Stanford Digital Journalism Course Wiki
January 25th, 2006

The Wiki for my Digital Journalism Course at Stanford is up:

Over the past two decades, shifts in media technologies, corporate structure and the organization of public life have combined to change the practice of journalism. This course explores these shifts, with an eye to seeing how they affect journalism’s role in society. At the same time, the class will introduce you to the techniques of journalism in digital media and offer you conceptual and practical tools with which to join the fray. By the end of the course, you should have a clear sense of the various ways journalists have taken up digital media and a sense of how you might use those media yourself. You should also gain a broad understanding of the ways in which recent social and economic developments have changed both the practices of journalists and the nature of the publics with whom they communicate.

The Wiki for my Digital Journalism Course at Stanford is up:
Over the past two decades, shifts in media technologies, corporate structure and the organization of public life have combined to change the practice of journalism. This course explores these shifts, with an eye to seeing how they affect journalism’s role in society. At the same [...]

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Comments

Hi Howard,

I was just wondering whether your Digital Journalism course will include wireless communications, such as the use of camera phones (still photos and videos).

Other wireless tools: BlackBerry and other cellular phones for e-mail to receive relevant newsletters and news alerts (journalists need to be informed while on the go, obviously) and also cellular phone browsers that enable journalists to see what already has been posted.

Another idea: Podcasts and video casts via wireless, such as using a cellular phone to record and post a podcast.

As a wireless analyst for 28 years, with a graduate degree in journalism, I spend a lot of time pondering the use of wireless in journalism. Good luck with the course.

2 - Howard Rheingold

Hi Alan — yes, we definitely deal with these technologies and the issues they raise. I wish we had more time to get hands on!

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