Open Journalism & the Open Web

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Open Journalism & the Open Web

Course organiser: Phillip Smith

About the Course Organiser:

Hacks/Hackers, Mozilla, Medill, and others have teamed up with t to run a six-week peer-to-peer course for "hacks" and hackers. The overall theme of the course will be "Open Journalism on the Open Web," and -- being a peer-to-peer course that is all about "open" -- we need your involvement to make the course a success.

As part of Mozilla's ongoing work to keep the web open, we've been supporting a number of exciting education projects through the Mozilla Drumbeat initiative. We are partnering with Peer-to-Peer University (P2PU) to create the School of Webcraft -- the ultimate environment in which to learn the craft of open and standards-based web development. And P2PU also has a shared interest in journalism -- and recently offered a Digital Journalism course with Joi Ito of the Keio Graduate School of Media Design.

The Open Journalism on the Open Web course is an outcome from the Future of News and Civic Media 2010 event. This is a Knight Foundation supported initiative.

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Course Status:

Completed

Members

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Terri

Vítor

Can hacks and hackers work together in the new online news world?

Summary

Hacks/Hackers, Mozilla, the Medill School of Journalism, The Media Consortium and others are teaming up to develop a solid six-week online curriculum that will benefit both "hacks" and hackers (that's journalists & programmers, in plain English). Each week the course will focus on a different topic, and each week the participants will be joined by a different subject-matter expert (or two) from the field of news innovation. The course readings, online participation, and a seminar are expected to require roughly 4-6 hours per week.

The topics that are currently in development are:

The fundamentals of journalism and the Open Web
Project management
Edit it. Fork it. The art of collaboration and journalism
Big Ugly Datasets For Thumb-Fingered Journalists
Business Model for Journalism
Data journalism and government

This is a Knight Foundation supported initiative.

Schedule/Syllabus

1. Syllabus for Open Journalism

Comments

I am interested in the course

deborah belcore

Wed, 2010-09-01 18:33

I am interested in the course but dont want to take up one of the 40 spots. I would fall in the journalist:inexperienced catagory. Wil the course info be archived so that I might review/learn the material presented without taking up a spot? THanks for the info. DB

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Hey there DB, Yes, indeed,

Phillip Smith

Tue, 2010-09-07 04:49

Hey there DB,

Yes, indeed, the course will be archived and "open" to all. Regardless, I would encourage you to apply and we'll see if it's a good fit. :-)

Phillip.

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Did the course begin already

Bill Lazar

Wed, 2010-09-01 19:58

Did the course begin already or is it just in the signup period?

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Hi Bill, The registration is

Phillip Smith

Tue, 2010-09-07 04:50

Hi Bill,

The registration is open until September 8th. We'll review applications at that time, and the course begins on September 15th.

Phillip.

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I am a hack with low to no

tomabate

Thu, 2010-09-02 02:22

I am a hack with low to no programming skills but a strong desire to figure out how interactivity, widgets, databases and other new tools to inform, entertain and build community. Before I apply I would like to know what the course costs and I also have to make sure that I will not have a conflict. Are there still hack spots open? what is the drop dead date for signup; and what is the cost? Thanks, Tom

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"I am a hack with low to no

Phillip Smith

Tue, 2010-09-07 04:53

"I am a hack with low to no programming skills but a strong desire to figure out how interactivity, widgets, databases and other new tools to inform, entertain and build community. Before I apply I would like to know what the course costs and I also have to make sure that I will not have a conflict. Are there still hack spots open? what is the drop dead date for signup; and what is the cost? Thanks, Tom"

Hi Tom,

There is no cost to take part in the course. Registration is open until September 8th.

Phillip.

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I may be missing this, but

Dan Mason

Thu, 2010-09-02 13:03

I may be missing this, but can't see when the course is due to start. Help appreciated

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As a Drupal Developer

Capi /. Etheriel

Mon, 2010-09-06 01:27

As a Drupal Developer enrolled into Social Communication and Media Studies at Campinas University, I can't clearly see which of the spots I have just applied to. But I hope I can share all I have learned from the FOSS Comunity and from the Free Media movements...

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I'd really love to take this

Cindy Royal

Tue, 2010-09-07 01:37

I'd really love to take this course, but the time for the "highly recommended" sessions coincides with one of my classes. Please let me know when you will be starting the next class.

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Hi Dan, The course starts on

Phillip Smith

Tue, 2010-09-07 04:55

Hi Dan,

The course starts on September 15th. All of the dates are listed online here:
http://p2pu.org/open-journalism/document/syllabus-open-journalism

Phillip.

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Would really like to

Jude Mathurine

Wed, 2010-09-08 12:37

Would really like to participate, but even as a staff member at one of Africa's leading J-Schools with a bandwidth quota of 500MB a month, the video streams make participation quite challenging. Imagine how more so for academics from less equipped institutions in developing states?
Alternatives, solutions?

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"Would really like to

Phillip Smith

Fri, 2010-09-10 01:27

"Would really like to participate, but even as a staff member at one of Africa's leading J-Schools with a bandwidth quota of 500MB a month, the video streams make participation quite challenging. Imagine how more so for academics from less equipped institutions in developing states?"

Hey there Jude,

We are thinking of running the same course but targeted toward African countries in the near future. Please stay tuned. This is (hopefully!) the first of many.

Phillip.

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Jude, I think the community

Michael Roberts

Wed, 2010-09-08 17:20

Jude, I think the community could probably manage to provide transcripts of the video sessions. I generally prefer to read, too. Assuming I'm accepted, and if I have the time, I'll try to type up transcripts of each video session. Oh - on a closer look, it appears that the video will be live. I'm not sure how valuable an after-the-fact transcript is.

The obvious solution for live video would be a low-bandwidth audio-only option. It could be that there's something out there that can already do this.

There will also be all kinds of non-video media, though. I'd think it would be a valuable experience even without the video or the transcripts.

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I registered in the course, I

Karma Peiró

Wed, 2010-09-08 23:05

I registered in the course, I hope it works and my application arrives on time to participate. Regards

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As a journalist who is trying

Timothy Bamidele

Thu, 2010-09-09 00:12

As a journalist who is trying to jump frog into the dynamic side of the digital divide, the knowledge Journalism and the open web will go along way to enable me figure out apps in the Journalistic world.