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VisCom Notes
02.09.09a

Hello Visual Communicators,

I have avoided committing to a textbook because of the cost/ effectiveness ratio.  Below is the link for a free PDF version of Journalism 2.0, a textbook.

Journalism 2.0 PDF Book-  http://www.kcnn.org/resources/journalism_20/

It’s a thorough examination of where we stand (in Journalism), plus tools and solutions. There are plenty of references and it parallels our syllabus. If I can get you guys to connect with me and read some of this stuff, I can cut back on lecture and spend more time on practical work, as requested by some. Download it and skim through it, I’ll make some reading assignments Tuesday evening.

There is a regular blog published by the author. One item in the Blog, Hard work isn’t enough: It’s time to pay attention:

http://www.journalism20.com/blog/2009/01/24/hard-work-isnt-enough-its-time-to-pay-attention/

It looks an awful lot like my suggestion of the ”Play Ethic” that I have been pushing. That Is: You have to play with the software and ideas that we are presenting. Play with it a little at a time. Click on the ”The Blog” in the navigation bar at the top for the whole blog listing. Let’s take another stab at it tomorrow. We are due for a photojournalism assignment if you guys have been keeping up with the assignments we ,almost through Assignment 3 or 4. At the last class we did some Photoshop- the assignment was to do three things with one picture, don’t forget that captions are a must for all journalistic images.

Have fun, work hard, good luck. CH

Journalism Workshop Calendar http://socdojworkshops.blogspot.com/ Prof Herndon’s Office Hours Calendar http://profherndonscalendar.blogspot.com/  VisCom, Photojournalism, Multimedia (VPM*) Pages http://crn17559a.blogspot.com/ Prof Herndon’s Sometime Blog http://craigseyes.blogspot.com/ washingtonpost.com Camera Works http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/photo/index.html The New York Times, Multimedia/Photos http://www.nytimes.com/pages/multimedia/index.html