9/8/2019 0 Comments INtroductory Post
I’m a journalism major with a news and editorial concentration. I am mainly interested in more features and human interest stories. I love stories about things that people maybe don’t think about enough but should (how college tour guides walk backwards! There’s a great Atlantic article on it) or that shows an in-depth look at something daily. I hope through this course that I learn more about visual journalism and how to best utilize it. I also hope to learn more about how to keep up with all of those aspects on my social media. I plan on acquiring those skills by attending class regularly and making sure that I absorb the content.
Multimedia journalism takes many forms and has actually been around longer than some would expect. Even in the 1990s, journalists were working to bring content to the public in a variety of ways. The equipment and styles have changed, but the goal of bringing content to the table in a variety of ways has not. Video from the scene, photography, interactive graphics and audio are all aspects of multimedia journalism. Those aspects are constantly evolving, there are always new ways to brings the news to people. Multimedia journalists are still looking for great stories and honest answers while sharing those stories and answers through a variety of mediums. The article on Journalism Ethics put into words on a page a lot of the things that I’ve heard as a student so far. One of the “ten commandments” that stood out to me the most was the seventh, “Thou shalt live in a glass house.” Judgment and hypocrisy are such difficult things to deal with in any lifestyle, especially ones where you subject yourself to the public view like in journalism. As a journalist, you are constantly under the public eye and their scrutiny, making sure you do your best to not do that to other journalists is a really big thing to me. Treat others the way you want to be treated, and do not do anything that you would judge someone else for doing. The part on not paying for sources also stuck out to me. It’s something that it seems like should not even have to be said, but I know for some people it has to be. Integrity is so important. Here's the link to two great multimedia articles I found on the New Yorker! I chose two articles because they show different aspects of interactive stories. The first story on a new "silk road" is great because it shows beautiful images as well as quotes in a more personal way. The images and quotes flow in front of reader onto the screen. The second article is not as focused on showing multiple points of interaction. Instead it showcases one major interaction for readers. At the top of the article is an incredible illustration of The Vessel, an art piece created by Thomas Heatherwick. The article gives readers the opportunity to have a 360 degree look at a captivating illustration of the sculpture. There is also the option to listen to the article being read. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/01/08/a-new-silk-road https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/02/26/thomas-heatherwick-architectures-showman
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Abbi RossUniversity of Arkansas Journalism Student || Arkansas Traveler Reporter || Lemke Digital Media Lab Student Archives
December 2019
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