Week 15
Monday * April 19
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 -- last day of classes is Wednesday.
DUE Nothing! Your Portfolio is due Monday, April 26, 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