Wednesday, February 24, 2010
multimedia for final project
My final project is on the marching band, I am hoping to use a combination of multimedia to express my story. I will have a print section complete with the most meaningful photo I also wish to have a multimedia section that would have either a broadcast interview or a photo slide show to audio. Like the example, it would give a better description to the audio and transcript by using the photo slide show. While I like the concept of audio with pictures for a slide show, I don't believe that the print/photo slide show is as effective. With the combination of print and pictures it's too difficult to focus on both elements, especially with the picture being much larger than text it draws the most attention. Another example of multimedia that I would not hope to use in my own project is a panoramic moving image with a link to the story. While the image catches my eye for sure, I think they should make the story right underneath, either that or have the panoramic view with the story put to a transcript so audio can coincide with the image.
Monday, February 22, 2010
Paper's Decision to Twitter 3-year-old's funeral
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=5790930&page=1
The Rocky Mountain News utilized social media by tweeting an up to date description at a 3-year-old's funeral. While twitter has become a useful tool for many journalism outlets this reporter was allowed in the funeral under strict circumstances that no photos would be taken. However, since the reporter could access twitter on his phone throughout the service, he was seen tweeting or what looked like typing or texting on his phone. While tweeting has somewhat been in competition with traditional reporting because of how fast it is to publish there is a time and place for that. In the article about the technology conference an up to date tweet was deemed appropriate however, with a funeral being such a personal affair having a reporter take notes every once in a while and having a reporter tweet on his phone through the entire service are completely different.
This example has brought upon not only obvious ethical questions but brought up the question of appropriate use of social media within the journalism field. The family was OK with reporters covering the boy's service but the tweets were morbid and inappropriate another difference between social media and traditional journalism. The reporters final tweet on the service was "family members shovel earth into grave." To me that is not only completely inappropriate but with new technology there should be some sort of ethical code developed just as print and broadcast journalists have their own ethical code.
The Rocky Mountain News utilized social media by tweeting an up to date description at a 3-year-old's funeral. While twitter has become a useful tool for many journalism outlets this reporter was allowed in the funeral under strict circumstances that no photos would be taken. However, since the reporter could access twitter on his phone throughout the service, he was seen tweeting or what looked like typing or texting on his phone. While tweeting has somewhat been in competition with traditional reporting because of how fast it is to publish there is a time and place for that. In the article about the technology conference an up to date tweet was deemed appropriate however, with a funeral being such a personal affair having a reporter take notes every once in a while and having a reporter tweet on his phone through the entire service are completely different.
This example has brought upon not only obvious ethical questions but brought up the question of appropriate use of social media within the journalism field. The family was OK with reporters covering the boy's service but the tweets were morbid and inappropriate another difference between social media and traditional journalism. The reporters final tweet on the service was "family members shovel earth into grave." To me that is not only completely inappropriate but with new technology there should be some sort of ethical code developed just as print and broadcast journalists have their own ethical code.
Final Project Outline
Lead/Premise: People have mentioned that at OSU it is harder to make the marching band than the football team. What makes the OSU marching band the coveted “Best Damn Band in the Land.”
Potential Sources:
Stewart Kitchen: Former Drum Major of OSU marching band
Dr. John R. Woods: Ten-year band director for OSU marching band
Another band member
A source preferably in administration on tradition and the band
A student on their input on what the band stands for in their head
Someone involved in athletics, whether it be a football player or athletic director Gene Smith
Someone who went through the tryout process and their input on that(whether it be a band member or someone who didn’t make it)
Organization of the story:
-Start with a lead about the competitive nature of the tryouts
-Go into a member’s experience with the tryout
-Enter some statistics on how many people tryout each year and how many on average are actually chosen
-Enter the band directors input on the criteria of the tryout
-Input an athletic figure’s opinion on the difficulty of the tryout process or just opinion on the band in general
-Add in the administrations input on how important the OSU marching band is to the university
-Add in students input on what the marching band means to the university
Production of the story: I’m hoping to use the third option and combine the media in a 600-word story but then also use broadcast or video. In a perfect world, I would hopefully include a couple interviews as a part of the broadcast. I was also hoping to talk to the band director to see if they have any video available of recent band performances to include.
*This aspect of the project is still a little unclear for me, but I am hoping that after I assess what technology I am working with it will give me a better idea of what is feasible.
** Facebook could definitely be utilized to help my story. I found a facebook group for current and former members of the marching band and this would be a great tool to help me find sources. Also there is usually fan pages for student organizations on campus and while so far all I have found is the group there is still a chance that their is a relevant fan page available where fans, or friends and family of band members can post on the wall about upcoming events and their opinion on the band. This will give me more potential interviews. Also fan pages are public so any comments made can be viewed without being a "fan."
Potential Sources:
Stewart Kitchen: Former Drum Major of OSU marching band
Dr. John R. Woods: Ten-year band director for OSU marching band
Another band member
A source preferably in administration on tradition and the band
A student on their input on what the band stands for in their head
Someone involved in athletics, whether it be a football player or athletic director Gene Smith
Someone who went through the tryout process and their input on that(whether it be a band member or someone who didn’t make it)
Organization of the story:
-Start with a lead about the competitive nature of the tryouts
-Go into a member’s experience with the tryout
-Enter some statistics on how many people tryout each year and how many on average are actually chosen
-Enter the band directors input on the criteria of the tryout
-Input an athletic figure’s opinion on the difficulty of the tryout process or just opinion on the band in general
-Add in the administrations input on how important the OSU marching band is to the university
-Add in students input on what the marching band means to the university
Production of the story: I’m hoping to use the third option and combine the media in a 600-word story but then also use broadcast or video. In a perfect world, I would hopefully include a couple interviews as a part of the broadcast. I was also hoping to talk to the band director to see if they have any video available of recent band performances to include.
