COM 13500 Introduction to Journalism, Lindenwood University

1. Unit #4: Journalism Platforms
Journalism Platforms:
Online
COM 13500 Introduction to Journalism

2. Today’s ConCepTs

3. • Timeliness
• “Continuous news versions” of
stories
• Bigger type, smaller photos
• Print = text, photos and graphics
• Online = multimedia
(photos, video, audio, hyperlinks)
Print v.
Web

4. • Tips for making online stories pop:
– “chunk” your information into short
paragraphs and shorter sentences.
– Add subheads, bullets and lists
– Three essential “web extras”:
links, multimedia, user participation.
– Don’t SHOVEL.
– Get info online, then
update, update, update.
Print v.
Web

5. Links
• Audio
• Video
Archives
• Stories
• Blogs
• Info
Interactive
Elements graphics
• Maps
Multimedia
“Packaging”

6. Make News Participatory
Comments and discussion
User-
Surveys, polls
generated
and quizzes
content
Interactive media

7. Introducing…
Backpack
journalist
Solo Video
Journalists Journalists
(sojos) (VJs)
Backpacker: Becky Diamond
Multimedia Mobile
Journalists Journalists
(MMJs) (mojos)

8. Multimedia Equipment
List: Common Tools