Connecting you with the University of Missouri’s innovative research and creative activityA Multimedia Manifesto
A visit with Mike McKean, Chair, Convergence Journalism
Published: February 22, 2008 - Topics:
convergence_journalism
journalism
multimedia
technology
television
Additional Interview Clips
What Brought McKean to Convergence
Defining Convergence Journalism or Media Convergence
The Mindset of Creating the Convergence Sequence
The Convergence Curriculum
Backpack Journalist
MU Convergence Reporters Are Getting a Taste of the Real World
Convergence on a Global Level
The Value of Storytelling with Convergence
How Newsrooms View Convergence Journalists
Why is the Convergence Sequence Growing?
Topics:
convergence
journalism
McKean says because of the current technological age, many young journalists have grown up with multimedia platforms (such as facebook, cell phones, and blogs), and there is an unconstrained desire to implement many of those media with the news. “I think students that are coming to us now do not want to be shackled by one way of telling stories, ” McKean says.