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Class TopicsWeek 1: NO CLASS - MLK DAY Week 2: January 25: Introducing KOMU.com - The basics needed to get the news on the web. Meet Travas Townsend, KOMU.com's webmaster. Navigate your role in the newsroom and in the dot-com area. Learn about the projects for the semester. Week 2: February 1 – Media Giraffe and Social Networks - Also meet Bill Densmore (via Skype) to learn about your Media Giraffe project. Learn the basics on why social networks are a way to connect with news consumers and help your career. Meet Zack Luye and see how he uses social media in his career. Week 3: February 8: The Job Hunt – Learn a few basics on how to build an eportfolio and the elements you need. How to present the best you. How to handle the interviews: phone and in person. Contracts and negotiations. (This class will also help you with your eportfolio project) Week 4: February 15: Reynolds Journalism Institute – Get a chance to hear from an RJI fellow and hear what they are working on during their fellowship year. Schedule time this week to meet with Jen one-on-one this week so you have focus for your open week of eportfolio building. Week 5: February 22: ePortfolio work time – No class on campus. You can work in class the classroom if you need access to a computer to work on your ePortfolio. Week 7: March 8: Thinking in Flash – No class on campus. We will meet in small groups at KOMU this week to train on the basics of Flash. You can use class time to meet up with your groups if you’d like. Week 8: March 15: Researching and projects - See how research can help us understand the best ways to deliver information online. Paul Bolls from the PRIME lab will speak to us. (Jen is out of town attending SXSWi) This is a fun class (just ask someone who knows about the "coffee incident") Week 9: March 22: Lessons You've Learned – You're a pro at working in your newsroom... So let's share some of the tricks and processes that you're pretty sure no one else knows. Do you know how to create a slideshow, build a map or anything. Come to class with a lesson you'd like to share. Email Jen your web-based discovery that you want to share before class. Don't forget to go to TWESTIVAL on the 25th! Spring Break Week 10: April 5: One-on-One with Jen – No class, you have individual meetings with Jen. You’ll set up scheduled time to meet with Jen this week to go over your ePortfolio so you can show it off for the job hunt. Week 11: April 12: Web Ethics – What kind of considerations do we need to take when we are delivering news content for the web? What type of new challenges are headed to newsrooms as news delivery gets viewers more involved? Week 12: April 19: Project work time – This is time when we’ll plan presentations to the j-school at the end of the semester. Teams have time to work on their projects. Week 13: April 26: Media Giraffe Profiles - Everyone gets to talk about the Media Graffe Profile they worked on. 3 minute presentation for each person. Week 14: May 3: Looking Ahead for KOMU.com/KBIA.org - Brainstorming session on what we can do to improve KOMU.com. Also, we'll go over everyone's eportfolio structure.
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