Moving online? Start here. We’ve compiled the most helpful articles to ease the transition. And if there are any topics you’d like to see addressed that aren’t, or any sections expanded, please contact us at info@JEADigitalMedia.org.
1-Planning — 2-Platform — 3-Curriculum —
4-Social Media — 5-Staff Structure/Planning —
6-Advertising — 7-Content — 8-Comments —
9-Google Docs — 10-Law and Ethics —
11-Publicity/Marketing — 12-Analytics —13-Tools
- Moving Online: 10 Stops Along the Way
- Online Websites: Getting Started
- Getting Your Publication Online: Simple Steps To Do It
- Getting a URL and Hosting Package [Handout]
- Picking a Place to Host your Site
- Website name (URL) too long? Forward it.
- Proposal for Administrators to Move Your Journalism Program Online
- NAA Study: What Teens Want From Online News
- Managing Rolling Deadlines
- What to do if Your Administration Won’t Let you Host Your Site Off Campus
- Checklist of Things to do Before Ending the Year
Platform (What program will you use?)
- Static v. Dynamic Sites: Which one is for you? [Handout]
- Don’t Buy Dreamweaver, You’d Be Making a Huge Mistake
- 10 Ways to Learn WordPress
- A Guide to Start a WordPress Website
- WordPress Allows You to Set Different Levels of Access for Different Staffers
- Difference Between WordPress User Roles
- Make Your WordPress Site Mobile-Friendly with WPTouch
- 6 Misconceptions About Using WordPress for Your Student Media Site
- Finding the Right WordPress Theme for Your News Site
- How to Add Content to Your WordPress Site [Handout]
- Putting Plugins and Widgets on Your WordPress Site [Handout]
- Free Tool For Teaching HTML
- MY.HSJ.Org – A Good Option To Look At When You Plan Your Move Online
- 10 Reasons High School Media Shouldn’t Abandon Print
- Journalism Programs and a Living Curriculum
- Start Your Beginning Journalism Class By Measuring Your Students’ Connectivity
- Convergence Plan for Those Looking to Rewrite Their Curriculum or Rethink Their Classes
- Reimagining Our Programs as J-Schools Reimagine Theirs
- 5 Ways to Learn Without Taking Over Your Students’ Site
- Have Students Use WordPress to Create Online Portfolios of their Work
- High School Media on Facebook
- High School Media on Twitter
- RFT Editor Discusses Their Social Media Philosophy
- Used Responsibly, Social Networking Sites Provide Excellent Communication Tools
- Develop a Mobile-First Approach for Student Media
- News Organizations Work to Set Social Media Policies
- Why the New York Times Eliminated Their Social Media Editor Position
- Add student admins to your staff’s Facebook Page without having to friend them
- 7 Ways to Improve your Facebook Fan Page
- Twitter Lists Help you Find People/Groups More Easily
- Twitter: What it is and Its Potential For Scholastic Media
- Twitter: An Activity for Beginning Journalists and Twitter Newbies
- Tweeting Sports Takes Practice
- Using Twitter for Live Event Coverage [Handout]
- Converge All Media Copy Under a Writing Czar
- Rethinking Your Staff Structure [Powerpoint]
- Use a Beat System to Generate More Online Content
- Staff Structure: Francis Howell North
- Staff Structure: Paly Voice
- Online Content: Who Puts it There, Who Makes Sure They Do?
- Staff Revamps Production Schedule to Meet Online Needs
- Posting Content Immediately
- Looking to Generate More Online Content? Put Someone in Charge of It
- Creating Interactive Copy for the Web
- Broadcast and Online Advertising Rates
- Keep it Simple When Creating Online Ad Rates
- What to Charge for Ads On Your Site
- Work Smarter, Not Harder: Getting Stories Online
- Beat System: FHNtoday.com
- Beat System: Carmel High School
- Beat System: North Central High School
- Beat System: Francis Howell Central High School
- Covering the Big Game
- Resizing Images For the Web Made Simple
- Getting Images Ready For the Web [Handout]
- Soundslides: Simple Audio Slideshows
- 11 Tips For Creating Better Online Video
- Is There a Future in Broadcast Video?
- Online Breaking News Checklist
- Comment policy evolution: Why you can’t just set it and forget it
- Online Comments – One Staff’s Approach
- ‘Comments are Closed’: Whether to Allow Online Commentary is not Always an Easy Choice
- User-Generated Comments and Your Liability
- Google Docs and Why One Adviser Made the Switch With Her Staff [Video]
- Why We Edit in Google Docs
- Yearbooks Can Use Google Docs to Make Index Cleanup More Manageable
- Create a Google Map for your Site
- How to Use Google Docs [Handout]
- Put Your Staff Applications Online with Google Forms & 5 Things I learned Using Google Docs for Staff Applications
- Model Editorial Policy for Print and Online
- Google Apps: A Student Perspective
- Legal and Ethical Questions to Consider When Creating an Online Presence
- FERPA and the Student Media
- RTDNA Social Media and Blogging Guidelines
- Copyright Info and Audio Material You Can Use
- The Three ‘P’s’ of Online Legal Issues: Policy, Practice, Position
- You Don’t Need Permission to Run Photos on Your Web News Site
- Web and Print Legal Guidelines are the Same
- Branding: Work to Develop Your Whole Identity
- Promote Your Site with Facebook: 8 Key Steps
- Do Something to Promote Your Site or Program Weekly
- Increasing Pageviews: Part 1 — Part 2
- Ways to Publicize Your Site
- 5 Ways to Promote Your Site in the First Weeks of School
- Publicity: Creating Awareness [Powerpoint]
- 8 Ways to Get Your Content Read More
- Poynter Gives 5 Ways to Keep People on Your Site Longer
Analytics
- Lots of Embeddable Tools (most free)
- Web-Based Solutions Make Audio/Video Editing Easy
- 15 Tools for Better Storytelling
- Mobile Reporting Tools Guide
- Create an ISSUU Group
- What is FTP and What Are Some FTP Clients?
- How to Use Filezilla to Transfer Files [Video]
- Resize Images for the Web: Resizeyourimage.com [Video]
- NSPA Announces Multimedia Guidebook
- Sell Photos Online With These Sites