10,000 Words: Where journalism and technology meet recently (eh, a week and a half ago is recent, right?) published a list of 30 things journalism graduates should do this summer.
Granted, I graduated last summer. But like Rikki said, there are some good points listed, no matter where you stand in the journalism world.
Let’s see where I stand:
- Start a blog and post at least twice a week.
Done and… done, when possible. - If you already have a blog, write a post that gets retweeted 20 times.
Oh. Umm… yeah. I’ll work on that. - Shoot 100 amazing photos and post them on Flickr.
I’ll need a Flickr account first. But hey, that sounds like a good project. - Friend at least 50 journalists on Twitter who in turn follow you back.
Eh. - Become a part of a crowdsourcing project.
I don’t even know what that means. - Improve at least 5 Wikipedia entries.
I think I’ve done, like… one. - Create an audio slideshow using Soundslides.
Sounds like I’d need more equipment than I have. Buy it for me and I’ll give it a shot. - Shoot and edit a 3-minute video and post it to YouTube.
See #7. - Design a website from scratch using HTML and CSS.
Why, when I have WordPress for free? - Create and maintain a Delicious account with at least 50 links that you find interesting.
… - Create an online portfolio.
… That would be good for a journalist, huh?
- Learn at least one other form of blogging (e.g. photoblogging, videoblogging, liveblogging).
I’ll attempt the photoblogging… maybe. Sometime. - Crop, resize and color correct 50 photos using photo editing software.
I do this daily at work. Done. - Start your own podcast.
… - Create a profile on LinkedIn.
Done. Check me out here. - Learn another computer language besides HTML (e.g. XML, PHP, MySQL).
Doesn’t that mean I’d have to know HTML first? - Create an avatar and use it on all your social networking profiles.
Got it. It’s called… a square picture. Of me. - Learn how to create a basic slideshow in Flash.
I met Flash once. We had a brief encounter in high school and it scarred me. - Subscribe to at least 25 non-journalism blogs using an RSS reader.
Done. WAYYYY done. - Record, edit and embed a 3-minute piece of audio.
… - Interview 10 people using a handheld audio recorder.
See #7. - Interview 10 people using a video camera.
See #7. - Create a map mashup using a CSV file.
Sounds fun. Train me. - Set your social network profiles to private or remove any incriminating evidence.
Done and … it’s a process. - Create a multimedia project that incorporates video, audio and text.
Sounds fun. And slightly exhausting. - Create a Flash project that uses ActionScript 3.0.
See #18. - Write a blog post that is Dugg at least 20 times.
Ha! Yeah, I’ll get right on that. - Join Wired Journalists.
Ya know, I might have signed up for that once. Don’t use it, though. - Attend a multimedia training workshop or take an online course.
OK… if you pay for it. - Remind yourself why you want to be a journalist.
I do that almost every day…
Thanks to Rikki for bringing this to my attention. Except, 10,000 Words is definitely in my reader, so I can’t give her too much credit. She reminded me of it, though.
this cracked me up, though it didn’t have any advice for bored interns who post 12 times a day!
and i rocked eight of them off the checklist, so in your eye, Kaci, Ms. Actually Paid Journalist!
it should go on …
31. Find a good favorite alcoholic beverage, good friends and some country music. mix them up and enjoy them regularly
to answer your question, i think ill spend the night the 17 or 18? you could help me move! hahahaha!
OK, maybe I don’t understand the concept of journalism anymore, but since when did it become being a photographer and a web designer? Aren’t there other professions and other professional training for those skills?
I want to do the photography thing but I have no camera and no money. I think I’ll stick to print media for now. Why does it seem that journalists have to do everything? I sort of know PHP. And I do photoblogging. My brother takes all the pictures. I write all the words.
I’ve done about half of these things. The funny thing is, most of them, I did for work. Amusing how that works out.
This list is stressful! 🙂