Updated August 20, 2013

Updated August 20, 2013

Looking for resources to use in the classroom to help you teach new and emerging trends in journalism? Here, Mary McGuire has curated a list of tools and resources for teaching the following:

• Blogging
• Social media
• Multimedia storytelling
• Data visualization

Teaching resources for instructors: The Basics

Teaching resources for instructors: Broadcast/Visual Journalism

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Teaching Blogging

• Online journalism educator Mindy McAdams' collection of blogging resources for journalism educators.
   
• Online journalism trainer Steve Buttry's advice for journalists about live-blogging.
   
• British journalism educator, Paul Bradshaw's presentation about blogging and tweeting for journalists.
   
• http://www.commoncraft.com/video/blogs
   
• ScribbleLive has prepared this sample curriculum for liveblogging that instructors can use when teaching the skill to students. 

Teaching Social Media

• The Knight Digital Media Centre's tutorials about using social media for journalists.
   
• Columbia University’s Sree Sreenivasan's tips for journalists using Twitter.

Teaching Multimedia Storytelling

• The Knight Digital Media Center’s tutorials for multimedia journalism and storytelling.
   
• Tip sheets for multimedia journalism from Poynter.
   
• A guide for journalists on gathering and using audio for multimedia projects.

Teaching Data Visualization

• The Knight Digital Media Centre’s list of resources for teaching data visualization.
   
• Online journalism educator Mindy McAdams' web resources for teaching data journalism.
   
• Global News's Patrick Cain on his five favourite data visualization tools

Last updated August 20, 2013