Agenda for week 9

1. Tech for today
 Brainshark
YouTube/Google Plus
Anymeeting


 2. Fundmentals
Critical Thinking about cyber-bullying and teen suicide.

Bullying equals suicide? Rarely that simple. @Poynter expert @kellymcb shares how to avoid mistakes in coverage. http://t.co/cXM49izE7U
— Poynter (@Poynter) October 25, 2013

Propaganda Model

Framing 
Rwanda Per capita income in 1994 was at an all time high. 
In other news, 800,000 people are murdered in Rwandan genocide in 1994.


3. Stories for the week

Local

Post by Frank Godon.

What is a Libertarian?

National

 Why are people so happy to see Mike Duffy in trouble/



International

What is the deal with the International Criminal Court? ICC and Article 98. Dick Cheney is coming to Canada. 

What is Article 98 and why is the US going to great efforts to have it adopted?

Retweet if you think Canada should arrest Dick Cheney http://t.co/gD7LVx1GjY
— HuffPost Canada (@HuffPostCanada) October 30, 2013

Agenda for Week 8

1. Technology

YouTube Reporter's Channel 

2. Fundamentals

• Logical Fallacies continued 
• Introducing media theories -- Siebert, McLuhan, Herman and Chomsky, TFON

 3 Stories  

Local




 North America

Did #Cdnpoli Labour Minister fail to report private income, conflict of interest, #Toronto address? A timeline ►http://t.co/rQn3VO7lZB
— Amy MacPherson (@MsAmyMacPherson) October 22, 2013

International
 

Drone Victims Recount Horror of Follow-Up Strikes Launched Against People Rescuing Wounded http://t.co/E1gf033ULC #DoubleTap #UniteBlue
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) October 24, 2013

Agenda for Week 7

1. Tech this week
Google Media Tool kit

Crisis Maps 

Storify

 

Liberal MP Dominic Leblanc, whose riding includes #Elsipogtog asks about Mike Duffy scandal during QP. #aptn
— APTN National News (@APTNNews) October 17, 2013

2. Fundamentals of Journalism
 

Evaluating Sources Momento
Snopes
Logical Fallacies


3. Stories
Proximal 

Misfits Play on BU campus


Medial 

Malala Worthy Victim

#Malala’s Drone Strike Warnings Ignored by US Media | Weapons of Mass Distraction http://t.co/s3qmVh6eWR #news
— Disinformation (@disinfo) October 17, 2013

 

Distal 


New web news service Greewald, Poitras, Scahill.

So proud & excited to be teaming up with 2 of the world's greatest journalists: Laura Poitras & @JeremyScahill http://t.co/R9RVjuObfo
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) October 17, 2013

Class 6 Agenda

Guest speaker Rolf Dinsdale, newly nominated Liberal Candidate for the Brandon-Souris by-election. Rolf will talk about the importance of media for an informed electorate. He will recount his experiences working in the Canadian media sector.

1. Tech for the week.

• Review of Twitter
Twitter for Literary Journalism?

 

Today is special. Getting out of jail. I will not go see Donna. I will not see what shoes she's wearing. Too much trouble to dig her up.
— Very Short Story (@VeryShortStory) October 5, 2013

• Review Skype and audio recording interviews. Introducing SoundCloud.

You had an option, sir! You could have said, "No!"

• PROFUNC  Wayback Machine
 

2. St*ff Journalists say. Glossary of Printing Terms and concepts.


3. My Stories for the week.

Local


 Shelby in the Quill http://www.thequill.ca/2013/10/01/a-restoration-of-art/

National 

We make Glen Greenwald's list

Post by CBC Radio.

International

Why we don't want to piss o*f Brazil.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/brazil-vs-canada-relationship-of-industrial-rivals-gets-thornier/article14744514/

Record an Interview

Audio Recording assignment: Record and edit a Skype conversation and display it on your blog in MP3 format. Topics could include the impact of the shut down of the US government on Canadians and Manitobans. If you have an audio editing application, use that. If you do not have an audio editing suite, consider using Skype, G-Recorder, Audacity and Vocaroo to record a MP3 audio file.


 
Audio and voice recording >>

Class 5 Agenda: Interviewing

Review Twitter. Some good hashtags #cdnpoli #bdnm #B30154

Conducting interviews for journalistic writing.

1. Technology for this session

Skype - G-Recorder  - Audacity

2. How to conduct an interview

Interviewing principles http://www.columbia.edu/itc/journalism/isaacs/edit/MencherIntv1.html
http://journalism.about.com/od/reporting/a/interviewing.htm
Lie detection http://www.wikihow.com/Detect-Lies

3. News stories that caught your eye this week.

Local

#BrandonU President Clarifies Budget Reporting @WinnipegNews @thebrandonsun @kensteele @coubroughCBC #CdnPSE pic.twitter.com/afHTnDHoPq
— Brandon University (@BrandonUNews) October 1, 2013

North America

Post by Althia Raj.

International

TrendsMap  http://trendsmap.com/  

@matthew_d_green @ggreenwald @runasand I know your credentials & you raise vald questions. But Snowden has not had access himself since HK.
— Barton Gellman (@bartongellman) October 3, 2013