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We Are All Web Workers Now
Journalism Next: Intro We Are All Web Workers Now Cindy Royal, Ph.D Assistant Professor Texas State University School of Journalism and Mass Communication tech.cindyroyal.net twitter.com/cindyroyal facebook.com/cindyroyal Teach Web design and online journalism Dramatic, unpredictable changes over the past decade Blogs, podcasts, social media Online audio, video, slideshows, animated graphics Wikipedia, Craigslist, MySpace, YouTube, Flickr, Google Maps, Second Life 1 1 1
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Why study journalism? Changing field; technology has caused massive disruption We are all consumers of journalism Central to democracy and First Amendment Journalism Next lays out tools and techniques for all fields Web technologies that encourage online collaboration mashup - a website or web application that combines content from more than one source Blogging with content taken on cell phone or other mobile device A wiki is a website that allows visitors to add, remove, and otherwise edit and change content, typically without the need for registration. 2
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Newspapers are dying? The field of journalism has always experienced change Shifting to more news organizations; smaller, rather than a few, large ones New job titles, roles, responsibilities Reinvention is key 3
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A good time to go into journalism
Journalism has a bright future This future is in your hands Journalism will be better than it was before 4
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We Are All Web Workers Now
The days of turning over digital duties to a team of super geeks are gone Need an understanding of tech terms and processes Requires a commitment to continuous learning; we are in a state of constant change Innovation is key! 5
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Tech terms and concepts
Bits and Bytes Difference between Internet and Web Web server URL Domain name Browsers RSS FTP 6
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Web Design Basics HTML <html>
<head><title>My 1st Web Site</title></head> <body> <h1>Welcome to my site</h1> <p>This is my first Web site</p> </body>
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Web Design Basics CSS – Cascading Stylesheets
Adds design to HTML structure Separates design and structure h1 { color: #69887d; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 36px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; } XML – tag items so RSS feeds can process
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