Last Class

Review of Class tools and topics

Basics of Journalistic writing. 

Creating Journalism/Consuming journalism

In the digital context?

Journalism ethics

Bloggers vs "Real" Journalists

Law relating to journalism

Defamation
Freedom of Information
Protection of Sources

Digital Applications and practices
Audio Podcasts
YouTube
Maps
Mobile platfors
Augmented and virtual reality
Data analysis and Visualization

Theoretical perspectives and the epistemology of Digital Journalism

SWOT
Strengths?
Weaknesses?
Opportunities?
Threats?

Mobile Journalism

Grading Rubric

• Can you do it?
• Can you do it well?
• Can you do it well with purpose? 

Tasks,
1. 12 Blog entries with maps, podcast, video, data visualization (at least 12 posts)

2. Narrated presentation, pecha kucha style embedded on your blog

3. Paper in Google Docs

Various Topics

• News writing basics
• Media Theories
• Theories of Digital Journalism
• New forms of journalism
• Ethics
• Security
• Encryption

Livestreaming, webcasting, TV Station in your pocket.

Meerkat vs Periscope 

Mobile tools galore

http://www.journaliststoolbox.org/archive/mobile-journalism/

AI, AR, MUVES and the Emerging World of Virtual Digital Journalism

Artificial Intelligence 

Trans-humanism Post-humanism Cyber everything

Hayles, N. K. (1999). How we became posthuman: Virtual bodies in cybernetics, literature, and informatics. Chicago, Ill: University of Chicago Press.

Hayles, K. (2012). How we think: Digital media and contemporary technogenesis. Chicago; London: The University of Chicago Press.

Jurgenson, N. (2012, June 28). The IRL Fetish. Retrieved March 24, 2015, from http://thenewinquiry.com/essays/the-irl-fetish/

Turkle, S. (2011). Alone together: Why we expect more from technology and less from each other. Basic Books.

Augmented Reality
QR Code Generator http://www.qr-code-generator.com/

QR Code Reader
     Neo Reader http://www.neoreader.com/



Layar





 Virtual Reality
Singularity
Immersive Journalism

Multi User Virtual Environments

Second Life

Journalism in Virtual Environments.

March 17, More Secure communications

Gleanings from Local, National and International News stories

Anonymity, Confidentiality and Security

Investigative journalism has always been a hazardous occupation depending on the country, the topic and the times. In some countries a strict censorship protocol prescribes very harsh penalties including imprisonment, torture and death for everyday journalistic activities. In Western democracies we count on constitutional protections and the rule of law, laws that have been worked out to provide the maximum of freedom and opportunity for all citizens. One of the measures of a state or society's comparative civility has been freedom of the press which is regarded as a cornerstone of democracy. Similarly, the concept of personal autonomy and privacy has been an essential feature of civil society.

Recent events have clearly illustrated that these concepts of freedom of the press and personal privacy are at risk. Security forces, in their efforts to do their jobs, ie protect citizens, have been increasing the sophistication of their spying efforts on enemies and friends alike.  A new law with sweeping ramifications for society is being debated in the Canadian HoC this week. It is essential that all citizens understand what is at stake but it is especially important that academics, researchers and journalists have a clear picture.

What is at stake for journalists in Canada with C-51?

Canadian Civil Liberties Association

Law Professors: Craig Forcese and Kent Roach Assessment
https://cdnantiterrorismlawaudit.wordpress.com/

Should we be concerned?


Helpful Theoretical Frameworks
Clay Shirky is a media theorist who gained prominence for the theories proposed in his book, "Here Comes Everybody" where he described and explained some of the impacts of the web on communications. Shirky has written a chapter for an upcoming book "Journalism After Snowden" that develops many important themes and suggests even more profound effects of the world wide information revolution and reactions. Discussing investigative journalism in light of recent events in the US with respect to whistleblowers and protection of journalistic sources he says:

 So what should journalists and publications do to maximize their ability to report newsworthy stories and minimize government interference? Three broad skills are required.
First and most importantly, reporters have to get good at encrypted communication. (It would be useful if news organizations began encrypting even routine communication, to avoid signaling to the governments they cover when something particularly important is happening, and to provide cover to sensitive sources.) Encryption is not an IT function; individual reporters have to become comfortable sending and receiving encrypted email, at a minimum. And, as was the case with both Manning and Snowden, it’s important to recognize—and to get the source to recognize—that encryption is no guarantee that a source won’t eventually be identified. It is a tool for buying time, not guaranteeing anonymity.
Second, journalists and institutions in contact with leakers need to have a plan for involving other journalists or institutions located in a different jurisdiction. While the leaks that get the most attention are national scale, we can expect additional leaks from inside businesses and local governments. It may be valuable to have a New Jersey newspaper holding vital documents about a sheriff in Colorado, to make sure the Colorado paper can’t be successfully pressured to withhold them. (This “doomsday switch” scenario seems to have been used by John McAfee, in his fight with the government of Belize, an indication that the pattern extends beyond journalism.)
And third, both journalists and publications should figure out to whom they might be useful as a third-party recipient of some other journalist’s or publication’s secrets. In moments of crisis (and important leaks tend to precipitate crises), those in need of backup will turn to people they already trust. If you are a journalist, editor, or publisher, ask yourself which other publications, anywhere in the world, would turn to you if they needed backup?

