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Audio is just as important, if not more, than the video.
Posted on 01. Feb, 2012 by Don Goble.
Tweet Imagine interviewing someone who just told you one of the most heart-warming stories you have ever heard. Or, they just told you a profound idea that will make the sound bite Hall of Fame. Now imagine going back to the editing room and realizing the microphone didn’t work. Forgot the headphones too, huh? Even [...]
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Starting Video from Scratch: Equipment
Posted on 30. Jan, 2012 by Matt Rasgorshek.
Tweet It’s always fun to get the best and coolest gear. Any time I can lay my hands on the latest and greatest, I try to snatch it up. That said, you don’t necessarily need top of the line gear to produce quality video.
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Cover It Live Chat: Social Media and the High School Journalist – Incorporating Social Media Into Your Program
Posted on 28. Jan, 2012 by Aaron Manfull.
Tweet The digital media committee hosted the first in a series of JEA’s Cover It Live chats. The event was Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012 and covered a variety of topics from how to use social media if your school blocks the sites to best practices with the different social options. If you didn’t get a [...]
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Join Us For Tonight’s Cover It Live Chat: Social Media and High School Journalism
Posted on 26. Jan, 2012 by Aaron Manfull.
Tweet 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 [...]
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Recommended Places to Buy WordPress Premium Themes
Posted on 25. Jan, 2012 by Aaron Manfull.
Tweet 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: [...]
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Are you pregnant or a CNN Triathlete
Posted on 24. Jan, 2012 by Bryan Farley.
Tweet 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 [...]
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Finding Story Ideas and Successfully Preparing for your Student Television Show
Posted on 23. Jan, 2012 by Don Goble.
Tweet 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 [...]
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The News and Retractions of Joe Paterno’s Death Told Through Storify
Posted on 22. Jan, 2012 by Aaron Manfull.
Tweet 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 [...]
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Video Tutorials on setting up, moderating and participating in a CoverItLive chat
Posted on 20. Jan, 2012 by Aaron Manfull.
Tweet 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 [...]
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