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Newseum launches new module, cultivates news literacy

August 26, 2013August 22, 2013 Michelle Harmon 2300 Views 0 Comments broadcast, interviews, JEA, moving online, Newseum, starting from scratch, training, video

The Newseum in Washington, D.C., is launching a Civil Rights module Friday (8/30/13), and many JEA members have been emailed

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Michelle Packansky-Brock’s learning community a must — just do it!

August 7, 2013August 7, 2013 Michelle Harmon 2457 Views 1 Comment Advising, apps, common core, moving online, presenters, social media, starting from scratch, training

If you haven’t connected with Michelle Pacansky-Brock yet, it’s time.   Join her community now. She’s a leading author and teacher

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ihigh.com is an alternative CMS for news website start-ups

July 18, 2013July 18, 2013 Michelle Harmon 2697 Views 1 Comment apps, CMS, Mobile, moving online, starting from scratch, Web Design, Wordpress

More than 4,000 high school news programs who have used the free my.hsj.org to develop an online news presence will

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Newbie videography teacher, students share what they learned from JEA bootcamp

May 31, 2013June 1, 2013 Michelle Harmon 2666 Views 1 Comment broadcast, Convention, JEA, moving online, starting from scratch, video, video editing

I am one of those advisers who is a traditional print journalist.  Adding video to my program’s on-line news site

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Storify: Use social media to write fun stories, like the sample here of JEA / NSPA San Francisco convention

May 3, 2013May 1, 2013 Michelle Harmon 2261 Views 0 Comments apps, Convention, Facebook, JEA, moving online, NSPA, social media, starting from scratch, Twitter

[View the story “Try Storify for curating social media posts” on Storify]

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Huffington Post provides news for teens by teens

April 3, 2013April 2, 2013 Michelle Harmon 1882 Views 0 Comments moving online, starting from scratch, storytelling, video, Web Design

“How to Destress During Those Last Few Weeks” “My Two Moms:  A 17-Year-Old’s Take on Prop 8 and DOMA” “6

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Video Equipment Checkout

March 13, 2013March 13, 2013 Matt Rasgorshek 6042 Views 1 Comment checkout, equipment, starting from scratch, video

“I’m going to give you $1700.” That’s what I tell my students when I spend an entire period explaining my

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Adviser shares tipping point: how to help your students take charge of on-line news

February 18, 2013February 18, 2013 Michelle Harmon 1907 Views 0 Comments CMS, moving online, multimedia, starting from scratch

It feels so good to finally be here, to have a journalism program that includes both print and on-line news.

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Starting a Broadcast Journalism program from scratch – where to begin

August 15, 2012August 18, 2012 Don Goble 29543 Views 2 Comments Academy of Scholastic Broadcasting, broadcast, broadcast journalism, broadcasting, Convention, JEA, jeadigitalmedia, journalism, schooltube, starting from scratch, The Next 26, video

The beginning of the year is always exciting. But sometimes as teachers we are asked to provide instruction for a

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