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Us Coast And Geodetic Survey Aerial Photos From 1927, 1928, 1932, 1935, 1952 And 1954 Covering South Florida, Peter Harlem Dec 2014

Us Coast And Geodetic Survey Aerial Photos From 1927, 1928, 1932, 1935, 1952 And 1954 Covering South Florida, Peter Harlem

Sea Level Rise Collection

Summary of the Dr. Harold R. Wanless collection of film copies and scanning project.


Paris Talks: The Art Of Climate Communication, Phaedra Pezzullo Dec 2014

Paris Talks: The Art Of Climate Communication, Phaedra Pezzullo

Sea Level Rise Collection

No abstract provided.


Odu Hosts White House-Sponsored Event On Sea Level Rise Preparedness, Mitigation, Public Affairs & News Bureau, Old Dominion University Dec 2014

Odu Hosts White House-Sponsored Event On Sea Level Rise Preparedness, Mitigation, Public Affairs & News Bureau, Old Dominion University

News Items

No abstract provided.


Hampton Roads Sea Level Rise Preparedness And Resilience Intergovernmental Planning Pilot Project, Ray Toll, David Architzel Dec 2014

Hampton Roads Sea Level Rise Preparedness And Resilience Intergovernmental Planning Pilot Project, Ray Toll, David Architzel

Presentations, Lectures, Posters, Reports

No abstract provided.


The Threat In Hampton Roads, Ray Toll, David W. Titley Nov 2014

The Threat In Hampton Roads, Ray Toll, David W. Titley

News Items

No abstract provided.


Hacking The Curriculum: Creating Collaborative Classrooms, Robert E. Gutsche Jr. Nov 2014

Hacking The Curriculum: Creating Collaborative Classrooms, Robert E. Gutsche Jr.

Sea Level Rise Collection

Description of collaboration between FIU faculty students and high school students.


Fall Update: See What We've Been Doing, Robert E. Gutsche Jr. Nov 2014

Fall Update: See What We've Been Doing, Robert E. Gutsche Jr.

Sea Level Rise Collection

This post includes text related to the required October Interim Report for the Online News Association, which was submitted on October 28, 2014.


Revisiting King Tide Day, Robert E. Gutsche Jr. Oct 2014

Revisiting King Tide Day, Robert E. Gutsche Jr.

Sea Level Rise Collection

No abstract provided.


Hampton Roads Sea Level Rise Preparedness And Resilience Intergovernmental Planning Pilot Project Charter, Old Dominion University Oct 2014

Hampton Roads Sea Level Rise Preparedness And Resilience Intergovernmental Planning Pilot Project Charter, Old Dominion University

Hampton Roads Intergovernmental Pilot Project: Charter

Charter of the Hampton Roads Sea Level Rise Preparedness and Resilience Intergovernmental Planning Pilot Project.

The mission of the two-year Pilot Project is to develop a regional “whole of government” and “whole of community” approach to sea level rise preparedness and resilience planning in Hampton Roads that also can be used as a template for other regions.


Students Meet King Tide: Take To Streets Oct. 9, Robert E. Gutsche Jr. Oct 2014

Students Meet King Tide: Take To Streets Oct. 9, Robert E. Gutsche Jr.

Sea Level Rise Collection

No abstract provided.


Eyes In The Sky: Alta Partners Begin To Capture Rising Seas, Robert E. Gutsche Jr. Oct 2014

Eyes In The Sky: Alta Partners Begin To Capture Rising Seas, Robert E. Gutsche Jr.

Sea Level Rise Collection

FIU-ALTA Partnership Captures High-Resolution Images of SLR.


Buzz: Students Sound-Off With Water Sensors, Robert E. Gutsche Jr. Oct 2014

Buzz: Students Sound-Off With Water Sensors, Robert E. Gutsche Jr.

Sea Level Rise Collection

FIU School of Journalism & Mass Communication Prepares for Oct. 9 Event on Miami Beach.


Media Alert: Students Build Water Sensors In Prep For King Tide Day, Robert E. Gutsche Jr. Oct 2014

Media Alert: Students Build Water Sensors In Prep For King Tide Day, Robert E. Gutsche Jr.

