Archive for 'Staff Manuals'
Secrets of a Successful Broadcast Journalism Program
Posted on 28. Dec, 2011 by Michael Hernandez.
Tweet The challenges of establishing and maintaining a broadcast journalism program are numerous. How do you generate story ideas? What do you say to students who want to produce a comedy show? How do you grade students? What are the best cameras and editing systems to use and how many will you need? And then [...]
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We’ve Posted Our “Guide to Moving Online”
Posted on 31. Aug, 2011 by Aaron Manfull.
Tweet After more than 300 posts to the site, we decided it was time to compile some of them into a guide to help advisers and staffs with their journeys online. So, we created a “Guide to Moving Online.” You will find everything from Planning and Social Media to Comment and Publicity advice. The committee [...]
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Huntley Adviser Dennis Brown Shares His Staff’s Proposal to Move the Journalism Program Online
Posted on 08. Aug, 2011 by Aaron Manfull.
Tweet If you’re looking to pitch your school or district on moving online, this is a post that’s going to make you pretty happy. Dennis Brown, veteran adviser at Huntley High School in Huntley, Illinois, is sharing the 9-page proposal he researched and developed to pitch to his school officials. The proposal has a great [...]
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Sample Combined Editorial Policy for High School Student Media
Posted on 11. Jul, 2011 by Aaron Manfull.
Tweet This is the sample combined editorial policy referenced in this previous post. This is a sample of an combined media editorial policy to be used as a starting point for scholastic journalism staffs. The policy combines newspaper, yearbook, web and broadcast mediums into one policy. The combined media policy was created by Aaron Manfull, [...]
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Schools should consider collapsing multiple editorial policies into one media policy
Posted on 11. Jul, 2011 by Aaron Manfull.
Tweet As scholastic media staffs begin integrating the web into their everyday routine, it’s becoming more and more evident that to be most effective, school programs should not be seen as individual mediums, but as a media program. As a result, editorial policies should begin to follow this shift in thinking. Instead of having a [...]
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[Flashback] A checklist of digital media things to consider before closing out the year
Posted on 18. May, 2011 by Sarah Nichols.
Tweet This post was first published in May of 2010 but we thought it would be a nice time to revisit it in 2011. What would you add to the list? With the end of the school year upon us, many of us are in countdown mode. Whatever online system you follow is working [...]
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Have a plan in place for covering tragedy
Posted on 17. Feb, 2011 by Michelle Balmeo.
Tweet On the evening of Jan. 21, I sent my entire staff the full text of Paul Kandell’s article “Preparing for the Unimaginable,” which was published in the Spring 2010 issue of Adviser Update. I had read it before, but I happened to stumble upon it again and, for whatever reason, felt the need to [...]
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Create a staff application online for free using Google Docs
Posted on 21. Dec, 2009 by Aaron Manfull.
Tweet Staff applications for 2010-2011 are approaching for many. Something you might want to consider this year is creating a form online for your staff application. Using Google Documents you can create one for free – and it’s relatively simple. I’m trying something new this year, basically on what I considered a challenge from Jill [...]
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Looking to generate more online content? Put someone in charge of it
Posted on 22. Oct, 2009 by Jim Streisel.
Tweet For the past couple of years, the editors at the HiLite newspaper staff in Carmel, IN, have bemoaned the fact that they didn’t seem to have enough new content on the HiLite Web site. After all, they said, if we want people to go there, we have to give them a good reason. But [...]
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