Multimedia & Managing News Websites Training

About this Lesson

Judd Slivka
Assistant Professor, Convergence Journalism, Missouri School of Journalism, University of Missouri

There’s a saying that “the best camera is the one you have with you,” and current media activities certainly confirm that. More and more media are outfitting their journalists with equipment based on mobile phones. That potential increase of content – along with curating news and using podcasts and the like – can be difficult to manage without a workflow and clearly defined pipeline to get it published. To wrangle all that content, you’re going to need a solid management structure.

What you will learn

After completing this unit, you should be able to:

List the advantages and challenges of mobile journalism
Identify how the mobile kit overcomes the limitations of mobile journalism
Identify what kind of apps work best for mobile journalism
Describe production strategies to manage multimedia content
Explain how podcasts, feeds and curated content can increase your reach and range
Develop a staff structure that can keep manage and publish all that content.

How the lesson works

First of all, this is an asynchronous lesson unit, which means no live events are scheduled for this lesson. You can complete learning activities at your own pace whenever is convenient for you. Despite the asynchronous nature, the learning tasks are organized to help you succeed.

To be successful in this unit, please complete the following tasks:

• Watch the lecture.
• Take the quiz to test your own understanding. This will help you to strengthen the concepts you just learned.
• Optional: Due to the amount of content to be covered in a single unit, we encourage you read these additional resources. Some of the quiz questions might come from the readings in Additional Resources section.