Week 11
Monday * March 22
Enhancing packages with movie clips and dynamic text.
- LAB Work on movie clip symbol exercises: (1) sliding panel; (2) pop-up data panel; dynamic text (these are not in the book; no need to bring the bring book and CD this week).
- LECTURE 1 Examples of maps and overlay data in Flash journalism packages.
- LECTURE 2 Planning a news package with maps.
DUE 9 a.m. Monday (via e-mail): Flash 3 (multi-part package with external MP3s)
READ Maps on news websites -- an overview, by Paul Bradshaw
EXAMINE Haiti, territorio devastado (El Mundo) -- in particular, please go to the middle section and look at the selections in the box at lower right:
Notes * * *
If you are interested in using maps in digital formats, you should look into taking a course or two in UF's Geography Department. Check out their computer labs. Courses vary a lot depending on available faculty and grad assistants, but you certainly could add some VERY useful skills (such as how to use GIS) to your repertoire here. They have been welcoming to our students in the past.
Supplemental * * *
- Map Hawk: This blog critiques online maps, many of which appear on news Web sites. It's a nice place to get a look at a wide variety of maps used to explain current events.
- How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love GIS, by Megan Taylor. Megan graduated from our Journalism program in 2008 and is now an associate multimedia editor at the New York Daily News.
- 8 Beautifully Designed Maps, a blog post with links, by Mark S. Luckie.