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write, edit, blog: April 2012
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Friday, 20 April 2012. How to become an education journalist - previewing Masterclass 48 at MMJ. The education beat is a central one. Education is such a crucial part of the lives of every individual, and of every society’s attempts to ensure it has a bright future, that it’s a very lively and important specialism. What I’ve discovered as I’ve researched this topic is that education journalism is taken much more seriously, and given far greater importance, in the USA than it is in the UK. That’s so...
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write, edit, blog: June 2012
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Thursday, 14 June 2012. Brand journalism - what it is and how to do it. This is a preview of the 50th masterclass at Multimedia Journalism: A Practical Guide and it’s a little different to the preceding 49. It’s about something that some people deny is journalism at all. They say it’s just PR or marketing under another name. But what exactly is brand journalism? You can read a definition of brand journalism in this module. Here I want to say why I’m doing this. Why cover brand journalism? It seems to me ...
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write, edit, blog: If you REALLY want to be a journalist - you need the answers to these 10 questions
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Thursday, 29 August 2013. If you REALLY want to be a journalist - you need the answers to these 10 questions. Usually on the Multimedia Journalism site we concentrate on how to do journalism. How to be a better reporter, video editor, podcaster or whatever. This time I want to look at something different. Something that comes before all of the 'how to do it'. It's the 'do you really want to do it? It's about the state of journalism today. So I'm posing and answering 10 key questions. This doesn't mean yo...
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write, edit, blog: May 2012
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Friday, 4 May 2012. Three reasons why you should want to report on religion: Introducing Masterclass 49 at MMJ. Here’s one good reason: religion throws up many great stories. And here's another: religion affects a great many people, even if they have no faith of their own. According to Judith Mitchell Buddenbaum, author of Reporting News About Religion: An Introduction for Journalists. The Religion Writers' Foundation. Says: “Religion is a factor in the issues Americans consistently name as their t...
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write, edit, blog: Escaping the Catch 22 every wannabe journalist faces: how to get your journalism published - even though you have no track record
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Wednesday, 24 July 2013. Escaping the Catch 22 every wannabe journalist faces: how to get your journalism published - even though you have no track record. Here’s is the Catch 22 every wannabe journalist faces. You need bylines on published articles before potential employers will take you seriously. But it’s virtually impossible to get the commissions that will win you bylines unless you already have a track record of published articles. How do you square the circle? We'll take a look at:. Enter your em...
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write, edit, blog: October 2012
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Friday, 26 October 2012. Latest storytelling platforms for journalists - previewing MMJ Masterclass 52. One of the great challenges journalism faces is to find new ways of storytelling. Why do we need to do that? Because the new media demand new ways of storytelling that are appropriate for them. So how should we tell stories in the mutlimeda environments of websites or mobile devices, for example? That's something we are still working on discovering. Nobody has the definitive answer. We look at Grafetee.
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write, edit, blog: iPad app creation for non-coders and non-designers: Previewing Masterclass 60 at Multimedia Journalism
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Wednesday, 9 October 2013. IPad app creation for non-coders and non-designers: Previewing Masterclass 60 at Multimedia Journalism. News consumption on tablet computers is growing fast. Not all news organisations feel the need to create a dedicated iPad and Android-friendly app. Many take the view that standard websites can easily be read on such devices. So when I noticed that Google Campus London. Was welcoming a new startup called Fliplet. The Getting Started blog post. Decide what your app is for.
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write, edit, blog: How to create an iPad magazine with Glossi
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Tuesday, 26 February 2013. How to create an iPad magazine with Glossi. Up until now it's been pretty difficult for the non-coder to create a magazine for the iPad and other tablets. What simple platforms there were for building mobile phone and tablet apps often charged a hefty fee to host. But now there's a platform that lets you create and publish digital magazines for free. And it makes publishing for tablets, smartphones and computer easy. Editing it and presenting it,. Planning the book,. So, rather...
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write, edit, blog: August 2013
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Thursday, 29 August 2013. If you REALLY want to be a journalist - you need the answers to these 10 questions. Usually on the Multimedia Journalism site we concentrate on how to do journalism. How to be a better reporter, video editor, podcaster or whatever. This time I want to look at something different. Something that comes before all of the 'how to do it'. It's the 'do you really want to do it? It's about the state of journalism today. So I'm posing and answering 10 key questions. This doesn't mean yo...
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write, edit, blog: July 2013
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Wednesday, 24 July 2013. Escaping the Catch 22 every wannabe journalist faces: how to get your journalism published - even though you have no track record. Here’s is the Catch 22 every wannabe journalist faces. You need bylines on published articles before potential employers will take you seriously. But it’s virtually impossible to get the commissions that will win you bylines unless you already have a track record of published articles. How do you square the circle? We'll take a look at:. Enter your em...
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