Using “One in 8 Million” in the Classroom
This past semester, I integrated the NYTimes.com multimedia series One in 8 Million: New York Characters in Sound and Images into the regular routine of my Online Journalism II course. When we started...
View ArticleIt’s Not About the Blog
For the past few years I have used student blogs as a primary format for my introductory online journalism course. Each student selects a topic or beat to cover for the semester and creates a blog...
View ArticleA Few Lessons Learned from Teaching Online Journalism
I recently finished my second year of teaching online journalism to undergraduate students. For me, that means that I have reached a point where I am not perpetually scrambling to prepare for the next...
View ArticleWhy I Am Adding Brian Stelter’s “What I Learned in Joplin” to My Course Reading
A screen grab of Brian Stelter's Instagram photo page. He used the photo sharing app to report on the aftermath of the tornadoes in Joplin, Missouri. I am adding “What I Learned in Joplin,” a personal...
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