Digital Media Careers

Careers in Digital Media

Cindy Royal, Ph.DSchool of Journalism and Mass Communicationcindyroyal.comslideshare.net/cindyroyal


Communication is Technology

Technology is Communication


Social Media• Excellent communication skills• Curiosity about new platforms• Good at crafting messages• Interacting with people• Understanding data


Web Design/Development• Excellent communication

skills• Graphic design• Coding• Attention to responsive design

techniques• Understanding of interaction

design


Mobile Development• Excellent communication skills• Graphic design• Coding• Understanding of interaction

design• Understanding of digital lifestyle


Web Producer• Excellent communication skills• Copyediting• Visual literacy• Comfort with

digital tools• Familiarity with

HTML/CSS


Multimedia Editor• Excellent communication skills• Familiarity with audio and video editing

programs• Visual storytelling and narrative• Interviewing skills


Data Journalism• Excellent communication skills• Programming• Data analysis• Visualization• Curiosity about new ways

to tell stories


Future

Virtual Reality

Wearables

Drones

Sensors

…


Get Started• Online Courses and Tutorials• Make Something• Attend events• Networking


Let’s do some Web Design

Open: http://codebeautify.org/htmlviewer/

HTML – Hypertext Markup Language

<html>

<head>

<title>My Website</title>

</head>

<body>

<p>Hi</p>

</body>

</html>

http://codebeautify.org/htmlviewer/

http://codebeautify.org/htmlviewer/


Images and Links

<img src=“myphoto.jpg” />

<a href=“http://www.txstate.edu”>Texas State University</a>

http://www.txstate.edu/




A Little CSS – Cascading Stylesheets

<style>

body {

background-color: beige;

}

h1 {

color: red;

}

</style>