I signed up for this class because I wanted to see what I could learn about the new direction that news media is unquestionably headed in. Learning what goes into and how to actually create interesting multimedia for net news consumption interests me quite a bit; I'm all for multimedia and new technology, so learning how to use it to my advantage in creating better stories is a plus.
Most of the news I read is not hard news, but that isn't to say that I never read the more "important"-style news. I gravitate towards music journalism, it's where I'd like my career to go, and tend to pay a lot of attention to websites like stereogum or Pitchfork Media, with the latter being my go-to site for music journalism. They offer a lot of musical variety and insightful commentary, and there's always at least one very interesting thing to read/hear/watch on the front page of either website.
Pitchfork has a feature called Forkcast that occasionally pumps out videos about emerging bands, such as this one on Vampire Weekend playing a gig in a record store. I enjoyed this video because it had a nice mix of band interview and gig footage, overall very well put together. If I could do this type of reporting for a living, I'd be one happy panda.
