Assignment for February 11 (OPTIONAL): Select a tool that you believe has important implications for the future of news or storytelling. Come prepared to present a quick introduction to using the tool for your classmates.

Location Change: We have more than 40 people who have signed up for the class. We need a bigger room. Hence, we will now schedule our class in the room E15-341; it is by the counter with the sink (near foodcam).

February 11: The New Toolkit 

In black and white movies about the golden age of newspapers, the journalist’s toolkit includes a manual typewriter, a press card and a bottle of bourbon. Today’s journalist is often asked to report a story online, lay it out for publication on paper, accompany it with a video feature or an interactive data visualization and promote it via social media. For the first half of the class, Alexis Hope, Ali Hashmi and Jude Mwenda will present some of the tools, introducing you to their capabilities and uses. For the second half of the class, students will show off some of their favorite tools and offer instructions in how to get started using these tools.