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Week 7: Moving Pictures and SoundDiscussion Leader (Group 4):

• Gigabit Networks (Kevin): Providing Ubiquitous Gigabit Networks In The United States (pdf)
• Flash Journalism (Stephanie): Flash Journalism: Professional Practice Today
• PowerPoint: Link

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PICTURE: http://www.macloo.com/images/flashbook.gif 

Thanks to Gigabit Networks we have FLASH JOURNALISM! 

If a picture is worth a thousand words then picture combined with sound must be more, a million words.  Flash transforms journalism by enabling this multimedia synthesis thereby transforming the media and reporting world.  More than just a newspaper or typical television broadcast, flash combines/encompasses everything:

• Text
• Picture
• Sound

The State of the Media 2007 categorizes some of the digital journalism phenomena:

1. User customization
2. User participation
3. Use of multi media
4. Site depth
5. Editorial branding
6. Revenue streams

Relevant Blogs:

http://tojou.blogspot.com/2006/12/multimedia-lives-of-new-orleans-teens.html

http://cyndygreen.wordpress.com/ 

SOURCES 

Goldblum, J., Cogan, J., & Lee, D. (2006). Yearbook 2006: Benjamin Franklin High School New Orleans, Louisiana. Retrieved May, 8, 2007 from http://www.y06.org 

Project for Excellence in Journalism. (2007). The state of the news media 2007: an annual report on American journalism. Digital journalism: a topography of news websites. Retrieved May, 8, 2007 from http://www.stateofthenewsmedia.org/2007/narrative_digital_intro.asp?media=2 

QUESTIONS

1)     What are the best uses of flash?

2)     How does flash change media?

3)     Where do you see the future of journalism?

Posted by swmcdm on May 8, 2007 at 5:21 pm
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