1.The How-Tos of Convergence by Dr. Kay L. Colley Texas Wesleyan University Presented atTexas Intercollegiate Press Association Convention, March 31-April 2, Fort Worth, Texas

2. What is Convergence?

Using the appropriate medium to tell the story best

Which tells the story best?

• http://www.therambler.org/news/hubba-hubba-hubba-1.2374450

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_BlEs-GB3A

3. What does it look like?

ACP multimedia winners

• http://dailyuw.com/series/behind-budget/

• http://www.studentmediacorp.com/multimedia/earthday/index.php

www.interactivenarratives.org

Center for Digital Storytelling

• http://www.storycenter.org/stories/

• http://www.storycenter.org/stories/index.php?cat=8

Aretha Franklin at Detroit Free Press

I35 collapse in Minnesota

LA Times Its a War

Mass Media, War and Terrorism Class at Texas Wesleyan

4. Do Your Schools Do This Already?

This is not a rhetorical question.

5. How Do Your Schools Do This?

This is not a rhetorical question.

6. Where Do You Start?

The storys the thing

Capitalize on the medium

Use your tools wisely

How to keep the story the thing

• You have to think beyond the printed word

• You have to supplement your skill set

• Fisher grid

7. What tools do you need?

Audio recorder

Video recorder

Still Camera

Software

Repository (Your Channels)

A way to market your stories (Your website; Twitter account; Facebook account)

8. Audio recorders

Will my iPhone work?

Will a cheap digital recorder work?

What software do I need?

What do I need to focus on? Tips for audio recording

An ethical reminder and legal moment

9. Video camera

Will my iPhone work?

Will a cheap video camera work?

What about a video/still camera combo?

What software do I need?

What do I need to focus on? Tips for video recording

10. Still cameras

Will my iPhone work?

Will a cheap point and shoot work?

What software do I need?

What do I need to focus on? Tips for basic photography

11. Software review

Audacity

Movie Maker

iMovie

Gimp Shop

Proprietary Software on equipment

Final Cut Express vs Final Cut Pro

More free and cheap software list available at:http://kaycolley.blogspot.com/

12. Repository or Your Channels

Your website

YouTube channel

Vimeo

Flickr

iTunes (maybe)

Google Maps

13. Marketing Your Stories

Your Facebook account

Your Twitter account

Using QR Codes

Email newsletters

SMS blasts

• SMS Form from Doug Fisher

14. Sources to Read More

Principles of Convergent Journalism, Wilkinson, Grant and Fisher

The Digital Journalists Handbook by Mark Luckie

Web 2.0 as a pdf

List onhttp://kaycolley.blogspot.com/

Handouts and such on these wikis:

• http://ramblertraining.wetpaint.com

• http://texaswesleyannewsreporting.wetpaint.com/