All the required readings in one place.
Weekly reading assignments will include a number of articles, blog posts, book chapters, etc. The amount of required reading will be a little heavy during the first 2-3 weeks of class and will gradually become lighter during the semester as multimedia production gets more demanding. I will frequently share additional links to relevant (but optional) material online, usually via Twitter and Google+.
This reading list is a work in progress, an evolving collection that I’ve curated over the past several years of some of the best content related to digital journalism.
Tech support cheat sheet (xkcd)
[Reference] Glossary of common terms used in digital journalism (Journalist’s Resource)
[Reference] New Media Toolkit (Renaissance Journalism Center)
Fungible (Stijn Debrouwere)
Notes on blogging for journalists (Felix Salmon)
Passion replaces the dullness of an overused journalistic formula (Robert Niles)
When journalists blog: how it changes what they do (Paul Bradshaw)
Yahoo! Style Guide: Construct clear, compelling copy (4 parts)
Yahoo! Style Guide: Be inclusive, write for the world (2 parts)
Yahoo! Style Guide: Translate voice into words
4 pro techniques for boosting the value of your blog posts (Georgina Laidlaw)
Why journalists must understand link journalism (Daniel Bennett)
Why do we link in news stories? (Mathew Ingram)
Why The Atlantic no longer cares about SEO (Lauren Indvik)
Learn WordPress.com (WordPress)
Why Twitter will endure (David Carr)
How a senior editor at The Atlantic uses Twitter (Muckrack)
The journalist’s guide to maximizing social media ROI (Leah Betancourt)
10 must-haves for your social media policy (Sharlyn Lauby)
Tips for live tweeting an event (Craig Kanalley)
Suggestions (but not standards) for live tweeting (Steve Buttry)
Building blocks of a multimedia story (Mark Berkey-Gerard)
Radio: An Illustrated Guide (paperback comic book by Jessica Abel and Ira Glass, available through the bookstore)
Alex Blumberg’s Manifesto, Part I and Part II
Better writing through radio Part I and Part II (Nancy Updike)
The Tricks of Planet Money (Chana Joffe-Walt)
How to turn a blah event into a video story (Ken Kobre)
Videojournalism brain dump (Greg Linch)
Video at newspapers needs to improve (Colin Mulvany)
Video Techniques (Paul Grabowicz et al.)
Newspapers and thinking the unthinkable (Clay Shirky)
