*The instructor reserves the right to adjust this schedule as she sees fit.
Week 1: Aug. 27 & Aug. 29 – Introductions, ethics, audience-centric journalism, Digital Age
Week 2: Sept. 3 & (No class Sept. 5) – AP style & Web hits
Week 3: Sept. 10 & 12 – Web hits exercise & beat reporting
Week 4: Sept. 17 & 19 – Blogging
Week 5: Sept. 24 & 26 – Mobile photography
Week 6: Oct. 1 & 3 – Video
Week 7: Oct. 8 (No class Oct. 10) – Video
Week 8: Oct. 15 & 17 – Video screenings & video for social media
Week 9: Oct. 22 & 24 – Video for social media
Week 10: Oct. 29 – Video screenings; enhancement project plans due
(No class Oct. 31 – work on enhancement projects & video assignment)
Week 11: Nov. 5 & 7 – Audio slideshows
Week 12: Nov. 12 & 14 – Audio editing and enhancement project presentations
Week 13: Nov. 19 & 21 – Fun with mobile journalism
Week 14: Nov. 26 (No class Nov. 28 – Thanksgiving) – Project conferences
Week 15: Dec. 3 & 5 – Future of journalism & project workshop
Final: Thursday, Dec. 12, 10:45 a.m. – Presentations of your final project