Short Course in Pictures

Here are some of the pictures from the ongoing Essentials of Newspaper Convergence short course taken this morning.

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course participants pose for a photo

projector shot

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vin crosbie demonstrating a point

The days of just doing print are over

Day 4 of the Essentials of Newspaper Convergence short course currently underway at the Institute has indicated that the time is now for newspapers to adapt to change or face storms which they may not be able to ride. “If newspapers are going to do multimedia journalism, the time is now,” Vin Crosbie has said.

Using a case study of The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph, Crosbie pointed out what newspaper products should be looking at. In addition to Print, newspapers must also be on the Internet, have a Mobile paltform, use Teletext if it is popular, engage audiences via Video/TV as well as Radio/Audio (Podcasting).

Crosbie noted that it has become easier to do this work with the availability of free web-based software.