Fall 2016 Covering an Event Assignment

For Fall 2016, students in the Multimedia Writing course covered many events on The American University in Cairo (AUC) campus.

We used Adobe Spark to produce the web pages.

Here is the list of the events covered:

On Tuesday, Nov. 1
Makeup Workshop in AUC Reveals Beauty Tips
By Danah AlAnsari, Farida Kamal, Haidy Haitham and Yomna Abdelnasser

On Monday, Nov. 7
Directing Askar wa-Harameyya: A Professor's Experience
By Doaa Abdelghany, Mayar Magdy and Rania Yehia

On Wednesday, Nov. 9
The University Forum on Student Tuition
By Mariam Seif, Reem Mohamed and Hanien Gaballah

On Saturday, Nov. 12
Heated Discussion Breaks Out at Cairo Streets and Stories Event
By Lama Ibrahim, Kareem Ragheb and Kirillos Samuel

On Wednesday, Nov. 16
Egyptian Superheroes That No Longer Need to Fly
By Leila Nassar, Yasmine Ayoub and Yara El-Fayoumi

On Sunday, Nov. 20
Bridging the Gap Between Media Education and the Industry
By Mayar El Zanty, Jackline Said and Farha Tomoum

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)

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