Join Us For Tonight’s Cover It Live Chat: Social Media and High School Journalism
Posted on 26. Jan, 2012 by Aaron Manfull.
Join the Digital Media Committee as we host the first of JEA’s weekly Cover It Live online chats. Our discussion will center around high school journalism and social media. The chat will take place tonight at 7 p.m. CST. This is an online chat for anyone. If your staff is already online and social we’d [...]
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Recommended Places to Buy WordPress Premium Themes
Posted on 25. Jan, 2012 by Aaron Manfull.
In a previous post I looked at five reasons premium themes were better than their free alternatives. Today, I want to give you a few places to go to where I and others have had success with finding premium WordPress themes. The four places I’ve used quite a bit and had success with are: Rockettheme.com [...]
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Are you pregnant or a CNN Triathlete
Posted on 24. Jan, 2012 by Bryan Farley.
During the discussion to my last post, Holly Soboroff mentioned that “many people feel like they have nothing to contribute to the conversation, or that their comments aren’t welcome, or they just would rather not speak up for whatever reason.” Holly posed many other questions about whether people, and women in particular, might choose to remain [...]
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Finding Story Ideas and Successfully Preparing for your Student Television Show
Posted on 23. Jan, 2012 by Don Goble.
Finding story ideas for our monthly student television broadcast is quite easy for me. “But you’re the teacher, Mr. Goble. You know it all,” say my students. Right, “I know it all.” But seriously, finding great stories to tell for your high school television show can be very simple. Here a few ideas to get your students started. [...]
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Blogging Rights and Responsibilities
Posted on 22. Jan, 2012 by Michael Hernandez.
With all of the talk recently about PIPA and SOPA legislation clamping down on a free internet, it’s a good time to review our rights as online student journalists as well as our responsibilities. Both laws aim to restrict copyright violations with comprehensive rules about what can and can’t be published/downloaded online. The criticism of [...]
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The News and Retractions of Joe Paterno’s Death Told Through Storify
Posted on 22. Jan, 2012 by Aaron Manfull.
Joe Paterno’s failing health was a topic of conversation on the web Jan. 21. It became the main thing being talked about though around 8 p.m. when numerous news organizations reported that the former Penn State football coach had died. Word spread quickly, and just about as fast, news organizations began retracting their initial reports [...]
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Video Tutorials on setting up, moderating and participating in a CoverItLive chat
Posted on 20. Jan, 2012 by Aaron Manfull.
We’ve posted pieces on CoverItLive before on this site. It’s on online tool you can use to host live, online discussions. You can see the Hilite.org staff’s use of it during the 2011 State of the Union Address. The program has a variety of uses ranging from live coverage of news and sports events to [...]
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Everything I Learned About Digital Media
Posted on 17. Jan, 2012 by Bryan Farley.
Are journalism educators asking the right questions about digital and social media? How do we know when we engage readers? How do we encourage interaction? Do teachers crave feedback and fear silence? If you knew you could be heard, what would you contribute? As one of the early members of the JEA Digital Media committee, I recognize [...]
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You can use Indesign CS 5.5 to make Interactive buttons. Here’s a tutorial to show you how.
Posted on 16. Jan, 2012 by Kelsey Bell.
Your device may be unable to display the content above. Adobe Flash is required. The interactive side of Indesign CS5.5 is a great way for print designers to explore the world of interactive web design using a program they’re already familiar with. In this tutorial, I will show you how to transform something you’ve already [...]
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