With some content coming in, I have begun site construction in earnest. The following is a screenshot of the 'Index' or 'Homepage':-
Year Overview:-
The Unit Index:-
And the Unit Detailed:-
Monday, April 6, 2009
Client Correspondence
The following is the email I sent back to the client having received the completed email interview:-
Steve,
Thank you for sending me the email interview. Hopefully we will get some good input from other students regarding the rest of the content.
In the meantime, I have integrated and re-purposed your email interview. I have also taken a look at the FUCCA site and re-purposed some of their information regarding the course (overview) and its units. At present, I have done relatively little editing to them (referring more to the units than the overview (which I edited a lot)). I have re-structured them, and re-distributed/re-displayed them. I have additionally changed some of the tenses and tones, as well as the addressing statements. E.g. It no longer says, 'the student will', but 'you will', etc.
I am assuming that these unit descriptors closely match those in my unit handbook, and the writing style seems similar to yours, so I assume it is yourself that has written them? As you are the client, and the site is an extension of your 'product display', is this re-purposing a problem?
Please let me know ASAP so I can redraft if necessary (this will be very time-consuming as I am including a seperate description of each unit, so I would like to begin as soon as possible if this is the case)
Thank you in advance,
D
Steve,
Thank you for sending me the email interview. Hopefully we will get some good input from other students regarding the rest of the content.
In the meantime, I have integrated and re-purposed your email interview. I have also taken a look at the FUCCA site and re-purposed some of their information regarding the course (overview) and its units. At present, I have done relatively little editing to them (referring more to the units than the overview (which I edited a lot)). I have re-structured them, and re-distributed/re-displayed them. I have additionally changed some of the tenses and tones, as well as the addressing statements. E.g. It no longer says, 'the student will', but 'you will', etc.
I am assuming that these unit descriptors closely match those in my unit handbook, and the writing style seems similar to yours, so I assume it is yourself that has written them? As you are the client, and the site is an extension of your 'product display', is this re-purposing a problem?
Please let me know ASAP so I can redraft if necessary (this will be very time-consuming as I am including a seperate description of each unit, so I would like to begin as soon as possible if this is the case)
Thank you in advance,
D
Client Correspondence
I have heard back from the client, and as such can now begin re-drafting the email interview that was completed for me.
The following is the answers received:-
Year by year breakdown: What are the aims for student development in Year 1/2/3?
We aim to produce graduates who are distinctive and who can offer employers something extra.
Many of the media employers we speak to tell us they are looking for journalists who can do more than write. They are looking for content producers. Multiskilled people who can perform the traditional role of the journalist - research, interview, write, edit - but who can also operate the technology so as to present content in a variety of ways - in print, in audio form, in video, and of course on multimedia web pages.
Our journalism degree is a multimedia degree. Our graduates are multiskilled content producers and they are in demand by employers.
In year 1, all our journalism students get a thorough grounding in digital media production. Today, even print journalists working on a newspaper might have to go in front of camera to present a comment piece, or do audio or video editing, so all students learn the basics of digital media file formats and putting together image, audio and video content for the web.
Our students get a taste of print, radio, TV and web production in semester 1, and choose to specialize in any two of these four in semesters 2, 3 and 4. So, by the end of second year, our students should have a good level of writing and production skill in those two media. This increases your employment options and again equips you for a multimedia environment.
Also in year 1, there are background and contextual studies in journalism to broaden your knowledge and increase your understanding of the place that journalism and the media occupy in society.
There is practical training in Teeline shorthand - still much in demand by editors and a skill that enables accurate note-taking that will stand up in a court of law.
In year 2, training in media law helps you to further protect yourself as a working journalist and this is complemented by studies in politics, government and the institutions that you will have to report on.
In year 2 you will explore areas of media and cultural theory in order to prepare yourself for a dissertation in year 3. The dissertation can be on a wide range of topics and we encourage you to link it with your interests and with your journalism practice.