Tools and techniques:
Want to take an online course in cryptography? Coursera

Web Browsing
SecureDrop 

Tor Tails

Message encryption

Cryptocat

ChatSecure

File encryption Desktop Storage

VeraCrypt

Encrypted Cloud storage

Sync

SpiderOak

Email encryption

GPG4Win

Thunderbird

Enigmail plugin

How about that Greg Selinger!!
The Black Rod

BU Digital Journalism March 3, 2015

More about Data Journalism and Global Information Systems (GIS) 

Gray, J., Bounegru, L., & Chambers, L. (Eds.). (n.d.). Data Journalism Handbook. Open Knowledge Foundation. Retrieved from http://datajournalismhandbook.org/1.0/en/index.html

The world is awash with data! More about Global Information Systems http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_information_system
Many people routinely use Global Positioning Systems (GPS) for everyday navigation.  

Geoguesser Game https://geoguessr.com/ is fun.

 Application of Google Street view in a story on equipment movements in the Ukraine/Russia conflict.

Stunt Geolocation – Verifying the Unverifiable via @bellingcat https://t.co/jphK9hPCyR pic.twitter.com/m5fpFZhWCp
— Eliot Higgins (@EliotHiggins) March 3, 2015

Map data layers for fun and profit

Racial Distribution in the US based on 2010 census

http://www.coopercenter.org/demographics/Racial-Dot-Map

Another set of distribution maps with evident bias.

The deeper into Stupidparty land you get - the deeper into dog shit you wade -on every metric! http://t.co/fQRZrMNugz pic.twitter.com/vPHpPiJYAK
— Patrick M (@andendall) March 3, 2015

Another Mapping application

 

 Finding Data Sets

Search for *.csv  Where *= your topic of interest and you will find data sets with comma separated values, or CSV files, a common format for data.

Census data, public information, sports analysis etc.

To Code or Not to Code.

Should you learn how to write computer programs/code? It is not really required, for the most part but it doesn't hurt to have some understanding of the rudiments of things like Javascript, HTML, Python. Many online courses and programs of self study are available , see here for a bit of a starting point. http://62-170.wikispaces.com/Activities

You can start pretty simply, like with this Trinket system that lets you change Python code and watch the effect it has on the displayed material.

More coding ideas http://www.skulpt.org/static/proctest.html

Look and listen to this pretty thing http://heylookatmygames.com/thesun/

Applications also exist that allow you to assemble programs without writing code. Yahoo Pipes and IFTTT let you string together modules or widgets to make things happen.

Jing Play

Feb 24, 2015 Data Visualization and Data Journalism

Maps and other types of graphical information help us to interpret the world but they also allow for the promotion of various agendas, world views and propaganda.

See, for example, the maps at First Nations Seeker http://www.firstnationsseeker.ca/

Digital Journalists often rely on various mapping applications and practices to help explain and predict patterns of behavior in the stories they create. Often stories involve large amounts of data that are difficult to visualize without aides.

Do you live in a "bomb train" blast zone? Find out right here: http://t.co/IPwzSVRrbm pic.twitter.com/6vWkWlIMN3
— VICE News (@vicenews) February 17, 2015

Digital mapping practices allow us to add customized layers to maps and to share these layers with others. Map layers are often constructed with a .kmz file format and many repositories exist. http://clss.nrcan.gc.ca/googledata-donneesgoogle-eng.php

We will examine Google Maps and Google Earth for insight into how maps are build and how they can be used to amplify or carry news stories.

Download Google Earth here http://www.google.ca/earth/download/gep/agree.html Until recently Google Earth was available to all but Google Earth Pro cost $399.00 year-- the Pro version is now free.

While is is possible to create dynamic tours within Google Earth, it is also possible to achieve the same effect with a screen capture tool. Jing is a free application by TechSmith is a popular and versatile application for this purpose. http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html My Map With layers illustrating the proximity from my house to significant hazards and emergency resources.

YouTube Demo

Audio experiments

Vocaroo recording
Online recording software >> Uploaded file
Record music and voice >> Embedding from Internet archive

BU30:240 Feb 3

My Twitter picks for the week

Jan 27 Theory and practice

Agenda

Review of Zotero
Setting up a Zotero Group
Finding and sharing resources

Theories Old and New

Herman and Chomsky. Propaganda Model

5 filters
worthy and unworthy victims.

Herman and Chomsky Revisited

New theories of digital journalism.

Deuze (2001) What differentiates digital journalism from other forms of journalism
-hypertextuality,
-interactivity,
-multimediality -

annotative reporting,
open source journalism

and hyper-adaptive news sites.

Deuze, Mark. “Online Journalism: Modelling the First Generation of News Media on the World Wide Web.” First Monday 6.10 (2001): n. pag. firstmonday.org. Web. 23 Jan. 2015.

        http://personal.crocodoc.com/Q7zInWh

Jan 20 Class 3

Agenda
Browsers 
Chrome
Firefox
Tor

Search engines
Google
Yahoo
DuckDuckGo

Google Scholar
Google Advanced Search
Google Definition Search
NGram Viewer

 Zotero

 Theories of Digital Journalism
What is a theory?
How does it work?
How is journalism studied?
What are some of the theories of digital journalism?
What resources are used to study journalism?

 Paper assignment in a Google Doc.

Fooling around with blogging platforms

In this post I have embedded a post that I created on another blogging platform called Medium. I know, a blog within a blog, but I wanted to illustrate and keep things in a portfolio arrangement myself.


BU30240

Welcome and Introduction

Demo Storify

Just some words