Technology
Researchers, Columbia Missourian Debut New Form of Online Photography
Junior Tim Tai Used Lytro Illum Technology Prior to SEC Championship Game Columbia, Mo. (Dec. 11, 2014) — The Columbia Missourian took a step into the future of photography this week by putting the readers in charge of a “light field” photo gallery. Light field photography uses the unique Lytro Illum camera to capture everything … Continued
Convergence Class Readies Long-Length Video for Mobile Devices
The 30-Minute Documentary ‘Homecoming’ Can Be Viewed on Small Mobile Screens By Rebecca Dell Columbia, Mo. (Dec. 1, 2014) — The stories of the veterans in the documentary “Homecoming,” says Missouri School of Journalism senior Marissanne Lewis-Thompson, “take my breath away.” This fall, Lewis-Thompson is part of a convergence journalism capstone team at the School looking at … Continued
Vox Magazine Students Use Digital Tools to Catch Vibe of Roots ‘N’ Blues ‘N’ BBQ Festival
Mobile-Friendly Coverage Kept Attendees Connected to the Event Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 13, 2014) — Vox Magazine continued to expand its mobile and digital journalism repertoire with three days of live reporting from the 2014 Roots ‘N’ Blues ‘N’ BBQ festival. A team of 20 students covered the outdoor music fest, which drew thousands of fans … Continued
4 Missouri Journalism Students Develop Free Game Day App for MU Football Fans
App Features Make the Most of What’s New in Mobile Technology Columbia, Mo. (Aug. 21, 2014) — Tiger football fans will be able to use a free game day app created by Missouri School of Journalism students at Memorial Stadium/Faurot Field this fall. They worked with the Reynolds Journalism Institute and Mizzou Athletics to develop … Continued
Missouri Takes Mobile-First Training Approach
Over the last couple of years, the University of Missouri’s journalism school has upped efforts to wrap a mobile, or digital, first approach into the curriculum. “We are going at it hard because we think it’s an emerging model,” says Judd Slivka, an assistant professor of convergence journalism. “It’s causing us to rethink how we … Continued
Innovation SWAT Teams Must Be Integrated Quickly Into Newsrooms
By Jim Flink Published June 12, 2014, by PBS MediaShift; used by permission. “The more we venture into the unknown, the higher the risk, the greater the chance of failure. As in science, though, experiments are not really failures if you learn from them.” Searchlights and Sunglasses: Field Notes from the Digital Age of Journalism Risk and … Continued
Missouri Journalism Student Wins Prize in Bay Area Contest Designed to ‘Hack the Future of Journalism’
The Winning App, HereSay, Combines Location-Based Tweets with Relevant News Stories San Francisco (June 24, 2014) — Missouri School of Journalism student Jack Howard was among 80 programmers, news executives and community activists who teamed up May 31 and June 1 at San Francisco’s KQED Public Media to hack products designed to improve journalism. The … Continued
How Students Used PublishThis to Curate RJI’s Mobile First Symposium
By Hannah Schmidt and Meredith Turk Published May 20, 2014, by PBS MediaShift; used by permission. At the Missouri School of Journalism, students are guinea pigs for new innovations, products and processes that are breaking ground in the news and digital spheres. Ten students in Jim Flink‘s Emerging Technologies class had firsthand experience using a curation … Continued
Missouri Tests Multi-Platform Storytelling Across Six Newsrooms
By Jim Flink Originally published to PBS MediaShift; used by permission. Clutter. Chaos. Copious amounts of content. News organizations are struggling right now. Struggling to connect with users, who are migrating to increasingly diverse and cluttered platforms. Struggling to migrate their staffs, sometimes chaotically, to distribute distinct, quality, multi-platform content to different and varied platforms. … Continued
Missouri Magazine Journalism Students Learn How to Write, Produce Radio Commentaries
Multimedia Skills Enhance Portfolios and Broaden Career Opportunities By Gwen Girsdansky Master’s Student Columbia, Mo. (Feb. 6, 2014) — Learning how to write radio commentaries that keep listeners in their cars until the end – the so-called “driveway moment” – is part of the Advanced Writing capstone course for magazine students at the Missouri School … Continued