Week 15
Monday * April 18
Wrapping up ...
- LAB Portfolio workshop (see NOTES below)
- LECTURE 1 Career directions for you now: programmer journalists, designers, freelance opportunities, etc. Other classes you might consider at UF.
- LECTURE 2 None -- the last day of classes is Wednesday.
DUE 3 p.m. Monday (on a CD, in the classroom): Flash Project. Note that there are special late penalties for this assignment. If you choose to work on the Flash Project during the lab today, you will incur a late penalty.
>>> Your Portfolio is due Monday, April 25, at 6 p.m.
VIEW Thinking like a startup for journalists
READ Fresh eyes: What can journalists learn from a web coder?
Notes * * *
I don't know what paths you will follow after you leave this class, but I hope you will tell stories that help people understand the world they live in.
Please e-mail me or come to my office hours if you would like to pursue an online project in an independent study.
Please come to lab on Monday prepared to work on your portfolio! This is your chance to get my feedback before I grade it.
Supplemental * * *
- What should you show in a graphic? Some guidelines for breaking-news online infographics, by Alberto Cairo (PDF; 3.6 MB)
- Do you think about news as structured data? This article from 2006 is a classic: A fundamental way newspaper sites need to change, by Adrian Holovaty
- How Programmer/Journalists Craft Their Own Study Programs / December 2009