UNC student reflects on importance of multimedia programming

UNC multimedia student Grace Koerber blew me away during the SND portfolio review when she showed her latest multimedia interactive — a class project from Donny Lofland’s multimedia programming class. Having taken this class several years ago, I am impressed by the breadth of programming knowledge that multimedia journalists are now being asked to learn. Of course I could always preach about the importance of this skill set, but I asked Grace to give us an outside perspective. In this post she writes about her experience learning how to program, this project, and how she feels programming will help her as a journalist.