Reporter’s Guide to Multimedia Proficiency

Chuck Zimmerman

Mindy McAdams is teaching online journalism at the University of Florida and I’ve pointed you to her website before. She’s been writing a series of articles on new media reporting which I thought would be helpful for you budding agribloggers and farm podcasters. She’s looking for some feedback about what she’s written so far since she’s got several more articles planned. Here’s a list of the topics she’s covered so far. You can find links to all of them on her blog.

RGMP 1: Read blogs and use RSS
RGMP 2: Start a blog
RGMP 3: Buy an audio recorder and learn to use it
RGMP 4: Start editing audio
RGMP 5: Listen to podcasts
RGMP 6: Post an interview (or podcast) on your blog
RGMP 7: Learn how to shoot decent photos
RGMP 8: Learn how to crop, tone, and optimize photos
RGMP 9: Add photos to your blog
RGMP 10: Learn to use Soundslides

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