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Multimedia, Teaching

Learning to Teach Multimedia Journalism

This post was originally published on PBS MediaShift, Jan. 7, 2011.

On the right, multimedia journalism students, Christina Maggiora and Andie Adams, work alongside KPBS reporter Ana Tintocalis during election night in San Diego.

On the right, multimedia journalism students, Christina Maggiora and Andie Adams, work alongside KPBS reporter Ana Tintocalis during election night in San Diego.

Doing multimedia journalism and teaching it are two very different things. The past semester marked my first as an adjunct professor. It was probably the best thing I could have done for my own education.

At KPBS, I’ve produced online news content using audio, video, photography, slideshows, visualizations, social and interactive media. So when I was offered the opportunity to teach a multimedia journalism course at a local university, I jumped right in. After all, I had already led a number of training workshops. This is going to be easy, right? Yeah, right.

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Future of Journalism

Welcome to ModernJournalist.com!

This site has two main purposes. Immediately, to create a space for students in Point Loma Nazarene University’s Multimedia Journalism course to discuss the future of journalism, to highlight the good work others are doing in online storytelling, and to develop practical skills.

The second goal is to grow ModernJournalist.com as a resource for journalists to learn about industry trends, new tools, and online storytelling techniques.

Come gather ’round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You’ll be drenched to the bone.
If your time to you
Is worth savin’
Then you better start swimmin’
Or you’ll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin’.

There’s no question about it. Journalism is changing, and it’s changing fast. This leaves journalists little choice: “start swimmin'” or “sink like a stone.” If you feel like you’re treading water, I hope you’ll find ModernJournalist.com can be a comforting pair of water wings.

If there are particular areas you would like to learn more about, your comments are more than welcome.

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