Steve Rice
Convergence Journalism Assistant Professor, Missouri School of Journalism
Steve Rice is an assistant professor in convergence journalism at the Missouri School of Journalism. Previously, he was a member of the Minneapolis Star Tribune’s news video team (2009-2010) that produced studio and news projects for the Star Tribune’s website. He helped produce a daily news program called "NewsBreak," a number of sports and entertainment weekly videos, plus breaking news and feature events.
Rice worked as a still photographer and videographer for the Star Tribune’s feature sections (2007-2009) with an emphasis on food photography, video stories and general feature photography.
Previously, he designed and directed the production of Knight Ridders’ book, “Come Hell and High Water,” on the flooding that devastated Grand Forks, N.D. He worked as a picture and project editor for Bill Gates’ digital imaging company, responsible for editing a photographer’s archive of work to be included in the Corbis stock collection.
Under his leadership, the Miami Herald photography department won two photo Pulitzer Prizes and were finalists on three other occasions. The photo department’s work from Hurricane Andrew was part of the Gold Medal for Public Service in 1993.
Judd Slivka
Convergence Journalism Assistant Professor, Missouri School of Journalism
Judd Slivka teaches multimedia and mobile journalism at the Missouri School of Journalism. He has worked at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Seattle Post-Intelligencer and Arizona Republic newspapers, as well as leading the Missouri Department of Natural Resources' communications and IT efforts.
Steve Rice and Judd Slivka: Promise and potholes: Where we are in mobile journalism
1. Promises and Potholes: Where we are and where we’re going in mobile
Where
are
we
on
the
road?
Pressure
points
A
journalism
of
tradeoffs
A
solu8on?
Tools
[Acquisi8on
cost
is
down]
[The
market
is
providing
incen8ves]
[Three
developing
models]
[HiBng
the
performance
ceiling]
[The
expecta8on
game]
[Flexibility
vs.
Depth]
[Cost
vs.
Quality]
[What
I
can
do
vs.
What
I
should
do]
[Thinking
in
terms
of
what
it
isn’t]
[The
things
we
carry]
Judd
Slivka
Steve
Rice
Missouri
School
of
Journalism
2.
3. Promises and Potholes: Where we are and where we’re going in mobile
Where
are
we
on
the
road?
[Acquisi8on
cost
is
down]
[The
market
is
providing
incen8ves]
[Three
developing
models]
4. Where
are
we
on
the
road?
[Acquisi8on
cost
is
down]
Canon
5d
Mk
III:
$3,300
ManfroWo
Tripod:
$150
MacBookPro
15":
$2,000
Sennheiser
wireless
mic:
$600
BeachTek
preamp:
$439
1
year
Adobe
Crea8ve
Cloud:$600
Total
cost:
$7,089
5-‐year
amor8zed
cost:
$1,898
per
year
128GB
iPad
Mini:
$700
iOgrapher
mount:
$70
ManfroWo
tripod:
$150
Sennheiser
wireless
mic:
$600
Lens
kit:
$150
iRig
Pro
pre-‐amp:
$150
Apps:
$100
Total
cost:
$1,280
Tradi8onal
Kit
Mobile
Tools
Kit
5-‐year
amor8zed
cost:
$256
per
year
5. Where
are
we
on
the
road?
[The
market
is
providing
incen8ves
for
third-‐party
app
development]
[Three
developing
models
of
mobile-‐tool
journalism]