Week 8

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10 | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12

LECTURE
Cronkite Zine

Other student online magazines:
a. The Ball Bearings from Ball State University
b. The Burr from Kent State University
c. University of Oregon’s Flux
d. University of Missouri’s Vox
e. Baltimore Stories from Towson University
f . Magazine World from Humber College

LAB
New York plane crash kills Yankee pitcher and instructor
Which site used multimedia most effectively to tell the story?

1. MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15232929/

2. New York Times http://nytimes.com/nyregion/nyregionspecial5/

3. ESPN http://espn.go.com/

SITES WE LOOKED AT IN CLASS

zreportage.com

Poynter backgrounder http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=2&aid=112094

CIRRUS parachute system: http://www.cirrusdesign.com/

Flickr http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=new+york+plane+crash

Photo home page: http://www.macloo.com/cheat/index.htm

Clever interface: http://www.rtm86.com/main001.htm

Blair Bunting: http://blairbunting.com/home.htm

Graceful Web site: http://gingerblue.com/

North Korea
• Different perspectives from abroad
http://www.watchingamerica.com/index.shtml

• Slate.com summarizes what major U.S. newspapers are saying
http://www.slate.com/id/2151204

• Nicholas Kristof did short video reports from North Korea for the NYT. Here is one from July 17, 2005.
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/nor
thkorea/index.html?inline=nyt-geo

• Here’s a great site (map included!) for all sorts of context and fact-checking options: https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/kn.html

• One of the best packages is at MSNBC: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13704198/
There are interactives on the missile arsenal and effectiveness of the defense system, among other things.
 
• For a background explainer, see http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/nkorea/
The drawback here is that it was done in 2003. It’s difficult to update this material. The last date of update isn’t prominently displayed. It could be helpful in explaining what a nuclear test is, but, frankly, it doesn't have a clear or concise description for those who might not know.

Cecil R. SchwalbeMocha, a 16-year-old Siamese cat, takes a rest.

DUE THIS THURSDAY
1. By midnight Thursday: Instead of posting your own entry, blog with one of your classmates. Say something of substance, not just that you liked the blog. Spelling, grammar, punctuation and AP style still matter! You may post to your own blog as well, but all you need to do this week is add a substantive comment to one of the postings made by a classmate. Here’s a list of your classmates' blogs.

2. Turn in the lavender checklist. Be honest! When you grade yourself on the lavender form, consider the following:
    A   You could quickly and easily build an HTML site with CSS.
    B   You could an HTML site with CSS if you had some help.
    C   You’d need a lot of help to build a Web site.

OPTIONAL: Come to Nancie’s class every Tuesday and Thursday from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in our classroom (Stauffer A-114). No quizzes, no grades!

DUE NEXT TUESDAY

1. By midnight Thursday: Instead of posting your own entry, blog with one of your classmates. Say something of substance, not just that you liked the blog. You may post to your own blog as well, of course, but all you need to do this week is add a substantive comment to one of the postings made by a classmate. Here’s a list of your classmates' blogs.

2. Finish your personal Web site by the BEGINNING of class this coming Tuesday. Put your home page, resume, and two others pages (such as your font poem and slide show) in your Student folder (NOT in the Slot) by the BEGINNING of class on Tuesday. Make sure the following items are in one folder with your name on it:
    • index.html
    • resume.html
    • photos.html (or whatever you called your third page)
    • font_poem.html (or whatever you called your fourth page)
    • images folder holding all the photos for your site
    • navbar.css (or whatever you called your CSS style sheet)
    • files for your slide show (if you included your slide show)
Put everything else in another folder called Old Stuff or some such.

3. Turn in the salmon-colored checklist for your slide show.

4. Read the handouts about Goo-Tube. Write down and turn in the pros and cons of the acquisition from the perspective of these stakeholders:
    a. You the user
    b. Chad Hurley and Steve Chen
    c. Potential advertisers
    d. Friendly media firms
    e. Hostile media
    f. Google and its investors
    g. Other online competitors
Consider things like this: How will users feel if Goo-Tube adds commercials? Will the music industry or motion picture industry sue for copyright infringement? What will happen to these stakeholders if this acquisition foreshadows the dotcom bust of the last 1990s?

You will receive homework points for turning in this assignment. We will also discuss it in class on Tuesday.

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