Sea Level Rise Collection

Announcement of collaborative work between the MAST@FIU BBC and FIU's School of Journalism and Mass Communication for King Tide Day events on October 9, 2015.


Rtv 3260 Multimedia Production I Special Topic: Sea Level Rise In South Florida, Kate Macmillin Oct 2014

Rtv 3260 Multimedia Production I Special Topic: Sea Level Rise In South Florida, Kate Macmillin

Course Syllabi

Multimedia Production I is designed to introduce students to the basic elements of multimedia production: audio recording and editing, basic photography, video production and editing, interactive infographics, and the basic functions of a Web platform. These will be presented on a comprehensive multimedia Website (in this course, we will be using Wordpress). During the first two weeks of the semester, we will be discussing the many facets and opportunities presented by multimedia storytelling; at the end of these two weeks, each student will be responsible for turning in a one-page proposal for their website, which will focus on a sea …


Mmc 4936 Web Gis For Journalists, Susan Jacobson, Zhaohui Fu, Boyuan Guan Oct 2014

Mmc 4936 Web Gis For Journalists, Susan Jacobson, Zhaohui Fu, Boyuan Guan

Course Syllabi

Web GIS is a special topics course designed to give students a solid foundation in Web publishing and Web GIS. By the end of the semester, students will:

  • Learn the basics of HTML5 and CSS3.
  • Learn the basics of JavaScript and JQuery
  • Produce a new layout for the Zen Garden project.
  • Participate in a crowdsourced project on King Tide Day.
  • Produce an interactive photo slideshow with HTML5/CSS3.
  • Participate in a mobile-social reporting project on Election Day.
  • Produce a multimedia map story with HTML5/CSS3.
  • Learn how to give and receive constructive criticism.


Jou 4001 Visual Storytelling Production, Susan Jacobson Oct 2014

Jou 4001 Visual Storytelling Production, Susan Jacobson

Course Syllabi

Visual Storytelling Production is designed to enhance the skills that students learned in Multimedia Production 1. By the end of the semester, students will:

  • Understand some of the legal and ethical issues facing journalists and other communication professionals who work with digital tools on the Internet.
  • Learn how to give and receive constructive criticism.
  • Further their understanding of audio-visual production techniques.
  • Improve their abilities to research multi-media news stories
  • Produce an extended infographic on the class theme.
  • Produce an audio slideshow on the class theme.
  • Produce multi-source video with B-Roll on the class theme.
  • Participate in a crowdsourced reporting project …


Rtv 4101 Advanced Writing For Television, Kate Macmillin Oct 2014

Rtv 4101 Advanced Writing For Television, Kate Macmillin

Course Syllabi

This course is intended to introduce the student to various types of writing for television and Internet/Journalism videos. This will include storytelling for short videos and short documentaries. Class time will be divided between lectures, guest speakers, shooting and video editing workshops. This course will be devoted to various approaches to ONE TOPIC: Sea Level Rise. There will be all kinds of opportunities for serious reporting on this issue.


Rtv 3260 Multimedia Production: Eyes On The Rise, Robert E. Gutsche Jr. Oct 2014

Rtv 3260 Multimedia Production: Eyes On The Rise, Robert E. Gutsche Jr.

Course Syllabi

This course is designed to introduce students to tell stories through multimedia, regardless of whether those stories are for journalistic, advertising, or public relations purposes. This particular course section is also designed to produce content for Eyes on the Rise (eyesontherise.org).


Sea Level Rise Scenarios For Coastal Adaptation, Adam Parris Sep 2014

Sea Level Rise Scenarios For Coastal Adaptation, Adam Parris

September 19, 2014: Comparing Flooding and Sea Level Rise Risk Assessment Tools

No abstract provided.


The Sea Level Rise Inundation Tool, Molly Mitchell Sep 2014

The Sea Level Rise Inundation Tool, Molly Mitchell

September 19, 2014: Comparing Flooding and Sea Level Rise Risk Assessment Tools

No abstract provided.