Also in year 3, there is an advanced group production in your chosen specialist medium (print, radio, TV or web), an individual final project and an industrial placement.
What is the final goal for the end of the course, i.e. What do you ultimately hope to teach students so as to prepare them for careers in the field?
This is probably covered in the above.
What makes this course unique, i.e. Why should students choose this course over another?
Our journalism courses are very flexible. The way in which you can mix media specialties in any combination - print and TV, or radio and online for example - is unique.
Also, the feature briefs are negotiable. If you wish to write and talk about sport, music, fashion, cars, politics, sailing, mountain biking or global warming - then any or all of that is possible.
What is your course philosophy (I'm aware this will probably tie into the earlier questions)?
We aim to produce distinctive graduates who are highly employable with versatile writing skills and a range of high-level production skills.
What are some prominent FUCA Journalism alumni doing now?
Farnham journalism graduate Alex Kramer presents Going for Gold on Five. In radio, we have graduates working in stations ranging from local stations like Eagle FM and BBC Southern Counties to BBC World Service and Radio Netherlands International. One of our current students works part-time at BBC2's Newsnight.
A number of our recent graduates have gone straight into good jobs in communication and public relations, such as at the award-winning London PR agency Taylor Herring and leading retail developer Westfield - the company behind Europe's biggest shopping mall, at Shepherd's Bush in west London.
Have you any upcoming plans for the course?- Is there any further information that you consider important and essential content?
I had better go home now but I will forward further content later.
Obviously we have the new degrees launching in September.
Feel free to adapt content from the course pages on the UCA website. There is a separate page for each of the journalism courses at Farnham - the main degree, then sports, motoring, leisure. There is a slightly different emphasis on each of the course pages and there are paragraphs and passages in there that could be adapted for this new website. You may be able to use or adapt the images on the course pages. If you cannot download them then I could forward you image files.
There are a few paragraphs also on the studentjournos blog page that potentially could be adaptable.
OK I hope this helps and gives you some content to work with.
The following is the answers received:-
Year by year breakdown: What are the aims for student development in Year 1/2/3?
We aim to produce graduates who are distinctive and who can offer employers something extra.
Many of the media employers we speak to tell us they are looking for journalists who can do more than write. They are looking for content producers. Multiskilled people who can perform the traditional role of the journalist - research, interview, write, edit - but who can also operate the technology so as to present content in a variety of ways - in print, in audio form, in video, and of course on multimedia web pages.
Our journalism degree is a multimedia degree. Our graduates are multiskilled content producers and they are in demand by employers.
In year 1, all our journalism students get a thorough grounding in digital media production. Today, even print journalists working on a newspaper might have to go in front of camera to present a comment piece, or do audio or video editing, so all students learn the basics of digital media file formats and putting together image, audio and video content for the web.
Our students get a taste of print, radio, TV and web production in semester 1, and choose to specialize in any two of these four in semesters 2, 3 and 4. So, by the end of second year, our students should have a good level of writing and production skill in those two media. This increases your employment options and again equips you for a multimedia environment.
Also in year 1, there are background and contextual studies in journalism to broaden your knowledge and increase your understanding of the place that journalism and the media occupy in society.
There is practical training in Teeline shorthand - still much in demand by editors and a skill that enables accurate note-taking that will stand up in a court of law.
In year 2, training in media law helps you to further protect yourself as a working journalist and this is complemented by studies in politics, government and the institutions that you will have to report on.
In year 2 you will explore areas of media and cultural theory in order to prepare yourself for a dissertation in year 3. The dissertation can be on a wide range of topics and we encourage you to link it with your interests and with your journalism practice.
Also in year 3, there is an advanced group production in your chosen specialist medium (print, radio, TV or web), an individual final project and an industrial placement.
What is the final goal for the end of the course, i.e. What do you ultimately hope to teach students so as to prepare them for careers in the field?
