Thank you. This is really helpful right now. best, Simone ***************** Simone Delgado 917 623 1659 718 609 1411 skype: simdelgado [log in to unmask] On Apr 2, 2007, at 9:51 AM, Bernard L. Stein wrote: > I put the question to Jeff Jarvis, the Internet savant at CUNY's > new graduate school of journalism. Here's his answer. > Bernard L. Stein > > "I hate to make blogs the cure for the common cold but... > > "Blog software is the easiest content-mangement and publishing > system ever made. I would use a blog as a means of presenting > portfolio work. I don't mean that the work needs to be surrounding > by blog writing. > One may just use a blog to publish your work. > > "At the simplest level, this allows one to link to any work you've > done anywhere else (including clips on mainstream sites, files on > CUNY servers, PDFs on your own server, etc.). > > "WordPress also brings the ability to publish pages, not just blog > posts. So you may take an article and put it on a WordPress page > and then link to that from the blog. > > "Video can be posted to services such as Blip.tv or YouTube.com and > then embedded in the blog. Or one may link to video files on a > server to be played. (I'd recommend the former; it's so much easier > for all.) > > Sandeep [Junnarkar, who teaches the interactive classes] and I are > recommending to students that they get their own domain for their > portfolios and that they establish an account to get blog software. > One may use a free service such as Blogger.com, or paid and hosted > services such as WordPress.com and TypePad.com. Those are all easy > (I'd recommend WordPress among them). To ratchet this up a bit, > I've recommended a very cheap hosting service, A Small Orange, > where one can get one's own account on a server for $25 a year; this > then enables the ability to put files on a server once they're > taken off a university server." > > > ---- Original message ---- >> Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2007 22:54:32 -0400 >> From: Simone Delgado <[log in to unmask]> >> Subject: Re: clips from online publications >> To: [log in to unmask] >> >> I don't know. This is really tricky. I've never >> heard about a completely web-based portfolio. It is >> an interesting question, though mainly because >> online journalism is part of this new type of >> journalism that is under construction right now, and >> it's normal that we start struggling with the best >> way to show our work for new jobs. I personally keep >> two portfolios: one in DVD with video segments and >> another one on paper with articles and stories >> published in Brazilian papers and websites. I have >> everything printed out as a back up and also I try >> to write some URLs in my cover letter. However, I am >> not sure if this is best way to present my work. >> What about segments recorded for radio stations?? >> How could I combine everything in only one >> portfolio?? >> thanks >> Simone >> On Apr 1, 2007, at 10:21 PM, Gorelick, Steve wrote: >> >> It may be unrealistic, but sometimes I wish there >> was some sort of standard or protocol for on-line >> journalism portfolios. But the problem is that >> on-line clips are not only text-based stories. >> Sometimes they are multi-media "clips" with text, >> audio, and even streaming video. >> Does anyone think that a completely web-based >> portfolio makes any sense? That is, a prospective >> employer simply goes to the web site and read the >> clips and looks at any other multi-media work. >> Steve >> -----Original Message----- >> From: HCJ [mailto:[log in to unmask]] >> On Behalf Of Allison Steinberg >> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 7:40 PM >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: Re: clips from online publications >> I save clips from websites as PDFs. There's an >> easy option to save as PDF under "print" if you're >> on a mac. >> Best, >> Allison Steinberg >> 646.413.8918 >> [log in to unmask] >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [log in to unmask] >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Sent: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 12:49 PM >> Subject: clips from online publications >> I would think the question of how to include >> online publications in your portfolio is fairly >> straightforward. Printouts should work, with the >> URL provided for confirmation on the printout or >> in a cover letter. In any e-mail communication, >> you would obviously include live links. >> >> >> >> There may well be some tricks to this I am >> overlooking, e.g. a link that is unstable, a >> page that is taken down. Perhaps it pays to save >> one's online clips as webpages. >> >> >> >> Peter Parisi, Ph.D. >> Dept. of Film & Media Studies >> Hunter College >> 695 Park Avenue >> New York, NY 10021 >> 212-772-4949 >> "The suffering itself is not so bad, it's the >> resentment against suffering that is the real >> pain." --Allen Ginsberg >> >> _____________________________________________________________________ >> ___ >> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out >> more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. >> =0