I will be seated at a table in the coreway for our conferences, just across the hall from our classroom. See you there!
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The following are links that may help as you work to finish your investigative piece. Source Attribution - for discussion on Thursday Investigative Reporting Workshop - A clearinghouse for investigative reports from America & worldwide, lots of politics and justice pieces. Sports Investigation by Yahoo - The best investigative journalism in sports. From the US. The Schuster Institute for . . . → Read More: Digital Journalism: Resources for Investigation Check out the MIT App Inventor. Keep a playful mindset and don’t get frustrated. Seek resources to learn! You can also check out Mobile by Conduit, but be aware of its limitations. As you work on investigation and your final exam, here are some links to check out: “Taking It Global” Student Action Network “Deforestation Action Network” – An example of a Taking It Global network used by students. Check out this piece by Georgetown University freshman Darryl Robinson on his experience as a writer and student in a world-class school. It’s eye opening! Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Nic Kristof from The New York Times has created an essay contest for short pieces under 500 words on the subject of bullying in support of Lady Gaga’s anti-bullying initiative and in conjunction with Teen Ink. Check it out and, if you have an interest, write something and submit it! I’m happy . . . → Read More: Writing Opportunity – Short Essay Contest on Bullying Please read this handout. This is your final exam, and you may get started immediately or wait. Your presentations must be completed by May 16. Bring any questions to class or leave a comment for immediate response. First, Tracy Smith has won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry; there was no fiction winner this year. Here are two of her poems, “Sci Fi” and “Duende,” which includes a recording of her reading the poem. For investigative journalism, a group or reporters for the AP won for exposing NYPD police surveillance techniques that often . . . → Read More: Pulitzer Winners Announced – Links to Great Writing & Photojournalism As we begin our unit on investigative reporting with video, there are a number of new skills to consider. One that will save you time and lead to a much more organized final product is storyboarding. Please read the two links below and come to class ready to discuss them. Storyboarding – general intro from . . . → Read More: Digital Journalism: Video Storyboarding Resources Check out this podcast on fact-checking from the Wired magazine perspective. The host of the podcast is an editor and former fact-checker. This raises fascinating implications for journalists like yourselves – what is a fact? What is the best fact? How can you be sure your facts are valid? |
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