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Open Journalism & the Open Web

Course Material

1. Syllabus for Open Journalism

Thu, 2010-08-26 11:14

Updated September 16th, 2010
Week 0, September 15-17: Introduction & orientation

September 15, 2010 -- 1PM Eastern: Lecture #1: Mark Surman

September 17, 2010 -- 1PM Eastern: Lecture #2: Rich Gordon & Burt Herman (no lecture on September 16, 2010)

Week 1, September 20 - 24, 2010: The fundamentals of journalism and coding, with Chris Amico, Interactive Editor for the PBS NewsHour

Readings: TBD

Assigments/Project Goals (Due dates & group assessment dates): TBD

Meeting times:

Live meeting (audio & chat): Monday, September 20th, 1PM Eastern (attendance highly recommended)
Mid-week check-in (group chat): Wednesday, September 22nd, 4PM Eastern
Peer assessment (group chat, possible video): Friday September 24th, 1PM Eastern.

Week 2, September 27-October 1, 2010: Project management with Rob Purdie, Scrum Practice Leader for The Economist

Readings: TBD.

Assigments/Project Goals (Due dates & group assessment dates): TBD

Meeting times:

Live meeting (audio & chat): Monday, September 27th, 1PM Eastern (attendance highly recommended)
Mid-week check-in (group chat): Wednesday, September 29th, 4PM Eastern
Peer assessment (group chat, possible video): Friday October 1st, 1PM Eastern.

Week 3, October 4-8, 2010: Edit it. Fork it. The art of collaboration and journalism with David Cohn, Spot.US and Tom Grasty & Nonny de la Pena, Stroome

Readings: TBD.

Assigments/Project Goals (Due dates & group assessment dates): TBD.

Meeting times:

Live meeting (audio & chat): Monday, October 4th, 1PM Eastern (attendance highly recommended)
Mid-week check-in (group chat): Wednesday, October 6th, 4PM Eastern
Peer assessment (group chat, possible video): Friday October 8th, 1PM Eastern.

Week 4, October 11-15, 2010: Big Ugly Datasets For Thumb-Fingered Journalists with Nick Judd, Assistant Editor, Personal Democracy Forum

Readings: TBD.

Assigments/Project Goals (Due dates & group assessment dates): TBD

Meeting times:

Live meeting (audio & chat): Monday, October 11th, 1PM Eastern (attendance highly recommended)
Mid-week check-in (group chat): Wednesday, October 13th, 4PM Eastern
Peer assessment (group chat, possible video): Friday October 15th, 1PM Eastern.

Week 5, October 18-22, 2010: Business Model for Journalism with Rich Gordon and Owen Youngman, Medill School of Journalism.

Readings: TBD

Assigments/Project Goals (Due dates & group assessment dates): TBD

Meeting times:

Live meeting (audio & chat): Monday, October 18th, 1PM Eastern (attendance highly recommended)
Mid-week check-in (group chat): Wednesday, October 20th, 4PM Eastern
Peer assessment (group chat, possible video): Friday October 22nd, 1PM Eastern.

Week 6, October 25-27, 2010: Government journalism & engaging your readers with Amanda Hickman, Document Cloud.

Readings: TBD

Assigments/Project Goals (Due dates & group assessment dates): TBD

Meeting times:

Live meeting (audio & chat): Monday, October 25th, 1PM Eastern (attendance highly recommended)
Course conclusion & final peer assessment (group chat, possible video): Wednesday October 27th, 1PM Eastern (attendance highly recommended)

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This sounds like a lot of fun

Erica Schlaikjer

Thu, 2010-09-02 02:45

This sounds like a lot of fun - but as someone with a 9-to-5 work schedules, I just can't swing it! :(

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looking forward to it

soe soe

Sun, 2010-09-05 08:33

looking forward to it :)

greetings from Cambodia

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The agenda looks very

Jenni Lukac

Sun, 2010-09-05 10:08

The agenda looks very interesting. I'm looking forward to participating from Spain.

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Looks good. Join you!

Oksana Maslova

Sun, 2010-09-05 11:44

Looks good. Join you!

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Brooklyn NY USA here. I'm so

nancy cardozo

Sun, 2010-09-05 16:13

Brooklyn NY USA here. I'm so happy to be part of this!

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Great stuff. As a coder whose

Dave Goodchild

Sun, 2010-09-05 19:59

Great stuff. As a coder whose work overlaps with journalism and social media this will be fascinating!

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This sounds like a lot of fun

Phillip Smith

Tue, 2010-09-07 04:57

This sounds like a lot of fun - but as someone with a 9-to-5 work schedules, I just can't swing it! :(

Hi Erica,

The lecture and check-in times are still being worked through and -- in face -- we'll be surveying participants to find out what works best for everyone. Additionally, the lectures and online chats will be immediately available online in an archived format -- so you could participate as your schedule permitted. Please don't let that stop you from applying! :-)

Phillip.

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i'm living in Barcelona and i

Quim Guinovart

Wed, 2010-09-08 18:08

i'm living in Barcelona and i would like to know what eastern time menas
thank you

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ET = -6 hours from BCN

Mark Cantwell

Thu, 2010-09-09 01:47

ET = -6 hours from BCN

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hoping to be on it!

Mark Cantwell

Thu, 2010-09-09 01:48

hoping to be on it!

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Looking forward to the

Arjun Venkatraman

Thu, 2010-09-09 04:24

Looking forward to the course...one question, how do I know when I'm accepted?

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I'm from Brazil. Amazing...

walter lima

Thu, 2010-09-09 20:20

I'm from Brazil. Amazing...

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Submitted my app late b/c I

Khadijah Britton

Fri, 2010-09-10 06:32

Submitted my app late b/c I got pulled away from my desk and failed to hit "Save" last time - hope I can still join you all - sounds like an amazing course!

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Thank you! As a Free Lance

Mary Louise Harp

Sat, 2010-09-11 17:31

Thank you! As a Free Lance Journalist & Photo Journalist, am excited about this course as it will give me another skill as an edge in the Social Media!