This Week’s Links

“Acid Attacks,” Nicholas Kristof, New York Times

“Citizen Journalists Provide Glimpses into Attacks,” New York Times

15 Paid Internships

ATTN UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA MASS COMMUNICATION PROFESSORS:
The Oklahoma Press Association could really use your help in notifying your students about the Oklahoma Newspaper Foundation’s internship and scholarship programs. We hope you will consider announcing both of these opportunities to your classes and forwarding this information to any additional instructors that lead newspaper-related courses.

Aftermath Of Deportation

http://jmc.ou.edu:16080/vieth/thompsondeportation/

Old Links

Here they are…

Jim Lehrer Lecture

The Jim Lehrer lecture I mentioned last week is being held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in Dale Hall 128 (not in the Gaylord library). It’s Peter Gade’s news writing class.

Revised Story Deadlines

See Story Commitments page for revised deadlines.

Portfolio Page Instructions

Your WordPress personal portfolio page will account for 200 points of the 1,000 points that determine your final grade for the semester.
I will evaluate the portfolio pages from the perspective of an employer who is looking for a good journalism graduate to hire.
The most impressive pages will get As.
The runners-up will get Bs or Cs.
At a minimum, your portfolio page should contain:
•    a short  bio
•    a photo of you
•    a resume
•    examples of your work (text, photos, audio, video)
I will assign a grade to your portfolio page based on its contents as of Wednesday, Dec.  10.

Goog411

Check it out: http://www.google.com/goog411/

Downtown Norman

Why Twitter?

Here’s the answer.

Audacity & Soundslides Help

Audacity Help

Soundslides Support

Multimedia Dos & Don’ts

These multimedia project suggestions were made by Newark Star Ledger Assistant Managing Editor Pim Van Hemmen, who judged the first multimedia competition sponsored by the Hearst Journalism Awards in 2008. Van Hemmen offered these ideas for students competing in 2009.

Child Death Assignments

Here are the teams…

Post your project plans here

Several of you agreed to submit final project proposals by Sunday, Sept. 28 (Cara, Amanda, Jamie, Lauren, Dejan, Slobodan, Cadie). Please post them here. See Story Plans page if you need a reminder of what we discussed.

Multimedia Winners

Post your analyses here. They are due by Sunday, Sept. 21.

Hearst Winners

Post your minimum 250-word analysis here. It’s due by Sunday, Sept. 14. See Assignments page for details.

More Project Ideas

Post them here. (They’re due Sunday, Sept. 7.)

In-Depth Analysis

Post your analysis here. To see assignment…

Project Ideas

Post your project ideas here.

Portfolio Page

Please post the link to your WordPress page.

Syllabus

Read the syllabus if you haven’t already. Post a comment here saying you have read it and agree to its terms.

Phone & Email

Post your cell phone number and preferred email address here.