Tag Archives: social media
High school senior uses TheRecruitScoop.com to create college recruiting network, job after graduation
Posted on 07. May, 2012 by Michelle Harmon.
A story in the New York Times describes a teenager who created his own social media niche with his love for basketball, his desire to connect, and his instinctive work ethic. It’s somewhat of a Cinderella story as well as a sign of how future career paths are unpredictable, because no one knows exactly [...]
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Top 5 ways to use social media
Posted on 03. Apr, 2012 by Evelyn Lauer.
Recently at KEMPA’s Winter Adviser’s conference, JEA president Mark Newton spoke about the TOP FIVE. Top Five what? you may ask. Well, the Top Five everything journalism & advising. Mark encouraged us to make a top-five list and share it with each other via google document. You can check out the top-five doc, but here [...]
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Struggling online so they won’t have to
Posted on 11. Feb, 2012 by Adrienne LaGier.
So I think English teachers have that part of the brain missing where things like web hosting. FTP, and plug-ins makes sense. Or so it seemed the first 48 hours of me trying to put together a killer WordPress blog in time for my CNN debut. The graphic design snob in me wanted an awesome [...]
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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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Your staff has a Facebook and Twitter, now take a look at adding a Tumblr.
Posted on 20. Dec, 2011 by Aaron Manfull.
This video give you a little look into Tumblr., another of the many social media sites out there where people are sharing things. While it may not yield the traffic a Facebook presence might, scholastic media staffs should take note of this tool and consider creating a Tumblr. It’s easy to post photos, video and [...]
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[Presentation] How to survive the first year online from NSPA/JEA
Posted on 12. Dec, 2011 by Evelyn Lauer.
At the recent NSPA/JEA conference in Minneapolis, I presented a session called “How to survive the first year online.” In it, I listed the five key component to Niles West News‘, the website I advise, success during our first year online. It was difficult to narrow it down to just five things–but for the sake [...]
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NPPA Business Blitz
Posted on 16. Nov, 2011 by Bryan Farley.
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 shoots. [...]
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[Handout] Online Ethical Guidelines for Student Media
Posted on 06. Nov, 2011 by Aaron Manfull.
As student media staffs explore digital media to gather information, tell stories, promote their work and handle comments, they will encounter ethical questions both familiar and unique. For that reason, members of JEA’s Scholastic Press Rights Commission and Digital Media Committee developed guidelines to provide insight to ethical questions students might use as the [...]
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Storify captures moments, mood through social media
Posted on 02. Nov, 2011 by David Schwartz.
If your staff is online and hasn’t yet discovered Storify, do. Like, now. If social media is the ultimate source of mined community data, Storify is the pre-designed bow around the gift that keeps on giving.
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