JMSC 6091
Online Journalism Workshop
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Tools, Apps and Software
Written on 30 Oct, 2010 at 0:10 in Topics | viewed 1,337 times | 0 Comments
This section lists the various tools, apps and software utilised on this course. Please feel free to recommend your favourites.... (Continue reading)
Live Video Streaming
1. Livestream – plug in a camcorder … and you are live. 2. Ustream – plug in a camcorder … and you are live. 3. Qik – Stream live (or almost live) video from your mobile phone ... (Continue reading)
RSS
RSS stands for “Really Simple Syndication” or “Rich Site Summary”. It allows for the automated distribution of web site content one the one hand and aggregation of content from one or more web sites on the other. RSS feeds are useful... (Continue reading)
Writing and Layout
Written on 15 Mar, 2010 at 16:57 in Topics, Web Writing and Layout | viewed 1,734 times | 4 Comments
From Jakob Neilson’s Alertbox People rarely read Web pages word by word; instead, they scan the page often in a F-pattern, picking out individual words and sentences. In research on how people read websites Neilson and Norman found that 79 percent... (Continue reading)
Mapping & Crowdsourcing
Written on 21 Feb, 2010 at 22:16 in Mapping & Crowdsourcing, Topics | viewed 1,277 times | 0 Comments
MAPPING Google Maps UMapper – allows use of custom maps. The finished map can be exported to Flash ActionScript 3.0 or KML. Yahoo! MapMixer – Overlay a custom map on top of a Yahoo! Map Map a list – creates maps from Google Spreadsheets Map... (Continue reading)
Charts & Graphics / Data Vizualisation
Tips for making charts in: Excel (and Google Docs) Adobe Illustrator Online – Manyeyes / Chartle / Online Chart-Tool / Chartgizmo / Open Flash Chart Wordclouds – Wordle (Manyeyes also has one) More online web tools here Timelines Timetoast – free online generator (simple) Dipity - More... (Continue reading)
Tutorial – Charts – Adobe Illustrator
Written on 21 Feb, 2010 at 21:54 in Adobe Illustrator, Data Visualisation, Topics | viewed 3,966 times | 0 Comments
In this tutorial we will use Adobe Illustrator to create two types of charts; pie charts and bar charts. Whichever type you choose will depend on the data you want to display. Pie charts are good for showing the relative... (Continue reading)
Soundslides / Audio Visuals
Developed by photo-journalist Joe Weiss, SOUNDSLIDES evolved into a de facto news industry standard in the mid-to-late 2000s. The links below connect to reports that demonstrate how this simple-to-use program has been used to harness the power of sound... (Continue reading)
Photography – Shooting and Editing
1. Photo-editing: Resize, crop and compress photos and graphics for the web. We will discuss web-safe formats and difference between gifs, jpgs, tifs, raw, png etc; thumbnails vs full-size The industry-default program for manipulating photographs and graphics is Photoshop – which costs $$$$$$$$$.... (Continue reading)