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Image editing – Preston North End Football Club

Published on November 1, 2009 By ajhalls

In continuation with the Skills Tests for the Digital Newsroom Module here at UCLan, I had to test my ability with image editing software. I had to choose one of the following to photograph: • Lancashire county council • Preston City Council • The Flag Market • The National Football museum • Preston North End [...]

Customising a Google Map.

Published on October 17, 2009 By ajhalls

FOR ONE of my Digital Newsroom module assignments, I have to prove my ability to perform as a multi-skilled journalist. For this individual part of the assignment, I had to show my proficiency at using Google Maps, creating a custom map, using stories I found in the Lancashire Evening Post, then locating the online article, [...]

5 tips for writing online headlines…

Published on October 11, 2009 By ajhalls

AS PART of the BA (hons) Journalism course here at UCLan, we delve into a module called Digital Journalism, which takes a look at optimising the internet for Journalistic use. In last week’s workshop, we looked at effective headline writing for the web, and an article by “the guru of web usability” Jakob Nielsen. Tweet This [...]