This is probably covered in the above.
What makes this course unique, i.e. Why should students choose this course over another?
Our journalism courses are very flexible. The way in which you can mix media specialties in any combination - print and TV, or radio and online for example - is unique.
Also, the feature briefs are negotiable. If you wish to write and talk about sport, music, fashion, cars, politics, sailing, mountain biking or global warming - then any or all of that is possible.
What is your course philosophy (I'm aware this will probably tie into the earlier questions)?
We aim to produce distinctive graduates who are highly employable with versatile writing skills and a range of high-level production skills.
What are some prominent FUCA Journalism alumni doing now?
Farnham journalism graduate Alex Kramer presents Going for Gold on Five. In radio, we have graduates working in stations ranging from local stations like Eagle FM and BBC Southern Counties to BBC World Service and Radio Netherlands International. One of our current students works part-time at BBC2's Newsnight.
A number of our recent graduates have gone straight into good jobs in communication and public relations, such as at the award-winning London PR agency Taylor Herring and leading retail developer Westfield - the company behind Europe's biggest shopping mall, at Shepherd's Bush in west London.
Have you any upcoming plans for the course?- Is there any further information that you consider important and essential content?
I had better go home now but I will forward further content later.
Obviously we have the new degrees launching in September.
Feel free to adapt content from the course pages on the UCA website. There is a separate page for each of the journalism courses at Farnham - the main degree, then sports, motoring, leisure. There is a slightly different emphasis on each of the course pages and there are paragraphs and passages in there that could be adapted for this new website. You may be able to use or adapt the images on the course pages. If you cannot download them then I could forward you image files.
There are a few paragraphs also on the studentjournos blog page that potentially could be adaptable.
OK I hope this helps and gives you some content to work with.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Client Correspondence
I have still not received content from the client, so am unable to continue.
I have sent another reminder, dated March 24th, which reads as follows:-
Steve,
It is becoming a matter of urgency that you provide me with content for the website. I have begun construction, but am extremely limited without content to base design and navigation on.
I remind you that it was agreed that you would provide content as the site is a POS for the course and you will need to select the best students to showcase. I would also ask you to complete the email interview that I sent to you.
This is the fourth reminder that I have sent you, please respond ASAP. I do not wish to find myself unable to complete the unit and therefore my degree because I have no content.
D
I have sent another reminder, dated March 24th, which reads as follows:-
Steve,
It is becoming a matter of urgency that you provide me with content for the website. I have begun construction, but am extremely limited without content to base design and navigation on.
I remind you that it was agreed that you would provide content as the site is a POS for the course and you will need to select the best students to showcase. I would also ask you to complete the email interview that I sent to you.
This is the fourth reminder that I have sent you, please respond ASAP. I do not wish to find myself unable to complete the unit and therefore my degree because I have no content.
D
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Client Correspondence Update
I have still not received word from the client, so site construction is presently on hold. The following is the last email sent:-
Steve,
I am writing to remind you that I still require your input in terms of the interview questions I sent you and provision of content for the site. I am also waiting for you to make a decision regarding the name of the site. My site construction needs to get underway, but I cannot begin to build without content.
Please could you ensure that this is complete, as I do not want to waste any more time and end up with a hard-pressed deadline.
The following are copies of my previous emails so you can refresh yourself as to the questions I asked and the materials I asked for.
04/03/09
Steve,Could you please confirm to me that you received the questions I sent you, and update me as to the state of your answers.
Additionally, I would ask that you please start gathering work from students who you would like to showcase. I cannot do this as I do not know which students you want to display and it really is a case of 'the cream' being required.
