The document discusses teaching mobile and social journalism. It notes that newsrooms have become multi-platform hubs and students are increasingly pursuing social media roles. It recommends teaching concepts like reporting across platforms, mobile shooting/editing, social optimization, analytics and engagement. The author suggests experimental courses, infusing these concepts into other courses, and revising course titles/descriptions to reflect contemporary terms. It also advocates providing platforms for student work and collaborating with newsrooms.

1. Anthony Adornato
@AnthonyAdornato
BEA 2018
Teaching Mobile
Journalism:
Immersion, Diffusion,
and Inclusion

2. Starting Point
Mobile AND social should be
taught together
Newsrooms are multi-platform
hubs of content
Prepare students to be
innovators while upholding
traditional journalistic values
Students increasingly pursuing
social media roles in
newsrooms
Create “real” newsroom
experiences

5. So Much To Teach
Pitches and workflow: Reporting one story across
many platforms
Mobile shooting and editing
Mobile-friendly story layouts
Social media optimization
Readable videos and social media graphics
Analytics
Audience engagement
Evolving business models
User-generated content
Verification and Ethics
….and the list goes on

6. Hack the Curricular System
“I like to see that they’re
an early adopter of new
platforms and social
media features, not
someone who is going to
wait for me to say, ‘okay,
you have to start doing
this.’”
-Amber Smith, Gray
Television
Experimental/special topics courses
Stand-alone course
Other courses infused with concepts of
mobile and social
Made changes internally even though
changes were not yet approved college-
wide

7. One More Suggestion
“I like to see that they’re
an early adopter of new
platforms and social
media features, not
someone who is going to
wait for me to say, ‘okay,
you have to start doing
this.’”
-Amber Smith, Gray
Television
Revise course titles
and descriptions to
use contemporary
terms

8. INVESTIGATIVE
JOURNALISM
• Crowdsourcing
• Social listening
• Social graphics
VISUAL
JOURNALISM
• Social media
optimization
• Producing
videos with
iPads and
mobile apps

9. MOBILE AND SOCIAL
MEDIA JOURNALISM
• Reporting one story
across many platforms
• Mobile shooting and
editing
• Mobile-friendly story
layouts
• Social media
optimization
• Readable videos and
social media graphics
• Analytics
• Audience engagement
• Evolving business
models
• User-generated
content
• Verification and Ethics
VISUAL
JOURNALISM
• Social media
optimization
• Producing
videos with
iPads and
mobile apps

10. Provide Platform for Student Work

11. Collaborate with Newsrooms

12. Let’s Connect
@AnthonyAdornato
@MobileJourn