assignments

Assignment: Multimedia Feature, Multimedia Collaboration

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The final project will be a publication that integrates research, writing, audio, video, and graphic elements in the exploration of a larger overarching theme. The purpose of this assignment is to expose you to the processes of pitching, developing, organizing, managing and producing a multimedia publication—both as individuals and as a collaborative team. Format

The title of this collection will be ONE MONTH IN MURPHY, and will pursue stories that touch, in some way, Murphy Hall. That is, you could do a profile of a worker who cleans carpets in Murphy or go to an event that is advertised in Murphy—the story doesn’t have to stop at the building walls, it just needs to have some connection to this place. The project will be divided into two parts: 8 individually produced multimedia features, and 16 collaboratively produced pieces across different media.

special guests

Protected: Class 3/31: Guest Appearance from Tracey Berg-Fulton (Community Manager, AuthenticJobs) and Pat Fulton (Front-End Developer, Sparkbox).

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Pat Fulton and Tracey Berg met in Pittsburgh in the early 2000's. Pat was finishing a degree in journalism from Point Park College (now Point Park University). Tracey was a photographer. We all met going to punk/DIY shows in pgh, and helped to build a short-lived online publication/community/record label/event promoter in Western PA called Pittpunk. Then they fell in love and got married and bought a house and got a dog and everything.

class

Class 2/20: Introducing Photo Galleries

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In class, we discussed the different types of photos that you might include in a photo essay for your upcoming assignment. The photo essay is a form made famous in TIME magazine, where photographers like Ansel Adams and W Eugene Smith made some of the most important contributions to the genre. Incidentally, many wedding photographers essentially use the tools of the photo essay. Inspired by this post on Poynter (as well as some discussion of it here), let's take a look at a photo gallery produced for an NPR story on health care for some examples of the different sorts of photos (or illustrations!) in multimedia publications. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=44&v=N_3m52fzBV0

 

The different shots that the Poynter article identifies here are a scene-setter, a medium shot, a portrait, an action shot, a macro/detail. 

Poynter's description is in italics, mine in standard font.

Featured in Category

Protected: Class 2/17: Guest Appearance by Frances Dumlao (’15), Social Media Editor at Bustle

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Frances Dumlao graduated from Arcadia in 2015, with a BA in Global Media. She is currently an assistant social media editor with Bustle, with a particular focus on Romper, a Bustle vertical for young moms.

Prior to her work at Bustle, Frances interned with Mashable, Grid Magazine, Grandparents.com, USA Today, and Showtime, as well as working with public relations at Arcadia. She also was a key figure in the evolution of LocoMag, and ran her own blog WanderlustNotes. Thanks for coming back, Frances!  

editing

Protected: Class 2/10: Guest appearance from Liza Hearon, Mashable UK

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Liza Hearon is a Deputy Editor at MashableUK in London, where she's worked since 2015. Before that she was a Homepage Editor at the Wall Street Journal in London, and a subeditor for the Kyodo News in Tokyo, Japan. She's also lived and worked in St Petersburg, Russia, and Miami, Florida. You can read Liza's Mashable pieces here, and follow her on Twitter here. Thanks, Liza, for introducing me to vegan hot dogs back in 2002, and for talking to our class this week!

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Protected: Class 2/3: Guest appearance from Frankie Greek

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Frankie was an Arcadia DMC student in 2010, before transferring to Penn State to do a degree in broadcast journalism. Since then she's worked in television, radio, public relations and event management. She's now a social media professional with a specialty in SnapChat. You can read more about Frankie here and read an interesting interview with her here. Thanks for coming, Frankie!