The New Journalism

New Journalism’s Final Paper

johnfkay — Fri, 07 May 2010 15:11:08 +0000

Please click on the following title Final Paper for New Journalism presented in a PDF.

By Carol Welker, Jenny Mizutowicz, Aline McKenzie, Samuel Lo, and John F. Kay

A plan for our new app

johnfkay — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:30:36 +0000

From John

I posted this as a link to a Word file attachment on Friend Feed. I am posting it here because it is longer than FriendFeed’s 350-character limit.

John Kay’s plan for our mobile app for news

April 16, 2010 at 11:15 a.m.

People are switching more and more to getting their news on mobile devices; therefore, we propose news app for mobile devices.

People want news customized for their likes and needs; therefore, we propose a news app that uses algorithms similar to those of Hunch.com and that is accessed through a thumb print on the screen.

People want news that includes content that is pertinent to their physical location; therefore, we propose a news app with powerful geo-location abilities.

Because the product is mobile, because it delivers the news that each unique consumer wants, and because it knows where users are, I propose the name News Compass. A compass knows people’s locations. A compass helps people regain their bearings. A compass points in the right direction, and a compass is about the size of a cell phone.

friendfeed

jennydmiz — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:27:22 +0000

Here’s the link to our friendfeed site:

http://friendfeed.com/thenewjournalism

I think this platform is better for a collaborative project because comments are more visible, posts can be “ranked” and moved to the top, and we can easily share links and files.

Please check it out and let me know your thoughts.

Jenny

New name after second location for an app like Hunch

johnfkay — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:55:45 +0000

From John

Our new name will have to correlate with the main features that we select. Here are some possible names for an app that works like Hunch.com.

FIRST CHOICES:

Mobile News Butler (butlers who know what their employer’s like and bring it to them)

SECOND CHOICES:

News We Know YOU Like

News You Are Expecting

News You Were Not Expecting

Premonition Press (“premonition” is related to “hunch”)

Narcissistic News

Ted Turner and Hunch

New name after second presentation about an app focusing on writing sytle

johnfkay — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:53:13 +0000

From John

Our new name will have to correlate with the main features that we select. Here are some possible names for an app focusing on the tumbled pyramid and troller writing style:

FIRST CHOICES:

Run and Go Deep Mobile News (football analogy)

Mobile News Your Way

News Explorer (like a submarine that does down deeply to find treasure)

SECOND CHOICES:

Down the Hall Mobile News

Mobile News Treasure Finder

Mobile News Discoverer

New name after second presentation for an app with geo-location

johnfkay — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:23:20 +0000

Our new name will have to correlate with the main features that we select. Possible names for an app focusing on geo-location:

FIRST CHOICES:

On the Spot News

News Where I Am

News on My Turf

Mobile Ground News

Go To News

News on the Street

My News Guide

SECOND CHOICES:

News on My Territory

Journalist in a Box

Here I Am (also a good hymn)

P.S. Every time I hear “geo-location,” I think of one of Jonathan’s learning video games that teaches that owls use the “echo-location” hearing system to pinpoint locations

Post Presentation

johnfkay — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 01:31:50 +0000

From John (updated Thursday at 8:22 a.m.)

Dear New Journalists:
Don’t despair: we still have our paper to correct our biting off more than we can chew. Dave said that our app should be like Hunch.com with a powerful geo-locator. Dean said that our app should be super fast or slow, in the sense of having archived news stories. Dean said that it would be great if it could send out a question to people within a 5-mile radius.
Thank you Aline for speaking and speaking well. I would have like to have heard everyone in our group answer questions, though.
Keep your heads up everyone!

4/14 Presentation

lochunyiu — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 01:27:45 +0000

From Samuel

Here are some points we discussed on 4/14 during put presentation. Please address me if I missed anything or said something wrong.

Who will be contributing? Carol answered: contracting with big media, reliable news source

John mentioned tumbled writing style.

How do we maintain our profit? Aline answered: depends on who is the producer

Dave: we care about content management, he pointed out why it is a better way to produce one to two features. Don’t mind to go to different-feature app.

John mentioned the purpose: to develop enthusiastic of the news. Example: game

Dean’s idea: 1. space issue. I forgot what he said anything else.

This is all I jot down on my notes. I’m sure there are still more points we discussed.

New Journalism Group’s vision to be unveiled tonight

johnfkay — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 22:19:48 +0000

From John

We, the New Journalism Group, will unveil our proposed future for the institution of journalism at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 14, 2010, in the After Print graduate class in the Emerging Media And Communication department at the University of Texas at Dallas. We will reveal “what’s been brewing.”
Sincerely,
Carol Welker

Jenny Mizutowicz

Aline McKenzie

Samuel Lo

John Kay

Outline updated in Dropbox

alinemckenzie — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 02:52:37 +0000

From John

Aline, this intro. is better.

Thanks,

John