MEMO Class

Multimedia Journalism

• NY Times media
• CNN Video
• Spokesman Review
• The Post
• LA Times
• LA Times advice
• MediaStorm
• Miami Herald
• Star Trib
• hs news online

Photojournalism

Examples

• NPPA awards
• SF examples

Photo Basics

• syllabus
• expectations
• ss ap examples
• camera basics
• shutter & aperture
• size & crop demo
• 10 ways
• storytelling progression
• active choices
• inside the frame
• more choices
• in class critique: learning to look
• rubric
• composition

Newsworthy

• examples
• what is?
• more ideas
• story vs location

Captions

• examples

Wordpress

• intro
• slideshows
• workflow

Ethics & Rights

• examples
• your rights
• 10 legal rights
• hazelwood
• libel
• the toll
• photography ethics
• ap ethics
• spj code of ethics
• online ethics
• bbc ethics
• new view of ethics
• editing and ethics
• bias
• editing pictures reading
• photo manipulation
• fair use
• fair use examples
• plagerism & fabrication

Audio Slideshows

introduction

• SF Gate examples
• pros and cons
• types of stories
• truth in audio
• sound editing ethics
• open ended questions
• leading questions
• overall interview tips
• sound in the story
• ira glass on storytelling

recording techniques

• recording in the field
• get better sound
• plosives
• audio tips

using soundslides

• Audacity basics
• more info
• youtube tutorial
• using soundslides
• soundslides links
• free alternatives
• common mistakes
• writing for audio
• using free music
• music can be bad

examples

• improve audio slideshows

Videojournalism

Unit 7 - examples

• Haitian Amputee
• involved
• Boston Globe
• Chicago Trib
• Finding the Frame

Unit 8 - basics

• pj vs vj
• nctj training
• visual stories
• start out right
• 5-10 rule +
• knight center
• creating good stories
• get creative
• be ethical
• storytelling
• 3 important steps
• tips to improve
• more advice and visual examples
• steady your shots
• 180 degree rule
• more 180
• types of shots
• more shot types
• rule of thirds again
• interview framing
• vox pops
• conducting the interview
• shooting b roll
• lots of stuff
• BBC interactive lessons
• music performances

Unit 9 - editing

• help yourself before you edit
• avchd to wmm
• where to start
• story building
• overlap cuts
• motion graphics
• media management
• techniques
• importance of l cuts
• split edit
• types of cuts
• video cut examples
• 7 sins
• fast vs slow cuts
• editing interviews
• continuity editing
• editing devices
• conceptual editing
• public domain footage
• premiere pro tutorials
• adobe tv

Other Links

• vocab
• lens blog
• msnbc videos
• msnbc photo blog
• students rights
• royalty free music
• Free Music Archive
• obscenity
• students rights
• mastering multimedia
• lots o links
• even more links
• levalator
• journalism sites
• switch audio converter
• snagfilms
• honest truths pdf
• sub plans