Where to get images

Of course, you need to list the in the attached sheet where you are getting your copy and your photos from. And of course, photos need to have cutlines and CREDIT lines for the sources.


But I want to discourage the habit of just ripping photos off a Web site, and then just telling me you got the image from "Google Images." Google Images is not a source of the photos, but a search engine that helps you find the image.

Images on the Web are protected by copyright law and cannot be used unless written permission is given by the owner of the copyright, or the image is in the public domain. While images on the Internet are protected by copyright law, there are many sites that make images available for your use. There are many stock photography sites that provide images for a fee. There are also certain sites that allow the use of their images for personal or educational use without a fee. Make sure to read the copyright restrictions on these sites carefully. United States government Web sites are a good place to look for images that are in the public domain and do not have copyright restriction against their use. 


If you find a site where you want to use an image and you are not sure whether you can use it, I'd recommend that you write an e-mail to the owner of the image to ask for permission. You should explain that you would be using this for a student project and this is not for commercial purposes.


Since your projects will be on the Web, we should be mindful of using images with permission.


You have a lot of images that you can use through the Ithaca College Library.


Follow this link: http://www.ithacalibrary.com/research/databases.php?type=images


You'll find there a database of Associated Press images and a host of other sources.


There are a lot of other public-use images out there. Anything from a government agency like NASA can be used.


Here is a Web page with a list of sources to "Public Domain, Copyright Free, Open Source, and Student Use Images and Media"

http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic98.htm

Here's a useful discussion on copyright:


http://www.templetons.com/brad/copyright.html


http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html


Bottom line: What this all means


I may want to publish examples of your work on my Web site. I also would like to post your Web pages on to my site: www.edbond.com.


However, to do so, you need to use images with permission or images that are OK within the principles of Fair Use and in the public domain.


Using the image as part of a parody -- making fun of the topic -- would be legal. So, some of your projects may be OK under that rule.


But if your work can't be considered a parody and uses images that are not in the public domain or don't have permission from the owner, then I won't be posting it online.

Final projects

For your final projects, I just wanted to start you off with some direction and some inspiration on page design.

Of course, you should be familiar with the broad outlines of the project assignment and the related links, here:

http://www.edbond.com/editing/finalproject/

But what I want you to remember is that your final project is meant to be something you will be proud of, something that you will be able to look back on for years and say, "Yes, I did that."

This is something you might want to show potential employers.

It's a lot of hard work, but but when you are pursuing a cool concept -- and there are some cool concepts I've been hearing about -- this can be exciting and fun.

This is meant to be more than just getting the stories and the elements of the page on paper. It's about jumping off the page with eye-popping designs. Just flipping through the later chapters (5-8) of the Harrower book will give you ideas. But Chapter 8 is especially useful for this project.

Some links:

http://www.ronreason.com/

Of course there are the video tutorials on Adobe:

http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/video_workshop/

Check the Photoshop tutorial on using layers. It's useful stuff for final projects. I showed you some of that in class. The concepts there are good for combining images and in creating cutouts, where you can actually have the subject of the photo jump out into the text.

FOR INSPIRATION

As always, check out:

http://www.newsdesigner.com/blog/

And of course:

The Newseum

But you should also check out:

http://sportsdesigner.blogs.com/1/

There is a lot of dramatic stuff here, but you should remember that with Indesign, Photoshop and the right images to work with, you have all the tools to do what these professionals are doing.

This is a big... errr. ... deal

How the media handled Joe Biden's explective.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/waitwait/2010/03/how_to_say_the_f_word_without.html

Had it been on Battlestar Galactica or Caprica, it would have been easy:

"This is a big fracking deal."

Why you need a dirty mind to write headlines

It pays to see double meanings, so you don't write headlines like these.

Hyper Local News

http://businessjournalism.org/2010/03/21/hyperlocal-news-sites-main-street-connect-launch-march-22/

Technology goals

Most of the class has had plenty of practice time with Indesign. I'd like to lay out some goals for other programs we need to master this semester:

Dreamweaver

Everyone should practice using Dreamweaver. Your goals should be:

To create an HTML page (not a template.) The extension for the page would be .html.

Create that HTML page within a folder. (The folder name should not have spaces within it.)

Inside that folder, create a second folder called IMG.

The IMG folder should include JPEG images that can be imported into the HTML page. Bear in mind that a JPEG image of 800 pixels by 600 pixels will fill the entire screen of your Web page.

In addition to the images from the IMG folder, the HTML page should include:

A table that is 800 pixels wide by 600 pixels deep. This table can include subtables with a variety of cells, created with combinations of rows and columns.

Image and text links to a URL on the Internet, such as http://www.edbond.com/.

Image and text links to a second HTML page within your primary folder.

Dummy text that you can use to practice how to get text and images to interact and align with each other.

Embed a video on your page from YouTube.

Advanced goal: Create a navigation bar for your page.

Photoshop

Everyone should practice Photoshop with these goals:

Changing image size and rotating the canvass. Adjusting the brightness and contrast.

Combining images using the Layers function.

Adding colors using the Fill function

Adding Text

Cutting and manipulating images with marquee tools, lasso and polygonal lasso tools.

Manipulating images and text with the Transform tools.

Creating a unique look with the Filters.

Using the cloning stamp.

Saving an "unflattened" version of the document, meaning that the layers still exist separately.

Creating a "flattened" version of the document, where all layers have been merged into a single background layer. This is the version that can be exported/saved as a JPEG that can be used on a Web page or a print document.

Note: JPEGs can be used for Web or print, but EPS is the preferred format for print. A JPEG for Web should have a DPI of 72. For print, it should be no less than 150. FYI, the extension for a JPEG is .jpg.

Also, if you want to create a file with a transparent background, save it to a single layer and save it as a CompuServe Gif.

Journalism internships

I do freelance writing for a Washington DC area parenting magazine and we are looking for summer interns.  We'd like a few college journalism majors who are interested in publishing, writing for print/web and who live in the Northern Virginia area.  These internships are unpaid but the experience is hands-on (byline credit and direct access to editorial leadership).

Please have any interested parties send me email/resume to WriterCroll@gmail.com.

Chris

For next week

For next week, we will not have a quiz because there will be a midterm on Friday, March 12.

To get ready for the midterm, I will hand out a practice midterm on Monday that you can work on your own, and we will discuss as a class on Wednesday.

For the midterm, you have a lot of material to review to help you prepare. There is the pre-test, the quizzes, my notes online, the Associated Press Stylebook and the Working With Words.

Any kind of error may show up on the midterm, so be ready for it. As far as my online notes are concerned, you should read them up to and including the notes on the apostrophe. In particular, you need to review the entry titled, "Other rules."

The apostrophe was to be the quiz for next week, but I've decided to drop that. However, the issues with the apostrophe are really simple. The biggest issue is know when to use the apostrophe for its or it's. If you have trouble with it, check the punctuation entries for apostrophe in Working With Words and the AP Stylebook.

Other questions? Let me know Monday.

Anybody could have made this mistake ...

http://www.npr.org/blogs/waitwait/2010/03/caption_snafu.html

Rotation Teams Spring 2010

Group 1

Andrea Bichan
Kevin McCall
Danielle Paccione

Group 2

Raechel Keneally
Seth Schniebolk
Jackie Palachko

Group 3

Andrew Weisner
Emily Stoner
Jackie Simone

Group 4

Breanne Durning
Nate March
Archana Menon

Group 5

Kirsten Cornille
Mary Michalow
Sam Fanburg