Lecture 1 for 2016

In our first class we mostly went over the syllabus and got some accounts set up. The lecture was broadcast using Google HangOuts on Air and posted on a YouTube playlist on my Channel. I'll be using this blog as a central organizing space for the course. Expect to see a weekly entry from me that will introduce an agenda and direct you toward course resources. I'll also use this space to model the various applications and practices that we will explore throughout the course.

I'll also be using a variety of online environments that exemplify the new spaces where digital journalism is emerging.  I will provide a recording of my lecture for each week but I will make sure that students will not be recorded without their knowledge or permission. For the moment I will make these recordings available in a Google Plus Circle that I have created for this class. If it proves too complicated I will embed the video on this blog.

I will also do a weekly scan of news topics gleaned from a variety of social media sources. I will use an application called Storify to curate stories from Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Google Plus and others as they present themselves.