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Extra Credit

IMPORTANT! You may collect no more than 30 points of extra credit for the semester.

Cecil Schwalbe Marine iguanas bask on Isla Espanola.

HAVE PERFECT ATTENDANCE
5 points for having perfect attendance at the end of the semester.

ENTER A CONTEST
5 points for entering Flickr’s Tell a story in 5 frames contest.

BRING IN SOMETHING RELEVANT TO SHARE WITH THE CLASS
2 POINTS for sharing something relevant with your classmates. If possible, please let Carol know ahead of time that you have something to share. Maximum: 20 points

ATTEND A PHOTO EXHIBIT
5 POINTS for attending a photo exhibit at ASU’s Northlight Gallery (first floor of Matthews Hall, on the southeast corner of Tyler and Forest Malls) or anywhere else and turning in at least one double-spaced page critiquing the show. Focus on composition and content. How you can apply what you’ve learned to your photographic efforts? Maximum: 10 points

ATTEND A LECTURE
5 POINTS for attending a lecture about journalism or multimedia AND live-blogging the event. Maximum: 10 points

PUBLISH IN THE ASU WEB DEVIL OR STATE PRESS MAGAZINE
10 POINTS for getting an original story, slide show or video published in the ASU Web Devil or State Press Magazine. Content published in The State Press (newspaper), then shoveled onto the Web Devil does NOT count. Original Web content does. Maximum: 30 points

WRITE A THANK-YOU LETTER
5 POINTS for sending a thank-you letter to a guest speaker. Guests value your appreciation, and you’ll have a chance to network and to synthesize what you’ve learned. Guidelines: Send your letter within a week. Include something about yourself. Be appreciative; this is the speaker’s only payment. Describe what you learned, why it matters and how you can apply that information. Paper is preferred over e-mail. Be sure to give me a copy. Maximum: 5 points

A good thank-you letter is longer than three sentences. Here’s an example:
Thank you for visiting our Advanced Online Media course Monday morning. You gave our class full of aspiring multimedia journalists helpful tips for improving our work.

I have to admit that I rarely get anything worthwhile from guest speakers, but your advice and words of wisdom gave me hope that one day I'll be able to create a successful business, as you did. It was refreshing to hear the practical side of making money on the Internet. Your information was helpful to those of us who are thinking of starting a company online. I will be reading Failure Magazine on a regular basis. The idea is unique, and the stories are intriguing.

Thank you for providing our class with an informative presentation, and thank you for giving us candid answers to all our questions.

Will Kirkland About the size of a hen, a frigate bird flies on 8-foot-long wings.

COMPLETE AN ONLINE NEWS UNIVERSITY COURSE
5 POINTS for each course you complete. Take these fun, interactive online courses wherever and whenever you like. You can start one day and finish another. Register at http://www.newsu.org. Click on the COURSES link on the top navbar. When you finish the course, print out the last page and give it to me. Maximum: 30 points

Choose from the following:

• Multimedia Reporting: Covering Breaking News (60-120 minutes)
  Groundbreaking work by six news sites after Hurricane Katrina.
• The Interview (60 minutes)
  A typical news interview with a friendly but reluctant source
• Language of the Image (60 -120 minutes)
  How to analyze and discuss the journalistic value of images.
• Typography for News Design (120-180 minutes)
  Principles of working with type and fresh ideas to make your pages pop.
• Color in News Design (60 minutes)
  How the visual elements of color, contrast and dimension complement the written word.
• Best of Photojournalism: What Makes a Winner (120 minutes)
  The elements of award-winning photojournalism.
• Telling Stories with Sound (60-120 minutes)
  How to create effective narratives by gathering, processing and mixing audio.
• 5 Steps to Multimedia Storytelling (60-120 minutes)
  Simple steps to organize and produce a story that goes beyond the printed page.
• Handling Race and Ethnicity (60-120 minutes)
  Whether and how to use racial and ethnic descriptions in news stories
• ONA Training Project: Module 1 (60-120 minutes)
  The five-step multimedia production process for four Web sites
• ONA Training Project: Module 2 (60-120 minutes)
  Planning, reporting and producing three successful news Web sites