Journalism Portfolio

Please POST the address of your blog for your Journalism Portfolio here.

Remember, it counts as a final exam grade for the marking period.  you should have 9-11 entries of work.  Also, it will serve as an archive for you!

Journalists Portfolio Due Friday, June 7

Uh oh, what is a journalists’ portfolio? 

A portfolio is a way to showcase your professional work and to help to demonstrate your skills to prospective employers or clients. Nothing impresses more than a beautifully presented portfolio at an interview. 

Today, especially for anyone working as a journalist, an online portfolio is a  “must-have.” Look at the examples herehttp://www.10000words.net/2009/03/7-journalists-beautifully-designed/ and herehttp://www.10000words.net  /2008/07/15-journalists-outstanding- personal/ as you come up with a description/definition of journalist portfolio in your own words.•

Go for quality, not quantity: employers will probably spend only a few minutes looking at your portfolio, especially at interview.•Put your portfolio online. You simply need to provide the web link on your resume. 

 

What goes in it? Here is a start. Look at the examples and make a list of other things that can beincluded. 

•A TOC or index of contents (this should be live links and part of your navigation.) 

•Editors don't want to see things you've written in your spare time unless it is a blog  you have worked on. They want to see that you have the ability to get yourself published-- school publications, local newspaper and anything else with a byline will

 build your portfolio and the experience to help you get a paying gig.

 •Place the best and recent work first. Start and finish strong.•Increasingly journalists need to demonstrate multimedia skills: writing a blog,produce a video clip, a slideshow, etc. Include links to multimedia work (use Stroomeif you don’t have any other.)•You can put scans of diagrams and prototypes and designs in, like the games youdescribed for our class. 

•Consideration to typography:

  font styles, sizes and colours. Don't use more than twoor three fonts. Keep font colors moderately dark so they will print and photocopy easily

.•Consider brand identity, and a style for your web site and resume.

 •Include a downloadable resume with your portfolio. A PDF file is usually the best  way to provide this. On-line resumes should not contain your date of birth, place of birth, marital status, address and phone number as they can allow fraudsters to carry out identity theft. An email address is the best way to allow employers to contact youinitially.

 •Viewers can select what they wish to see via a menu: provide a menu/navigationscheme so viewers can move around easily.

 

DURATION: THREE CLASSES