Ian Reeves

Assessment

80 per cent project 20 per cent exam

Project

A piece of journalism that uses digital tools to tell its story in an engaging and compelling way

No rules on length, style or subject matter – but you will need to pitch to me first, and specify your target audience

You will also do a short 5-minute presentation to the group once your pitch has been approved, setting out your aims

Marks awarded for quality of journalism, audience engagement, effectiveness of storytelling, innovation, and use of the medium

Deadline: Friday 10 April 2015 – last day of spring term

Exam

Two hour exam in summer term, testing your understanding of the digital tools and techniques being used by journalism organisations

Their impact on the industry The considerations for journalists

using them Academic research into some of the

techniques being used

Areas of investigation

Linear and non-linear narrative structures Static and dynamic structures Data scraping Data visualisation Mapping Crowdsourcing Social media Games ‘Live’ journalism Reaching mobile audiences – tablets and

smartphone content

Examples and ideas

Wikileak Iraq death maphttp://www.guardian.co.uk/world/datablog/interactive/2010/oct/23/wikileaks-iraq-deaths-map

Good magazine, kinetic typography – cost of Iraq war

http://www.good.is/post/the-hidden-cost-of-war/

News21’s talking bar charthttp://thenewvoters.news21.com/database/age

Out my window: 360o documentaryhttp://highrise.nfb.ca/2010/10/introducing-out-my-window/

Examples and ideas

New York Times interactive: you fix the budget

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/11/13/weekinreview/deficits-graphic.html

Cody’s Rescue: quick-cut video storytelling

http://www.centreforjournalism.co.uk/video/dog-rescue-video

Guardian pledge trackerhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/interactive/2010/aug/12/coalition-pledge-tracker

Examples and ideas

France24 iPad documentaryhttp://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/report-rape-in-congo/id383910987?mt=8

Wall Street Journal: Death toll in Afghanistan

http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/AFGHANISTAN-CASUALTY-COUNT.html

Bloomberg: Google’s tax cutting strategy

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/google-tax-cut/google-terminal.html

Examples and ideas

Washington Post: A Facebook Storyhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/metro/facebook-story-mothers-joy-familys-sorrow.html

Facebook: Afghans in the City of Asterix

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=106333370577&v=app_2373072738#!/group.php?gid=106333370577&v=wall

Tubestrike crowdmaphttp://tubestrike.crowdmap.com/#

Wall St Journal interactive graphhttp://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2009/08/25/how-long-does-it-take-to-build-a-technology-empire/

Examples and ideas

BBC road deaths – interactive featurehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15975720

World Trade Center Storieshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-14790016

The Marlboro Marine – LA Times http://www.latimes.com/la-na-marlboromarine-html,0,5646500.htmlstory

Examples and ideas

Symbolia iPad magazine:https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/symbolia-magazine/id553786080?ls=1&mt=8

Election results on Prezi:http://prezi.com/-3m3b7palqy2/election-results-prezi/?utm_source=em0nl0elec&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=gro

Examples and ideas

Fast Company: Journalism as live performancehttp://www.fastcompany.com/3009595/creative-conversations/detroiters-on-how-to-make-it-in-detroit

Guardian: NSA files decodedhttp://garciamedia.com/blog/articles/pthe_guardian_elevating_multimedia_storytelling_p

Examples and ideas

World Press Photo interactive winnershttp://www.worldpressphoto.org/multimedia-gallery/2013-multimedia-contest

Firestorm – The Guardianhttp://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/may/26/firestorm-bushfire-dunalley-holmes-family

Planet Money makes a T-shirt – NPRhttp://apps.npr.org/tshirt/#/cotton

Examples and ideas

Serial podcastserial.podcast.org

Cyber athletes online documentaryhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b050ssz2

Interactvie video: how is IS funded?http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-30315092