Comments on: Old Skills http://daveleejblog.com/2007/01/old-skills/ Fresh ideas for online journalism Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:57:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Ricki Dewsbury http://daveleejblog.com/2007/01/old-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-245 Ricki Dewsbury Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:00:17 +0000 http://www.dave-lee.org/jblog/?p=28#comment-245 On the journalism course at the University of Cental Lancashire (UCLan)we used Dreamweaver in the second year. Most people hated it and the websites produced were shambolic! Now we're using blogs and it's much better. On the journalism course at the University of Cental Lancashire (UCLan)we used Dreamweaver in the second year. Most people hated it and the websites produced were shambolic! Now we’re using blogs and it’s much better.

]]> By: Dreamweaver does not make an online journalist | Student Journalism Blog | Press Gazette http://daveleejblog.com/2007/01/old-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-246 Dreamweaver does not make an online journalist | Student Journalism Blog | Press Gazette Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:01:38 +0000 http://www.dave-lee.org/jblog/?p=28#comment-246 [...] really couldn’t agree more. I myself have written about this on my own blog many moons ago, as I was astonished to find I was “studying” online journalism using [...] [...] really couldn’t agree more. I myself have written about this on my own blog many moons ago, as I was astonished to find I was “studying” online journalism using [...]

]]> By: keira http://daveleejblog.com/2007/01/old-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-244 keira Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:41:01 +0000 http://www.dave-lee.org/jblog/?p=28#comment-244 i'm currently standing on the other side of the fence to this. i wish my school taught us how to use basic programs in order to pursue different types of journalism. one module, journalism studies, is compulsary through every year and is the most boring and badly organised i could ever imagine. in two years of studying it i have learnt how to write a news feature, and the exams are pretty much stolen from old nctj papers. we learn nothing about any type of journalism but newspapers and i'm so so bored at the moment. (i don't know if i went off topic there) i’m currently standing on the other side of the fence to this. i wish my school taught us how to use basic programs in order to pursue different types of journalism. one module, journalism studies, is compulsary through every year and is the most boring and badly organised i could ever imagine. in two years of studying it i have learnt how to write a news feature, and the exams are pretty much stolen from old nctj papers. we learn nothing about any type of journalism but newspapers and i’m so so bored at the moment. (i don’t know if i went off topic there)

]]> By: Mindy McAdams http://daveleejblog.com/2007/01/old-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-243 Mindy McAdams Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:07:00 +0000 http://www.dave-lee.org/jblog/?p=28#comment-243 Dreamweaver 4??? Doesn't your school know that the current version is Dreamweaver 8? That's sad! I do agree with you, though, that j-schools should not be teaching software. Where you and I might disagree is here: I think j-schools should require students to USE software, and to use it correctly. So, if you're writing a blog for your journalism course, I would deduct points if your photo file size were atrociously large -- just as I would dock you if you used a copyrighted photo without permission! I think proper use of current tools is important. And Dreamweaver 4 doesn't handle CSS, so you're not even learning the proper use of a Web-authoring tool! Dreamweaver 4??? Doesn’t your school know that the current version is Dreamweaver 8? That’s sad!

I do agree with you, though, that j-schools should not be teaching software. Where you and I might disagree is here: I think j-schools should require students to USE software, and to use it correctly.

So, if you’re writing a blog for your journalism course, I would deduct points if your photo file size were atrociously large — just as I would dock you if you used a copyrighted photo without permission!

I think proper use of current tools is important. And Dreamweaver 4 doesn’t handle CSS, so you’re not even learning the proper use of a Web-authoring tool!

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