Tag Archives: blog
Everything I Learned About Digital Media
Posted on 17. Jan, 2012 by Bryan Farley.
Tweet 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 [...]
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NPPA Business Blitz
Posted on 16. Nov, 2011 by Bryan Farley.
Tweet Last month, I attended the National Press Photographers Association’s NPPA Business Blitz at San Jose State University. The NPPA offers many resources for professional photographers, educators and students. The Business Blitz series is just one of several courses offered throughout the year. At this year’s Bay Area workshop, John Harrington discussed specifics about pricing photo [...]
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Run MAMP with Word Press locally, without access to a server
Posted on 18. Jul, 2011 by Michelle Harmon.
Tweet MAMP– Macintosh, Apache, MySQL and PHP–installs a local server environment on Mac OS X computers. Consider installing this free software program (or a paid version) on each staff lab computer to allow students to experiment with Word Press without having any impact on server files. It’s a safe zone for learners (and teachers)! Students can [...]
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Arin Segal – Amazing Teen Music Journalist
Posted on 23. Jun, 2011 by Bryan Farley.
Tweet In yesterday’s JEA Digital Media post, journalism educator David Schwartz stressed the importance of creating a “living curriculum.” He provided examples of scholastic journalism programs that have adapted and professional organizations that have failed. He also discussed Starre Vartan, the well known problogger who illustrates a possible future for journalism. After reading Schwartz’s post, [...]
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Concert Season
Posted on 11. Apr, 2011 by Bryan Farley.
Tweet Is it Concert Season already? While musicians perform year-round, many tours are planned for outdoor venues when the weather is warmer and the days are longer. With more concerts, high school journalists have more opportunities to photograph concerts, whether the events are at large stadiums or small country fairs. This is also the week [...]
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How I’m surviving my first year as adviser: Increasing Pageviews
Posted on 13. Feb, 2011 by Evelyn Lauer.
Tweet This week, the website I advise, Niles West News, received its 100,000th pageview. Considering our site went live less than five months ago, I am pretty proud. This was a huge milestone for my staff–and I think they now realize that people are actually reading/viewing their work! Our principal is even throwing us a [...]
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MediaShift: 10 Reasons our Student Newspaper Blog Stinks by Dan Reimold
Posted on 02. Feb, 2011 by Aaron Manfull.
Tweet Paul Kandell of Palo Alto High School posted a link to this article back in December on the JEA Listserv. It’s from the mediashift website and is written by an adviser of a college’s print and online editions. While the author, Dan Reimold, speaks about his staff’s ‘blog’ the entire time, the word is [...]
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How I’m surviving my first year as adviser: Online Comments
Posted on 25. Jan, 2011 by Evelyn Lauer.
Tweet I’m a first-year adviser of an online-only student newspaper at a suburban Chicago school of roughly 2,500 students. I began the school year with five students in my newspaper production class; this semester, it’s up 50%. I supervise about 10 other students, who work for the paper extracurricularly, during free periods and lunch and [...]
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It’s time to enter the blogosphere
Posted on 22. Nov, 2010 by Jim Streisel.
Tweet Blogging isn’t as tough as it seems. In fact, it can be a great way to add personality to your site. Here are some tips to follow in this PowerPoint presentation. Download the Blogging 101 presentation here or view it below. Enter the blogosphere
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