Endless Hybrids: work as a journey of creativity
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The landscape of academic-led publishing
Jisc has issued a new report on Changing Publishing Economies: A landscape study of new university presses and academic-led publishing (pdf). At least, I think it’s a new report; oddly, there’s no date of publication on the report. But it’s a very interesting overview of initiatives at least through 2016 when the study was commissioned. […]
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Student questions about multimedia storytelling
This term in Journalism 341: Multimedia Storytelling Design, we’re asking students to submit two questions for discussion prior to each class in which we will analyze a specific website. This task counts as part of the class participation grade. From the syllabus: The questions should be thoughtful and demonstrate familiarity with the site and any […]
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Another year of teaching multimedia storytelling design
For the third year in a row, I’m co-teaching Journalism 341: Multimedia Storytelling Design with Professor Toni Locy, a highly experienced journalist. The course is an intensive introduction to the foundations of Web design/development through the lens of long-form journalistic digital storytelling. The first half of the term involves analyzing the structure of many stories […]
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Interlitq: technology for 2007
It’s November 2017 and Interlitq: The International Literary Quarterly is 10 years old. Now, we’re not only redesigning the site but reworking the technical architecture from the ground up. One key question: do we migrate all the content from the last 10 years into the new design and architecture, or do we just start fresh […]
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Interlitq: A Review in Progress
An activity I’ve undertaken this year is to modernize the design and digital strategy of Interlitq, The International Literary Quarterly. We’re approaching the 10th anniversary of Interlitq with the first issue appearing online in November 2007. A lot has changed on the web in the past decade, but the design and technical architecture of the […]
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One sure measure of authenticity
“…we live on the energy of our imagination. Our imagination projects us to fulfill our work, and it’s the one sure measure of authenticity to use your imagination to explore realities.” Martin Sheen Spirituality of Imagination, On Being
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Drafting a course description
I’m working on a syllabus for a course for next spring’s 4-week short term….not sure of the title yet…I’m toying with the words digital publishing startup. Here’s the first draft of a course description: Through focusing on a specific type of publishing endeavor, literary outlets, we will investigate the mechanisms that power the web and […]
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Teach & create in public every day
For a number of years I’ve been following Nathan Barry (no relation) off-and-on. I recently came across a post about him that reminded me of three things he keeps in mind to stay focused. Teach everything you know Create every day Work in public Simple rules that apply to a lot of areas of life […]
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Renewing my sense of purpose
For years now, about 15 years, my thoughts have circled back to the same theme: storytelling in the mid-21st century. I wrote a post about that on our book design blog back in 2011. In those days, my former wife and I ran a boutique design studio focused on designing not only books but also […]