STANDARD COMPETENCIES:

 

 1. Identify digital media and internet-based journalism outlets.

 2. Apply journalistic best practices, ethics and describe how technology effects the profession of journalism.

 3. Use various methods of developing and delivering internet based media content.

 4. Use various styles of journalistic writing.

 5. Create and use outlets for online journalistic efforts.

 6. Locate story ideas and primary sources.

 7. Publicize journalistic efforts using online tools.

 8. Create surveys and use social networks for peer review and critique.

 9. Conduct audio and video interviews for the internet.

 10. Submit feature to online news organization and for peer review.

 TOPICAL OUTLINE:

 

 I.      Digital Media and internet based journalism

         A.      Introduction to internet journalism and digital media.

         B.      Ethics, best practices, journalistic style requirements and the effects of technology on the media.

         C.      Exploring digital media outlets:

                 1.      Blogs

                 2.      Microblogs

                 3.      Podcasting

                 4.      Video hosting

                 5.      Photo hosting stock sites and archiving sites

                 6.      Social Networking sites

                 7.      Online News Reporting

                 8.      Streaming Audio and Video

                 9.      Survey Generation Sites

 II.     Staffing the online magazine.

         A.      Creating story ideas.

         B.      Delegation of first story assignments.

         C.      Designing the online publication.

 III.    Content creation issues related to internet based media.

         A.      Photography standards.

         B.      Video standards.

         C.      Sound standards.

         D.      Streaming audio and video standards.

 IV.     Blogs

         A.      Registering a blog.

         B.      Create a mission statement.

         C.      Develop blog presence, site look and feel.

         D.      Content development for weekly blog posts.

         E.      Writing for the blog.

         F.      Peer review and critique of blog.

 V.      Posting photography

         A.      Setting up a photography online account.

                 1.      stock photo services.

                 2.      archive server online.

         B.      Understanding site end user license agreements, digital rights management, copyright, infringement.

 VI.     Video presence.

         A.      Setting up an online video channel.

         B.      Content development for video.

         C.      Writing for video: storyboards, treatments and scripts.

         D.      Publicizing content through email, channels.

         E.      Increasing your site hits.

         F.      Peer review of video site.

 VII.    Online reporting.

         A.      Setting up an online news account.

         B.      Creating content for online news.

         C.      Writing features for online news outlets.

         D.      Writing a