• computer/connectivity
  
  
• digital camera
  
  
• digital sound recorder
  
  
• video camera
  
  
• blackberry, iPhone (something hand-held)
  
  

Take an inventory of what the students have on the first day of class.

Software

• HTML tags
  A short lesson in learning HTML tags in two parts:
  Part 1
  Part 2
  
  
• Photoshop
  Handout: Preparing images for a web site (This is a one-page PDF handout.) Additional handouts are available on JPROF.com: Beginning Photoshop (a two-page PDF file) and Photoshop Guidelines (a six-page PDF file.)
  
  
• Audacity (sound editing)
  Audacity is a free and downloadable piece of software from SourceForge.net. Audacity is exceptionally easy to learn and to use.
  
  
• iMovie/FinalCut
  
  
• Skype and anything that makes reporting easier
  

Anything that helps the journalist gather information and connect with an audience.

Take an inventory of what the students know on the first day of class.

Do they have a Facebook page? (Probably)

Do they have a Twitter account? (Probably not)

Do they have a blog? (Unlikely)
Two of the best places to start a blog are Blogger.com and Wordpress.com. And they're both free. You can be up and blogging in a matter of minutes.

Do they own their own domain? some variation of their personal name?
Where do you get a domain name? Try GoDaddy.com or Omnis.com.
How much does it cost? Very little.