We’ll be online-only next year, and that’s OK
The news arrived abruptly at the end of the 2020-21 school year: Starting in 2022-23, our school district was cutting
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Author: Jim Streisel
New staff structure emphasizes better web coverage
Over the years, I’ve felt like our staff organization has been pretty good. With a traditional setup of management team
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50 Ways To Boost Online Coverage
50 ways to boost online coverage from Jim Streisel Your news website has all kinds of cool possibilities for coverage,
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Look to Loom for quick, free screen recording
If you teach journalism, you understand how frustrating—not to mention time-consuming—it can be to teach the same software instructions over
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Explosion illustrates usefulness of Slack
It was a little past 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 26, 2018—the day after Christmas—when the news broke on Twitter from
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5 Reasons Why We Made the Switch to SNO
In 1996, I was the associate adviser of the Carmel (Ind.) High School HiLite when a small group of
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Posting photos to the web easy, necessary
I have a new requirement on my staff this year: Everyone who submits a beat report needs to also submit
Read moreWhat to do if your district won’t let you host your website yourself
An adviser I taught at a recent multimedia workshop last year emailed me with a plea for help. Here’s what
Read moreBranding: Work to develop your ‘whole’ identity
Think about your favorite products for a moment: Coca-Cola, McDonalds, Disney, Apple, Nike, Tide, Chevrolet…the list goes on. Now think
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