WCC COMM 106

1. SEMESTER MULTIMEDIA
PROJECT
COMM 106: Multimedia Journalism

2. Each of you will be creating,
editing, and posting a
multimedia journalism project
on the class blog with:
TEXT
AUDIO AND/OR VIDEO
BASIC INTERACTIVITY
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3. FINDING STORIES
 Cultivate Curiosity
 If you’re curious, someone else is, too
 Read, Look and Listen
Pay attention to your world
 Follow Up and Plan Ahead
Ask both what’s happened and what’s
next
 Develop Story Topics from Ideas
A story idea is NOT the same as a topic

4. The Rising Cost of
College Textbooks
Overview with
History
Effect on
Students &
Teachers
Alternatives &
Future
STORY MAPPING
GENERAL IDEA:
SPECIFIC TOPICS:

5. ESSENTIAL: THE 5 W’s (plus the H & the SW)
Who?
What?
When?
Where?
Why? (NOT your opinion)
How?
Always ask “SO WHAT?” to
determine newsworthiness

6. SEMESTER MULTIMEDIA PROJECT
THREE MAIN AREAS TO CHOOSE
FROM:
REPORT ON AN EVENT (concert, lecture,
club meeting, art opening, etc.)
-OR-
 PROFILE A PERSON AND/OR PLACE
AND/OR ORGANIZATION
 -OR-
 REPORT ON A CULTURAL TREND

7. Choose something from your real
world
Something/Someone Interesting
and/or Newsworthy – BE
REALISTIC!
Focus on the hook/subject – DOES
IT HAVE MULTIMEDIA
POTENTIAL?
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8. Be Sure You Have Access
for Original Reporting &
Interviewing
Be Realistic & Adaptable
SET REALISTIC
EXPECTATIONS: CAN you
do this story with the time
and resources available?
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9. Material should be gathered soon and
as the semester progresses – you will
have in-class lab time to work on
projects
MUST HAVE ORIGINAL REPORTING &
INTERVIEWS WITH CONNECTED
SUBJECTS (not just “regular” people)
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10. This is NOT an Opinion or News
Commentary Piece – it’s not about
what you think as reporters/people!
It can be about what others think,
but not what YOU think…just what
you found out
INVESTIGATING AND INFORMING
FAIRLY AND ACCURATELY
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11. YOU MAY TEAM UP TO GATHER MATERIAL
BUT EACH OF YOU MUST PRODUCE
YOUR OWN INDIVIDUAL PROJECT FOR
THE BLOG
PROJECT PITCH TO CLASS IN EDITORIAL
MEETING SETTING
PITCHES ARE DUE A WEEK FROM TODAY
YOUR PITCH IS OPEN TO QUESTIONS
I WILL VETO STORIES BASED ON
PRACTICAL GROUNDS
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12. SEMESTER MULTIMEDIA PROJECT
THREE MAIN AREAS TO CHOOSE
FROM:
REPORT ON AN EVENT (concert, lecture,
club meeting, art opening, etc.)
-OR-
 PROFILE A PERSON AND/OR PLACE
AND/OR ORGANIZATION
 -OR-
 REPORT ON A CULTURAL TREND