As I prepared to introduce Storify to my students, I wanted a fun task that they could do with a high level of success and ease. I decided on the Top Ten list project. Students will select their own topis and build a Storify. I want students to use this inquiry method to dive right in and see what Storify… Read more →
Curation Journalism is rapidly becoming a buzz word. In the field of journalism and digital education, meaning making is still going on about exactly what Curation Journalism is and how it will impact or reframe the craft of journalism. As curation evolves, the means to curate a story inevitably will, too. There are dozens of free curation tools, but Storify… Read more →
I had a discussion with a colleague who used Link Journalism and Curation Journalism simultaneously. First off—I was pleased that the two terms were even in her lexicon. Typically—these terms are NOT in any high school educator’s instructional idiolect. My excitement diminished when I recognized that she did not have any idea how these two concepts were different. Before I… Read more →
What is Brand Journalism? Brand Journalism is definitely a form of journalism that has ignited as the result of the digital and social media spark! The flames began brewing in the early 2000s when organizations recognized that visibility in the public arena helped to humanize and promote their brands as companies worthy of doing business with. Over the past decade,… Read more →
So, you are ready to take the dive into the online media world? Maybe you are a journalism adviser, a teacher looking to communicate with your own blog, or just managing your club or associations web site. Either way, you have done your research and know that Word Press is the only way to go. Now that you are up… Read more →
Not since the Gutenberg Press has journalism experienced so many changes. In my school district, I am the only teacher who runs a newspaper journalism program. The dirty rumor: journalism is dead. Not so. In fact, to the trained eye, journalism is expanding and developing in ways that no one could have imagined ten years ago. The face is different,… Read more →
I introduced my plans for the ‘new’ newspaper to my students this week. I explained that we would go digital and have a live website that could be updated daily. The students were initially excited, then confused. “How will we design it?” “How will we maintain it?” “What do we create it with? Do we scan things?” These were… Read more →
I heart Emily Bell. There I said it. Emily Bell, director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia, is a wealth of knowledge regarding where communication is going. In this candid video, she discusses the key elements that are and will continue to shape how we communicate and interact with media. She advocates (in no particular order): Journalism… Read more →