Post Katrina: Improvements Made To New Orleans Storm Protection Systems, Juliet Pinto Sep 2014

Post Katrina: Improvements Made To New Orleans Storm Protection Systems, Juliet Pinto

Sea Level Rise Collection

FIU’s Dr. Juliet Pinto Leads Tour of Water Systems in Post-Katrina New Orleans.


Mcauliffe Launches Climate Change Commission, Bill Sizemore Sep 2014

Mcauliffe Launches Climate Change Commission, Bill Sizemore

News Items

No abstract provided.


Behind The Scenes: Making News About Sea Level Rise, Robert E. Gutsche Jr. Aug 2014

Behind The Scenes: Making News About Sea Level Rise, Robert E. Gutsche Jr.

Sea Level Rise Collection

This article describes a student multimedia capstone project.

The project can be viewed here.


2014 Life In Hampton Roads Survey, Part 5: Sea Level Rise And Environmental Risks, Public Affairs & News Bureau, Old Dominion University Aug 2014

2014 Life In Hampton Roads Survey, Part 5: Sea Level Rise And Environmental Risks, Public Affairs & News Bureau, Old Dominion University

News Items

[Introductory paragraphs]

The 2014 Life in Hampton Roads survey, conducted by the Old Dominion University Social Science Research Center (SSRC), contained an extensive battery of questions to determine how people in Hampton Roads felt about several environmental issues, with a major focus on sea level rise and flooding.

In all, 853 residents of Hampton Roads were interviewed over landline and cellular telephones for the fifth annual Life in Hampton Roads survey that was released this week in five parts.

The survey is designed to peer into social and economic indicators of quality of life in the region, with particular focus …


Local Septic Tanks Threatened By Rising Groundwater, Toni-Ann Ferguson, Karina Gandylyan, Garfield Williams Jul 2014

Local Septic Tanks Threatened By Rising Groundwater, Toni-Ann Ferguson, Karina Gandylyan, Garfield Williams

Sea Level Rise Collection

No abstract provided.


Eyes On The Rise [Grant Agreement], Robert E. Gutsche Jr. Jul 2014

Eyes On The Rise [Grant Agreement], Robert E. Gutsche Jr.

Sea Level Rise Collection

No abstract provided.


Odu's Toll Appointed To Governor's Climate Change Commission, Public Affairs & News Bureau, Old Dominion University Jul 2014

Odu's Toll Appointed To Governor's Climate Change Commission, Public Affairs & News Bureau, Old Dominion University

News Items

No abstract provided.


Jou 4341c Senior Multimedia Project, Juliet Pinto Jul 2014

Jou 4341c Senior Multimedia Project, Juliet Pinto

Course Syllabi

This capstone course is designed to teach students to cover the news using multimedia formats and is the culmination of the skills and concepts they have learned in previous journalism studies.

Students are expected to produce multimedia news stories of local interest using storytelling skills in print, video and audio/visual formats.


Jou 4341c Senior Multimedia Project, Robert E. Gutsche Jr. Jul 2014

Jou 4341c Senior Multimedia Project, Robert E. Gutsche Jr.

Course Syllabi

Students will use this course to collaborate with community members, faculty, and other students in setting an editorial agenda for the Eyes on the Rise project. Students will also create original content that will be considered for publication with media partners and on the forthcoming project website, eyesontherise.org. From this experience, students will experience the basics of community journalism, media management, and will express their knowledge about media through assessment, interaction, and production. Because this is the final class for the major, students are expected to treat the course as a job. Students should also be aware of the minimum …


Jou 4001 Visual Storytelling Production, Susan Jacobson Jul 2014

Jou 4001 Visual Storytelling Production, Susan Jacobson

Course Syllabi

JOU 4001: Visual Storytelling Production is designed to enhance the skills that students learned in Multimedia Production 1. By the end of the semester, students will:

  • Understand some of the legal and ethical issues facing journalists and other communication professionals who work with digital tools on the Internet.
  • Learn how to give and receive constructive criticism.
  • Further their understanding of audio-visual production techniques.
  • Improve their abilities to research multi-media news stories
  • Produce an extended infographic on the class themes.
  • Produce an audio slideshow on the class themes.
  • Produce multi-source video with B-Roll on the class themes.
  • Produce two multimedia packages. …