HARTLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Jennifer Serwach took the lead in the extra credit contest this week for her willingness to explore Second Life and report back, earning three extra credit points. That's the typical maximum you can earn in one week. She is now 11 points away from at least a 1 percent grade boost.
Here are some tools an online journalist can use. They include a MacBook Pro, a Flip video camera, a digitial audio recorder (also beneath the camera and an AP stylebook is our textbook).
I currently teach journalism classes online at the University of Michigan-Flint and I work on the Digital Operations Team for MLive Media Group. Any questions or comments? Please e-mail me at cmachnia@umflint.edu.