1. Ian Reeves

2. Assessment  80 per cent project  20 per cent exam

3. Project  A piece of journalism that uses digital tools to tell its story in an engaging and compelling way  No rules on length, style or subject matter – but you will need to pitch to me first, and specify your target audience  You will also do a short 5-minute presentation to the group once your pitch has been approved, setting out your aims  Marks awarded for quality of journalism, audience engagement, effectiveness of storytelling, innovation, and use of the medium  Deadline: Friday 10 April 2015 – last day of spring term

4. Exam  Two hour exam in summer term, testing your understanding of the digital tools and techniques being used by journalism organisations  Their impact on the industry  The considerations for journalists using them  Academic research into some of the techniques being used

5. Areas of investigation  Linear and non-linear narrative structures  Static and dynamic structures  Data scraping  Data visualisation  Mapping  Crowdsourcing  Social media  Games  ‘Live’ journalism  Reaching mobile audiences – tablets and smartphone content

6. Examples and ideas  Wikileak Iraq death map http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/datablog/interactive/2010/oct/23/wikileaks- iraq-deaths-map  Good magazine, kinetic typography – cost of Iraq war http://www.good.is/post/the-hidden-cost-of-war/  News21’s talking bar chart http://thenewvoters.news21.com/database/age  Out my window: 360 o documentary http://highrise.nfb.ca/2010/10/introducing-out-my-window/

7. Examples and ideas  New York Times interactive: you fix the budget http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/11/13/weekinreview/deficits- graphic.html  Cody’s Rescue: quick-cut video storytelling http://www.centreforjournalism.co.uk/video/dog-rescue-video  Guardian pledge tracker http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/interactive/2010/aug/12/coalition-pledge- tracker

8. Examples and ideas  France24 iPad documentary http://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/report-rape- in-congo/id383910987?mt=8 http://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/report-rape- in-congo/id383910987?mt=8  Wall Street Journal: Death toll in Afghanistan http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/AFGHANISTAN-CASUALTY- COUNT.html  Bloomberg: Google’s tax cutting strategy http://www.businessweek.com/technology/google-tax-cut/google- terminal.html

9. Examples and ideas  Washington Post: A Facebook Story http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/metro/facebook-story- mothers-joy-familys-sorrow.html  Facebook: Afghans in the City of Asterix http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=106333370577&v=app_2373072738#!/ group.php?gid=106333370577&v=wall  Tubestrike crowdmap http://tubestrike.crowdmap.com/#  Wall St Journal interactive graph http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2009/08/25/how-long-does-it-take-to- build-a-technology-empire/

10. Examples and ideas  BBC road deaths – interactive feature http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15975720 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15975720  World Trade Center Stories http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine- 14790016 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine- 14790016  The Marlboro Marine – LA Times http://www.latimes.com/la-na- marlboromarine-html,0,5646500.htmlstory http://www.latimes.com/la-na- marlboromarine-html,0,5646500.htmlstory

11. Examples and ideas  Symbolia iPad magazine: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/symbolia- magazine/id553786080?ls=1&mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/symbolia- magazine/id553786080?ls=1&mt=8  Election results on Prezi: http://prezi.com/-3m3b7palqy2/election- results- prezi/?utm_source=em0nl0elec&utm_mediu m=email&utm_campaign=gro http://prezi.com/-3m3b7palqy2/election- results- prezi/?utm_source=em0nl0elec&utm_mediu m=email&utm_campaign=gro

12. Examples and ideas  Fast Company: Journalism as live performance http://www.fastcompany.com/3009595/creati ve-conversations/detroiters-on-how-to- make-it-in-detroit http://www.fastcompany.com/3009595/creati ve-conversations/detroiters-on-how-to- make-it-in-detroit  Guardian: NSA files decoded http://garciamedia.com/blog/articles/pthe_gu ardian_elevating_multimedia_storytelling_p http://garciamedia.com/blog/articles/pthe_gu ardian_elevating_multimedia_storytelling_p

13. Examples and ideas  World Press Photo interactive winners http://www.worldpressphoto.org/multimedia -gallery/2013-multimedia-contest http://www.worldpressphoto.org/multimedia -gallery/2013-multimedia-contest  Firestorm – The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/world/interacti ve/2013/may/26/firestorm-bushfire-dunalley- holmes-family http://www.theguardian.com/world/interacti ve/2013/may/26/firestorm-bushfire-dunalley- holmes-family  Planet Money makes a T-shirt – NPR http://apps.npr.org/tshirt/#/cotton http://apps.npr.org/tshirt/#/cotton

14. Examples and ideas  Serial podcast serial.podcast.org serial.podcast.org  Cyber athletes online documentary http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b050ssz2 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b050ssz2  Interactvie video: how is IS funded? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle- east-30315092 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle- east-30315092