DFJ: Curriculum

Module 1 (23-27 November, 2009)
New media: the current state and future developments. Differences between traditional media and new media. Audiences of new media. New demands for content and new instruments for collecting and processing information. Principles of convergent journalism and professional standards. News in a multimedia world. Writing for traditional media and new media. One story for multiple media. Formats of digital news. Main requirements for story texts.

Module 2 (14-18 December, 2009)
Working with audio and video editing software and graphic design software suites.

Module 3 (25-29 January, 2010)
Multimedia content in Web 2.0 and online media. Creation, maintenance and promotion of own blog. Journalistic investigation using computer technology.

Module 4 (8-12 February, 2010)
Audio on the internet: from podcast to radio station. Audio blogs. Audio editing software. Equipment for audio recording and editing. Audio banks and other resources.

Module 5 (15-19 March, 2010)
Video news: shooting, editing, uploading, archiving, distribution. Video for the internet. Streaming video content. Video blogs (vlogs). Video distribution via mobile communication networks.

Module 6 (19-23 April, 2010)
Use of graphics in new media. Digital photography. Infographics. Adapting graphics for various media platforms. Photobanks. User-generated content (user photos). Image processing for use by various media. Ethics of images. Image and graphics copyright.

Module 7 (17-21 May, 2010)
Media economics, business models of new media. Managing a convergent newsroom. Advertising and promotion in new media. Copyright and adjacent rights in the media.

Module 8 (June 2010)
Final individual project: preparation, presentation, discussion. Certificates awarded.

Module 9 (June 2010)
Introduction to foreign experience.
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* - Dates of modules are subject to change.