Only those marked with asterisks will be assigned.
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*** Principles of Convergent Journalism, Jeffrey S. Wilkinson, August E. Grant, Douglas J. Fisher
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Convergence
Goodbye convergence, hello “Webvergence” Susan Keith & Leslie-Jean Thornton/Convergence Newsletter (February 2009)
Design and Visual Literacy
*** “A Visual Literacy Primer,” Paul Martin Lester, Chapter 2 in Christopher Harris & Lester, Visual Journalism: A Guide for New Media Professionals
*** “Review,” Robin Williams, pages 81-86 in The Non-Designer’s Design Book: Design and Typographic Principles for the Visual Novice, 3rd edition
Evolving media
The Death of Newspapers, Part 1: 1910 OrganGrinder Blog/Guardian, U.K.
Inside Peek: How the New York Times Used Blogs Paul Boutin/VentureBeat
10 Internet Years: A Changed News Industry Caroline Little, Jim Brady/Washingtonpost.com
Slate’s 10th Anniversary History, articles, critiques
Need a multimedia copy editor? Tracy Boyer/Innovative Interactivity
An Antidote for Web Overload Matt Thompson
The Next Great American Newspaper David Gelernter, June 2003
A Model for the 21st-century Newsroom, Part 1: The News Diamond Paul Bradshaw, September 2007, OJR
Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable Clay Shirky, March 2009
The Future of Journalism in a Distributed Communication Architecture John E. Newhagen and Mark R. Levy, February 1996
*** An Anthropological Introduction to YouTube (video) Michael Wesch; presentation at Library of Congress, 2008
Internet history
Happy Birthday, the Internet Ian Douglas
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Emoticons
Soundslides and the rise of the audio slideshow Eamon Hickey
Language
Are Dictionaries Obsolete in the Age of Google? Julia Angwin/Wall Street Journal
Learning
Developing the ability to think multimedia Mario Garcia (interview with ljt)
Legalities
Summary of copyright rights
Multimedia Storytelling & Reporting
*** (selected readings) Reporter’s Guide to Multimedia Proficiency Mindy McAdams
Multimedia Storytelling Jane Stevens
Picking the right media for reporting a story Paul Grabowicz
Social Media
*** How Twitter will change the way we live Steven Johnson/Time/June 5, 2009
