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Storination: New Tool to the Rescue

7/11/2012

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I have shared how my journalism students in the Diederich College of Communication "live tweet" campus events at Marquette University – and use Storify to present their stories afterward. (See "Using Twitter for Journalism Mightily," "'Oh My!' Enberg Lecture Trends" and "Classes Live Tweet #muawards.") Until now, however, I could only tell you about it. Now, thanks to a new web-based tool called Storination, it's much easier to show you.

Storination is still in its infancy; one must request an invite from the entity before using it. I only heard about it thanks to Benet Wilson, chairwoman of the NABJ Digital Journalism Task Force and who students affectionally call "Aunt Benet." As she writes in a task force blog post, "Missed #NABJ? Check Out Storination," the tool "allows you to put all the Storifys from a single event — like #NABJ12 — in one place for folks to read and share." Nice!

The Storination interface is easy to use, though it would be nice to have more flexibility reorder the imported Storifys. Getting cover images to work with text is another challenge; the cover image offered above is OK. Anyway, today I created several storyboards – that's what Storination calls the virtual spaces used to create an online set of Storifys – mostly based on the Twitter hashtags used for the campus events my classes live tweeted en masse.

Check out "Journalism Classes Live Tweet Presidential Inauguration," "Milwaukee Photographer Shares Cuba Perspective," "Hall of Famer Dick Enberg Lectures at Marquette," "Spurlock Speaks at Marquette," "Diederich College Recognizes Five Distinguished Alumni" and "Marquette Journalism Students Live Tweet Campus Events."

Before Storination, I used a web browser to bookmark all the student Storifys. An inelegant option, especially given likely many more to come. Besides, a main reason for students to live tweet and use Storify is so they have more to show afterward than just a 500-word story that only their instructor reads. The new tool should better enable students to compare their efforts and learn from one another. Beyond that, Storination wants users to create an online "nation," where people share social stories on the same topic. Look out soon for the first #loweclass nation!

@herbertlowe Txs, can't wait !here is an example of a nice Storination : storination.com/obamastory @whitehouse @WHLive

— storination (@storination) July 5, 2012
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4/11/2013 06:18:40 pm

When I was 20, I as very much interested in journalism and I worked for 1 year as a freelance photographer. But I couldn't continue the work. From what I learned from my experience is that, you need some role model, someone who advises you the right things. Then only you can become a good journalist.

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6/24/2013 12:03:49 pm

Talk to your professors. If you're at a journalism school, some of your professors have probably had real-world experience. Use them to help get your name out there and use them for ideas on how to find a job. Thanks a lot.

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    I am a journalism faculty member and graduate student at Marquette University; native of Camden, N.J.; former president of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ); former communications director for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF).

    This specific blog focuses on my students' successes at live tweeting campus events. My hope is it inspires other journalism educators to teach their students to do the same – and other ways that journalists use social media.

    By all means, continue to visit my primary blog on this website to see what me and my students are up to.

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