(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: 06.09.2010 and 15.09.10)
My objective for this class is to show students how American journalists use online tools and other technologies to tell other people’s stories. That’s our primary function – we inform, educate and entertain our viewers by sharing those stories; from the President in the White House to the homeless man down the street.
News Profiles, Research
- World War II: Walter Cronkite, Edward R. Murrow
- Vietnam War: Ed Bradley (video link)
- Iraq War: Anne Garrels
- WikiLeaks: Afghan War Diary, 2004 – 2010
- Understanding the Participatory News Consumer: March 2010 report by the Pew Internet & American Life Project
- KCRA 3 News Anchor/Reporter: Deirdre Fitzpatrick
- News10 Multimedia News Reporter: Will Frampton
- News10 Multimedia News Reporter: Suzanne Phan
Multimedia News Portfolio
- News10.Net
- News10 on Facebook
- News10 on Twitter
- NTSB Report on Christmas Eve House Explosion
- El Dorado County Sheriff’s Race (video link)
- Social Media Day: Interview with Studio Sky Lab (video link)
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.)
- 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