Introduction

• Hello & Welcome
• A bit of introduction
  • I'm Pierce Presley
    • Worked at daily newspapers, wire services and public television networks, along with several odd jobs
    • Now working on master's degree through online program at University of Memphis
    • Arkansawyer, former Marine, graduated from Loyola University New Orleans, wife, 2 kids, 2 dogs, 2 cats, 5 fish and a hamster
  • The project
    • Professional project and capstone course of master's degree
    • Aims to give traditionally trained journalists new media skills
    • Not necessarily about getting anyone hired, but that'd be great
    • More about expanding one's horizons, becoming aware of what's possible
  • JournalismFastForward.com
    • Genesis
      • Grew out of a blog post and a series of blog posts
      • Journalism Grads: 30 things You Should Do This Summer
        • by Mark S. Luckie
        • of 10000words.net and California Watch
        • on 6/25/09
        • projects from blogging to audio to video to Flash to social media
        • I tried most of these last summer, with varying success
        • along the way, found a lot of great resources, but spread all over
      • Reporter's Guide to Multimedia Proficiency
        • by Mindy McAdams
        • of the University of Florida
        • from 2/5/09 to 8/5/09
        • set similar to Luckie's list, but without Flash and social media
        • it's all text and hyperlinks
        • it's something I would have done when working at newspaper or AP
      • Both are outstanding and link to solid learning resources
      • But it's all text and links
    • Philosophy
      • Even though I can glean a lot from reading, seeing something in action reaches more people
      • Hearing about a subject helps others, especially in synthesizing information
      • Reading is still important
      • Links to outside resources are vital
      • I don't fool myself into thinking that I can teach everyone everything
      • I'm trying to introduce subjects with basic examples showing easy projects
      • I will link to the best tutorials and discussions I can find
    • Subjects
      • We will cover the website itself and what goes into it in a section I call "Meta"
      • We will cover the Internet, because it's the pipe through which new media flows
      • We will cover text, in blogs, content management systems and documents
      • We will cover audio, mostly through podcasting
      • We will cover photo and video
      • We will cover data, including how to get it and what to do with it
      • And we will cover other topics including the business side, formal training, going mobile and the future of journalism
    • Methods
      • Podcasts
        • Will be general overviews of subjects covered
        • Podcast notes will be available on site
      • Resource lists
        • Will contain links to sites, posts, videos, etc. on subjects covered
      • Posts
        • Will discuss how to do things
          • Step-by-step
        • Examples
          • Screenshots
            • Images of computer screen
          • Screencasts
            • Videos of computer screen
          • Code
            • Code used in projects
            • Very limited
        • Wrap-up
          • Link to resource list
          • Invitation to interaction
      • Interaction
        • Comments
          • Allows discussion of specific posts with author
        • Forums
          • Allows interactive discussion
          • Allows wider range of discussion
• Conclusion
  • What am I?
    • I'm not a teacher, lecturer, professor of any sort
    • I see myself more as a curator and guide
    • Curator collecting the best bits about a subject
    • Guide like a fishing guide
      • here's how you do this knot
      • now cast your line and give it a try
  • Let's start this adventure!