D
27/02/09
Steve,Re: Site Content
Could you please answer the following questions for me, so that I can present the information in some form (homepage or philosophies, etc.)-
Year by year breakdown: What are the aims for student development in Year 1?-
" 2?-
" 3?-
What is the final goal for the end of the course, i.e. What do you ultimately hope to teach students so as to prepare them for careers in the field?-
What makes this course unique, i.e. Why should students choose this course over another?-
What is your course philosophy (I'm aware this will probably tie into the earlier questions)?-
What are some prominent FUCA Journalism alumni doing now?-
Have you any upcoming plans for the course?-
Is there any further information that you consider important and essential content?D
Many thanks,
D
Steve,
I am writing to remind you that I still require your input in terms of the interview questions I sent you and provision of content for the site. I am also waiting for you to make a decision regarding the name of the site. My site construction needs to get underway, but I cannot begin to build without content.
Please could you ensure that this is complete, as I do not want to waste any more time and end up with a hard-pressed deadline.
The following are copies of my previous emails so you can refresh yourself as to the questions I asked and the materials I asked for.
04/03/09
Steve,Could you please confirm to me that you received the questions I sent you, and update me as to the state of your answers.
Additionally, I would ask that you please start gathering work from students who you would like to showcase. I cannot do this as I do not know which students you want to display and it really is a case of 'the cream' being required.
D
27/02/09
Steve,Re: Site Content
Could you please answer the following questions for me, so that I can present the information in some form (homepage or philosophies, etc.)-
Year by year breakdown: What are the aims for student development in Year 1?-
" 2?-
" 3?-
What is the final goal for the end of the course, i.e. What do you ultimately hope to teach students so as to prepare them for careers in the field?-
What makes this course unique, i.e. Why should students choose this course over another?-
What is your course philosophy (I'm aware this will probably tie into the earlier questions)?-
What are some prominent FUCA Journalism alumni doing now?-
Have you any upcoming plans for the course?-
Is there any further information that you consider important and essential content?D
Many thanks,
D
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Client Correspondence 2
The following is an email sent to my client (dated 4 March 2009), requesting that he gather and deliver to me content that he wishes to be showcased on the site.
Steve,
Could you please confirm to me that you received the questions I sent you, and update me as to the state of your answers.
Additionally, I would ask that you please start gathering work from students who you would like to showcase. I cannot do this as I do not know which students you want to display and it really is a case of 'the cream' being required.
D
Steve,
Could you please confirm to me that you received the questions I sent you, and update me as to the state of your answers.
Additionally, I would ask that you please start gathering work from students who you would like to showcase. I cannot do this as I do not know which students you want to display and it really is a case of 'the cream' being required.
D
Client Correspondence
The following are questions that I sent to my client (dated 27 February 2009), in an attempt to conduct 'an interview' and gather the information that will be required on the homepage of the site.
I have not as of yet received the answers to my questions.
Steve,
Re: Site Content
Could you please answer the following questions for me, so that I can present the information in some form (homepage or philosophies, etc.)
- Year by year breakdown: What are the aims for student development in Year 1?
- " 2?
- " 3?
- What is the final goal for the end of the course, i.e. What do you ultimately hope to teach students so as to prepare them for careers in the field?
- What makes this course unique, i.e. Why should students choose this course over another?
- What is your course philosophy (I'm aware this will probably tie into the earlier questions)?
- What are some prominent FUCA Journalism alumni doing now?
- Have you any upcoming plans for the course?
- Is there any further information that you consider important and essential content?
D
I have not as of yet received the answers to my questions.
Steve,
Re: Site Content
Could you please answer the following questions for me, so that I can present the information in some form (homepage or philosophies, etc.)
- Year by year breakdown: What are the aims for student development in Year 1?
- " 2?
- " 3?
- What is the final goal for the end of the course, i.e. What do you ultimately hope to teach students so as to prepare them for careers in the field?
- What makes this course unique, i.e. Why should students choose this course over another?
- What is your course philosophy (I'm aware this will probably tie into the earlier questions)?
- What are some prominent FUCA Journalism alumni doing now?
- Have you any upcoming plans for the course?
- Is there any further information that you consider important and essential content?
D
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