Such a glorious week in convergence-land. Our first story, born out of a multimedia reporting class, moved from the amoeba table in the Stauffer newsroom, to The University Daily Kansan and included a kicker on KUJH-TV News and a package. Kudos go out to our students.
Amanda Stairrett (University Daily Kansan Campus Editor) Kathy Vitale (KUJH Producer) Ellyn Angelotti (our very own 694 webifying goddess) linked the stories together.
It's a really simple, simple online package, but take at look at the pieces that were brought together.>>> The University Daily Kansan story - Late nite setback ran frontpage in the deadwood edition and online at Kansan.com. KUJH-TV News ran a kicker on the newscast Wednesday evening and told viewers to see The Kansan the next day for more info. Then KUJH aired a follow-up package with student and local residence reactions on Thursday.
Do you see how it all came together online?
Of course, this small victory inspires us all to do more great things. I am starting to feel like our class, 694, needs to spend more time discussing - no, debating, what it is that we should be doing everyday. We have big plans for the class project, but now that everyone has gotten settled into their weekly shift, I want us to come into the newsroom everyday and say, "What can I converge today?" Sound silly? Well, can we at least try it? We have bright, eager, excited, young students in the newsroom. I know they can make convergence happen. (And in the meantime, I will try not to get tripped up in technical definitions). Let's do it!
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