*This aspect of the project is still a little unclear for me, but I am hoping that after I assess what technology I am working with it will give me a better idea of what is feasible.
** Facebook could definitely be utilized to help my story. I found a facebook group for current and former members of the marching band and this would be a great tool to help me find sources. Also there is usually fan pages for student organizations on campus and while so far all I have found is the group there is still a chance that their is a relevant fan page available where fans, or friends and family of band members can post on the wall about upcoming events and their opinion on the band. This will give me more potential interviews. Also fan pages are public so any comments made can be viewed without being a "fan."
Monday, February 8, 2010
Broadcast Assignment
Good evening. I'm Mallory Treleaven - welcome to the 11 o'clock news.
The big story tonight is the Big Game. The storybook season continued for New Orleans as the Saints won its first Super Bowl title in franchise history, upsetting the Indianapolis Colts 31-17 in Miami. The game was close throughout the first 3 quarters. But momentum seemed to shift in the Saints favor when they recovered the onside kick in the second half. A 74 –yard interception return for a touchdown with two minutes to go put the game away and earned the Saints the championship.
In college basketball, The Buckeyes beat Iowa -- 68-58. Evan Turner scored 32 points in the game to ensure that Ohio State holds on to its Number 13 ranking. The Buckeyes are now 1 game out of first place in the Big Ten.
Former Vice Presidential candidate, Sarah Palin brought the house to its feet with her keynote speech at the first National Tea Party Convention, held Saturday in Nashville. Palin criticized the current administration for not living up to its promise for 'change' and for not taking action to address the troubled economy.
And now for the weather. The Columbus area is bracing for another winter storm. The snow is expected to start Monday night, continuing through Wednesday. We could get up to 8” of snow. Please check our website for school closings.
The weather didn’t seem to hurt box office sales this weekend. “Dear John” the romantic film based on the Nicholas Sparks novel was the top grossing movie. In it’s opening weekend, the film made $32.4 million dollars -- knocking Avatar from the top spot after 7 weeks at number 1.
Finally, our sports editorial tonight. Another Ohio State football recruiting season came to a close this past Wednesday. Coach Tressel is again being criticized by some for missing out on those last few big-name recruits. I personally think Coach Tressel's approach is the best. Go after high quality recruits that fill positions of need and that want to play for the Buckeyes. Make a limited number of offers and get commitments that fill the class early in the process. Coach Tressel's results speak volumes PAUSE -more NFL players, more BCS games and victories and, of course, eight and one against Michigan. That, after all, is why they play the games.
The big story tonight is the Big Game. The storybook season continued for New Orleans as the Saints won its first Super Bowl title in franchise history, upsetting the Indianapolis Colts 31-17 in Miami. The game was close throughout the first 3 quarters. But momentum seemed to shift in the Saints favor when they recovered the onside kick in the second half. A 74 –yard interception return for a touchdown with two minutes to go put the game away and earned the Saints the championship.
In college basketball, The Buckeyes beat Iowa -- 68-58. Evan Turner scored 32 points in the game to ensure that Ohio State holds on to its Number 13 ranking. The Buckeyes are now 1 game out of first place in the Big Ten.
Former Vice Presidential candidate, Sarah Palin brought the house to its feet with her keynote speech at the first National Tea Party Convention, held Saturday in Nashville. Palin criticized the current administration for not living up to its promise for 'change' and for not taking action to address the troubled economy.
And now for the weather. The Columbus area is bracing for another winter storm. The snow is expected to start Monday night, continuing through Wednesday. We could get up to 8” of snow. Please check our website for school closings.
The weather didn’t seem to hurt box office sales this weekend. “Dear John” the romantic film based on the Nicholas Sparks novel was the top grossing movie. In it’s opening weekend, the film made $32.4 million dollars -- knocking Avatar from the top spot after 7 weeks at number 1.
Finally, our sports editorial tonight. Another Ohio State football recruiting season came to a close this past Wednesday. Coach Tressel is again being criticized by some for missing out on those last few big-name recruits. I personally think Coach Tressel's approach is the best. Go after high quality recruits that fill positions of need and that want to play for the Buckeyes. Make a limited number of offers and get commitments that fill the class early in the process. Coach Tressel's results speak volumes PAUSE -more NFL players, more BCS games and victories and, of course, eight and one against Michigan. That, after all, is why they play the games.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Live Nation Entertainment names Danny Caterinicchia Senior Vice President
Live Nation Entertainment announces it is opening a new Dallas office. Top music promoter, Danny Kat-er-ini-kia is the new Senior Vice President.
Kat-er-ini-kia has produced more than 3 thousand concerts from 1978-2002. He was previously employed by AEG Live as their Senior Vice President.
Kat-er-ini-kia has worked to bring high-profile artists to the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Some key artists include, Guns N' Roses and The Eagles. He is looking forward to bringing more great artists in with Live Nation Entertainment.
Kat-er-ini-kia will be responsible for the concert promotion at Live Nation-owned venues.
Live Nation Entertainment promotes hundreds of concerts annually in their owned venues.
Live Nation Entertainment will be merging with Ticketmaster.
Kat-er-ini-kia has produced more than 3 thousand concerts from 1978-2002. He was previously employed by AEG Live as their Senior Vice President.
Kat-er-ini-kia has worked to bring high-profile artists to the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Some key artists include, Guns N' Roses and The Eagles. He is looking forward to bringing more great artists in with Live Nation Entertainment.
Kat-er-ini-kia will be responsible for the concert promotion at Live Nation-owned venues.
Live Nation Entertainment promotes hundreds of concerts annually in their owned venues.
Live Nation Entertainment will be merging with Ticketmaster.
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