Spring 2017 Covering an Event Assignment

Some basic tools for covering an event as a journalist.

For Spring 2017, students in the Multimedia Writing course covered many events on The American University in Cairo (AUC) campus.

This is a required course for all majors in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication (JRMC).

We used Adobe Spark to produce the web pages.

Here is the list of the events covered:

On Wednesday, March, 22, 2017
Ambassador of South Korea Discusses Relationship with Middle East In a Visit to AUC Campus
By Hanah Gemei, Selim Abo Mosallam and Emily John

On Thursday, March 23, 2017
Stepping Into The Future: Using Social Media In The Classroom
By Malak Abdelnabi, Nada Gabra and Nour Assil

On Wednesday, March 29, 2017
The 2011 Egyptian Revolution: A Step Forward for Women?
By Alaa Mahmoud, Mariam Elhouchy and Samar Ahmed

On Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Next Generation Egyptian Journalists Urge Action to Tackle Egypt's Biggest Issues
By Nada El Damaty, Nada Nour and Yassin Montasser

On Thursday, March 30, 2017
A Lecture on Occupation Sparks a Heated Debate Between the Attendees and Lecturer
By Menna Eid, Yousef Eissa and Sara Omar

On Sunday, April 2, 2017
Documentary Screening and Discussion of the State of Autistic Children and Their Mothers in Egypt
By Maged Mekawy and Merhan El Aramany

On Monday, April 3, 2017
Five Novel Writing No-Nos
By Nada Maswouf, Hanan Rashawn and Karam Fakhouri

Multimedia Writing Portfolios - Fall 2015

Students in JRMC 2202 Multimedia Writing at The American University in Cairo were required to produce digital portfolios of the work they completed in the course.

Each portfolio should have at least the following components:

• Home page
• Twitter Scavenger Hunt (TSH)
• Interview
• Photo Essay
• Infographic
• Covering an Event
• About/contact page

Students use Weebly to complete their portfolios. This decision was made in 2014 after determining the ease of use in building a website via the Weebly platform. The drag and drop component is super simple. The best part is that the end result has the potential to be organized and professional.

Students were given some time in class to work on the portfolios along with feedback.

This course is one of two media writing core courses for the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication.

The goal of the portfolio:

• It should be error free because it is a showcase of their work to share for prospective internship or job opportunities.

Students should also be proud to display their body of work from the course in a public platform and in a professional manner.

This semester I taught two sections of this course. Here are the students' digital portfolios:
Multimedia Writing Section 1
Mahmoud
Moataz
Kenzi
Farida
Lobna
Alaa
Layla
Farrah
Habiba
Mariam
Ahmed
Alia
Yehia
Youssef


Multimedia Writing Section 2
Dalia
Monica
Daniella
Sara
Samia
Nada
Nouran
Christina
Nadine
Hussein
Nehal
Noura
Farah

Multimedia Writing Project Portfolios

Multimedia Writing Project Portfolios

Students in JRMC 2202 Multimedia Writing at The American University in Cairo were required to produce digital portfolios of the work they completed in the course.

Each portfolio should have at least the following components:

• Home page
• Computer Assisted Reporting (CAR)
• Twitter Scavenger Hunt (TSH)
• Interview
• Photo Essay

In the near future, some of the students will also create and post an infographic.

There were other assignments/projects in the course including the Covering an Events assignment, but these are the components that will be featured on their portfolios.

In the past I had used Epsilen, a platform utilized by the university. However, Epsilen has not kept up with the digital times and it's a bit chunky.

After some research, I determined that Weebly was the best platform for this task. This decision was reached after watching a few introductory videos and the ease of use in building a website via the Weebly platform. The drag and drop component is super simple. The best part is that the end result has the potential to be organized and professional.

Students were given some time in class to work on the portfolios. They were also given detailed feedback after they posted a 'draft' of the portfolio.

The goal of the portfolio:

It should be error free because it is a showcase of their work to share for prospective internship or job opportunities.

Students should also be proud to display their body of work from the course in a public platform and in a professional manner.

This semester I taught three sections of this course. Here are the students' digital portfolios:

Multimedia Writing Section 1:
Nouri
Haidy
Yara Al K.
Mireille
Yomna D.
Nora
Yara El.
Youmna El.
Nushka
Karima
Mohamed
Yasmine


Multimedia Writing Section 2:
Salma B.
Hania
Salma R.
Nour
Youmna
Sarah
Hanan
Rowaida
Hana
Mayar
Yehia
Norhan


Multimedia Writing Section 3:
Haneen
Farah A.
Hannah
Nadine
Passant
Alaa
Noha
Farrah
Zeina
Rawan
Amira
Nourhan
Eshraka
Farah T.

Congratulations to the students for their efforts. And good luck in to their future careers in the media.

Student Produced Egyptian Media Literacy Campaigns

Student Produced Egyptian Media Literacy Campaigns

This presentation was a part of the AMICAL Multimedia Workshop (#AMICALmw14) that took place in Prishtina, Kosovo on March 21-21, 2014.

A Student Produced Media Literacy Campaign by kim fox on Prezi

Here is the list of student produced media literacy campaigns that were created as the final project for JRMC 200 mass communication in fall 2013 at The American University in Cairo (AUC):

See Through the Suit Campaign

Think For Yourself Campaign

Media and Gender Stereotypes

Against Media Bias in Egypt

Say No to Film Piracy

End to Cyberbullying

Role Modeling

It's a Crime (Film Piracy)

Recap of the Sounds Elemental Workshop :: December 2012

By Kim Fox



This blog post is designed to provide a recap of the Sounds Elemental Workshop that took place in New York City in December 2012. It's a chance to be creative and experiment with nat sound, audio editing and so much more.

This blog post is also designed as a template on how students can post their Covering an Event assignment.

Welcome to the JRMC Multimedia Writing Blog

Welcome to the JRMC Multimedia Writing Blog!

This course is taught each semester at The American University in Cairo (AUC). Professor Kim Fox usually teaches a section of the course in the Journalism and Mass Communication (JRMC) department.

Students enrolled in the course learn a variety of media writing styles. They also produce several multimedia projects.

We hope that you enjoy their work.
~Professor Kim Fox