Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Assignment for next week!


Today: Finish your practice infographics and post to your blog.

No class Monday.


Your assignment for Wednesday is to come up with your story idea for your first story (cover an event or, optionally, write an “explainer” piece). The “explainer” piece is simply that – you “explain” a major issue in the news or how an organization works; you need to gather quotes from an expert. So if you were to do an explainer on, say, a major political issue (the debt limit, for example), you might talk to a political science professor about the politics of it.

On Wednesday, in class, write an “advance.” The advance is simple if you’re covering some sort of event. If you’re doing an explainer piece, you’ll need to write a short advance highlighting an upcoming event or issue connected with your issue. (For example, what’s next on the debt ceiling debate.)

After you write the advance, you’ll write a story about your event or explainer, in class, on Wednesday, Jan. 30. On Monday, Jan. 28, you’ll do your infographic that will accompany your story.

So bring to class on Wednesday, Jan. 23: A write-up of two or three sentences that tells me what story you are going to do (to write in class on Jan. 30), plus tells me what your infographic will be about, with ideas for links.

Also, by the end of the next week, find the following tutorials (or others):



Learn how to capture a still frame from a movie in Adobe Premiere:

Learn how to add “Ken Burns effect” in Adobe Premiere:

I’ll give you class time to practice all of these effects. Many of you may be able to figure them out on your own.

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