee1ly news covera3e and !ostin3 news: 100 total !oints E10 !ercentF >"e followin3 3radin3 syste) will .e use: 00(1-000 !oints K / %00(% I00(I &00(& K6 KC KD

@ess t"an &00 K H :ac" assi3n)ent will .e 3raded for: Accu!ac& A +iss!elled na)es and factual errors will result in a letter( 3rade deduction$ Gideo and audio t"at 3ive an inaccurate sense of ti)e and !lace will also .e down3raded$

Su's$ance L eac" !iece of a !ac1a3e )ust .e a.le to stand on its own as ?ournalis) L w"et"er teBt- !"otos- audio or video$ :ac" !iece s"ould co)!le)ent t"e ot"er$ O!#ani*a$ion + 8e3ardless of t"e for)at- stories s"ould .e or3anized co"erently$ ,ua i$& A /lways s"oot for eBcellence$ Muality s"ould i)!rove over t"e course of t"e se)ester$ "!ea$i-i$& + Its welco)e- .ut it "as to wor1$ +ulti)edia ?ournalis) is eBcitin3 .ecause if offers so )any o!!ortunities for eB!eri)entation$ 6utre)e).er- were doin3 ?ournalis) "ere$ Co))unicatin3 t"e content is t"e !ri)ary o.?ective$ Repo!$in# +>"e )ore re!ortin3 you do- .ot" researc" and interviewst"e .etter your !ro?ects will .e$ .!i$in# LGood writin3- includin3 3ra))ar and style- drives all$

+ulti)edia !ac1a3es ta1e ti)e$ 0lan accordin3ly$ Hor every one "our of video s"ot- you s"ould allow for t"ree "ours of editin3 ti)e$ ,"en wor1in3 in tea)slay out a"ead of ti)e w"o is 3oin3 to do w"at- w"en$ /nd- )a1e sure you "ave a .ac1u! !lan$ Interviews fall t"rou3"$ ATT/N(AN"/ POLI"0: /ttendance is )andatory in class and at t"e wee1ly news !lannin3 session$ If you )iss a class or a !lannin3 session- you s"ould e()ail )e w"y you were a.sent$ =ou will .e res!onsi.le for any )issed classes or assi3n)ents$ Students are eB!ected to s"ow res!ect for one anot"er and for t"e instructor$ /ttendance and arrivin3 on ti)e for class are necessary$ Give your full and undivided attention to anyone w"o is s!ea1in3 in class- includin3 your fellow students$ A"A(/MI" (IS1ON/ST0: ;ournalists "ave only one t"in3 to offer: credi.ility$ +a1in3 t"in3s u! ( Duotes!eo!le in stories- facts ( and stealin3 t"e words of anot"er writer or failin3 to 3ive !ro!er attri.ution to infor)ation o.tained fro) ot"er sources are deadly sins in ?ournalis)$ If you en3a3e in acade)ic dis"onesty ( includin3 !la3iaris)fa.rication and c"eatin3 ( you will fail t"is course and I will re!ort you to t"e colle3e$ (ISABILIT0 POLI"0: Students wit" disa.ilities su.stantially li)itin3 a )a?or life activity are eli3i.le for reasona.le acco))odations in colle3e !ro3ra)s- includin3 t"is course$ /cco))odations !rovide eDual o!!ortunity to o.tain t"e sa)e level of ac"ieve)ent w"ile )aintainin3 t"e standards of eBcellence of t"e colle3e$ If you

"ave a disa.ility t"at )ay interfere wit" your !artici!ation or !erfor)ance in t"is course- !lease )eet wit" )e to discuss disa.ility(related acco))odations and ot"er s!ecial learnin3 needs$ /2TRA "R/(IT: :Btra credit wor1 will not .e a su.stitute for co)!letin3 t"e reDuired wor1$ =ou )ust co)!lete all course reDuire)ents to receive eBtra credit$ HereCs "ow you 3et eBtra credit: 1$ Co)!lete eBtra stories or story !ac1a3es$ =ou can earn a )aBi)u) of 100 eBtra credit !oints$ 2$ Get your wor1 !u.lis"ed online on a co))ercial news ,e. site$ Ill decide w"et"er t"e ,e. site is le3iti)ate$ +aBi)u) eBtra credit: 100 !oints$