So, this is a bit late, but I wanted to share the great work of the students in the Online Journalism Workshop that I co-teach with Professor Mike Shanahan at GW’s School of Media and public Affairs.
Much thanks to all of the students who gave their all to these pieces.
This video created by Zach Hanover, Alex Holt, Samantha Honig and Julie Hyman, generated a good deal of class discussion in SMPA-112 Intro to Digital Media this Spring.
I was mixed on all of the “stylistic” things that the students tried here, but they were well thought out, and maintained the emotional impact . . . still, it was interesting to get the diversity of views on what they did. In the end, for me, I think you should only put so many spices in the stew, or it may be over seasoned.
More to the point, see what you think:
Everything Went Black from Alex Holt on Vimeo.
I was quite impressed with this video that Joe Sangiorgio and Mike Stone produced in SMPA-112 Introduction to Digital Media. It’s worth noting that the team had a respectable cut to screen on 2 days after the event – great job guys!
The first iteration of SMPA 131 – Online Journalism Workshop is complete.
We have posted all of the student work here:
http://onlinejournalismworkshop.com/
Check it out:
I had my first on-the-record interview last week with the GW Hatchet.
The article is called Professors get Facebook profiles to enhance classes.
Which is not particularly accurate to what I said in the interview, but whatever, it was fun.
SMPA-122: Introduction to Digital Media returns this Fall with a revised syllabus:
Spent part of the day making a new bio page on the GW site.
Fascinating event at GW this week.
Great panels, one with the web strategists from the McCain, Obama, and Clinton campaigns, and another with very interesting execs from the big social networking sites.
The highlight for me however was a film called 18 in 08 that I thought was just brilliant.
I finally made it out to one the Docs in Progress events.
This is a cool venue for filmmakers to get open feedback – takes thick skin.
I was especially impressed with Nina’s new film Matador, which will be completed later this Summer.
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