Education

Beyond Bootcamp: Watch NYT multimedia editor Andrew DeVigal live Weds at 7 p.m.

The Beyond Bootcamp livestreaming continues Wednesday night at 7 p.m. with New York Times multimedia editor Andrew DeVigal’s (@drewvigal) keynote speech, which will begin the second round of workshops.
Watch the keynote here (not visable in RSS feed) or at:

http://www.mogulus.com/greglinch

The second set of workshops, which conclude Saturday, includes the following sessions (more about faculty):

Creating video narratives [...]


QUESTION: What should I teach myself during winter break?

I have one month to learn a new skill, or skills, during winter break. Therefore, I would like to take a survey to see what skills would most benefit someone graduating in May.
Some background: I will be an online intern at The Dallas Morning News this summer (see related post), a position that focuses on [...]


ONA student group: Journalism education discussion round-up

(This post originally appeared here on the Online News Association’s student journalism discussion group.)
Last week there was an epic Twitter discussion about journalism education.
The conversation continued on the blogosphere and I’d like to offer a few links in the interest of keeping that conversation alive:
Rich Beckman discusses how to reshape journalism education – Greg Linch [...]


Rich Beckman discusses how to reshape journalism education

I keep forgetting to post these notes, but tonight’s grand conversation on Twitter about journalism education reminded me.
Read the Twitter discussion: Twitter discussion about journalism education or see it as a Wordle visualization.
Context: Rich Beckman, Knight Chair in visual journalism at the University of Miami, gave a presentation on Nov. 11 about how we should [...]


Feedback wanted: Special Olympics athlete profile video

If you follow me on Twitter (@greglinch), you’ve probably see a tweet or two about this:

I shot and edited the video for my multimedia storytelling class with Rich Beckman, Knight Chair in visual journalism. I got a lot of good responses and feedback* from Beckman and my classmates, but I’m still hungry for more.
What did [...]