iPad and Journalism: An Early Assessment

This Webinar was originally broadcast on:
April 20, 2010 Enroll Now
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Course Overview

Title:
iPad and Journalism: An Early Assessment
Type:
Webinar
Cost:
$24.95
Originally Broadcast On:
April 20, 2010
Time Estimate:
One hour

As part of Poynter's News University's fifth anniversary party, we are offering you a $5 off promo code that can be applied upon check out. Use this code for your discount: PNUPAD10

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In this virtual classroom, participants can join in a seminar led by Poynter faculty and visiting faculty. This screencast includes live audio and a slideshow presentation in which participants can post questions and respond to poll questions posed by the host.

It's only been days since the iPad release, but already some news organizations are using specially designed apps to distribute their content. We'll take a look at case studies on how they did it and the thinking that went behind the planning for this new platform.

What Will I Learn:

This Webinar will explore how companies and individuals are developing mobile strategies. Among the topics we hope to cover:

  • The initial landscape in iPad apps for news
  • Promising content ideas for the iPad (and tablets)
  • First steps to developing an iPad app
  • Challenges ahead in app development
Who Should Take this Course:

Journalists, editors, producers and others developing mobile strategies for news.

Course Instructor:

Regina McCombs

Regina McCombs is a faculty member of The Poynter Institute, teaching multimedia, and social and mobile journalism, and she is a contributor to the Mobile Media blog at Poynter.org.

She previously was the senior producer for multimedia at StarTribune.com and a field producer and photographer at KARE-TV in Minneapolis-St. Paul. Winner of numerous Best of Photojournalism and Pictures of the Year International awards for multimedia storytelling, as well as an Emmy for her video work, she has spoken regularly around the country about how to find new ways to tell stories on the Web and mobile platforms.

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