Lecture 1: Professors

(Kris Vera-Phillips is on a teaching assignment in St. Petersburg, Russia. She is covering “Modern Internet Television Techniques” for the Faculty of Journalism at St. Petersburg State University.)

Notes for Lecture 1
(Date: 07.09.10)

My objective for this class is to explain broadcast and online news concepts as well as demonstrate some of the skills that are important to American journalism students.

Journalism School Buzz Words

• Digital Journalism: Emerging Media and the Changing Horizons of Journalism by Rich Gordon
• Understanding the Participatory News Consumer: March 2010 report by the Pew Internet & American Life Project
• 8 Must-Have Traits of Tomorrow’s Journalist by Vadim Lavrusik

News Profiles

• KCRA 3 News Anchor/Reporter: Deirdre Fitzpatrick
• News10 Multimedia News Reporter: Will Frampton
• News10 Multimedia News Reporter: Suzanne Phan

News Examples
(How TV news journalists investigate and report on stories with the help of viewer’ calls and e-mails as well as social media networks.)

• NBC News: Park rangers to tourists: Put gadgets away (video link)
• News10: San Francisco trash headed to Yuba County landfill? (video link)
• Good Morning America: Urban Dance Competition Spurs Debate Over Young Girls’ Suggestive Dancing (video link)



• BBC: Russian forest fires – your pictures

Extra Links

• Delicious Bookmarks: Links to more research, stories and information