Broadcast Journalism: Starting from Scratch
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The document outlines strategies for building a high school broadcast journalism program, focusing on establishing goals, branding, and publishing student work. It emphasizes storytelling, deadline adherence, administrative support, and evaluating success through the impact of the program rather than contest outcomes. Resources for equipment and training, as well as legal advice for student journalists, are also provided.
Broadcast Journalism: Starting from Scratch
- 1. Broadcast Journalism Matt Rasgorshek Westside High School Don Goble Ladue Horton Watkins Omaha, Nebraska High School Starting from Scratch WTV mrasgorshek@gmail.com St. Louis, MO LHS-TV & Films @Matt_Raz dgoble@ladueschools.net 2840 @dgoble2001
- 2. Goals for this Session Build some common language Teach you new methods or validate what you are already doing Presentation will be uploaded to my SlideShare account for review http://www.slideshare.net/dgoble
- 3. Set Expectations Goals and purpose of your program Who do you want to be? What do you want to do? What kind of television or film program do you want? all online? TV presence? straight news? variety show? Master 1 skill at a time
- 4. Brand an image Publication name = LHS-TV partner with print for 1 media source? Logo/shirts/posters/word of mouth Builds TEAM mentality Great way to recruit kids
- 5. Publish your work SchoolTube.com “The work the kids do extends well beyond the walls in which they produce it.” YouTube.com Online site/blogs Social Media
- 6. Work on your own & with students Model what you want and how you want it done “Professional Shoots” If you don’t know, learn with your students! Builds community
- 7. Master one skill at a time It’s all storytelling News features PSA’s Music Videos Sports Videos
- 8. Be Deadline Driven Students will work up to the deadline – whenever you set it! Set the deadline days before you need to actually meet it Tell students it takes that many classes to package the show Follow through and don’t air or upload late assignments
- 9. Funding Administrative support Grants Free resources Prove your worth! Tell POSITIVE stories/minimize controversy to begin
- 10. Tell positive stories about the people Highlight unique students, teachers, counselors, principals, etc… “If you want to work on negative news stories, you’ll have ample opportunity when you work for FOX News.”
- 11. Contests are NOT the gauge for success Contests get exposure for students work, and it sounds good to administrators, but... Contests can be very political Can dictate your curriculum, but... Can provide staff pride
- 12. How do we gauge success? By the number of organizations we can help By telling powerful stories By having thousands of hits on SchoolTube for our student videos By the number of the students who major in broadcast or film in college, and the schools they get accepted.
- 13. How do we gauge success? By saying- “are we proud of our work?” INTRINSIC MOTIVATION Example – student tells me they are finished versus, “I think I’m done Mr. Goble, can you look at it?” The “I think I’m done” saying means they have only just begun!
- 14. Equipment How to decide what and how much gear to buy? You don’t need great equipment to tell a great story B&H photo Used equipment Green Screen Donations from parents or local news stations Canon Vixia $299 Lavalier Mic $199 Tripod $49.94 & Headphones! 14
- 15. Resources * Where to find resources for Broadcast Journalism skills? writing jeadigitalmedia.org videography JEADM guide editing SchoolTube.com workflow permissions scholasticbroadcasting.com Video Coach $35.95 15
- 16. Resources * Where to find resources for Broadcast Journalism skills? writing jeadigitalmedia.org videography JEADM guide editing SchoolTube.com workflow permissions scholasticbroadcasting.com Video Coach $35.95 15
- 17. Know Your Rights SPLC.org The Center provides free legal advice and information as well as low-cost educational materials for student journalists on a wide variety of legal topics, including Copyright. 16
- 18. Q &A Contact Information: Contact Information: Don Goble Matt Rasgorshek Ladue Horton Watkins High School Westside High School St. Louis, MO Omaha, NE email: dgoble@ladueschools.net email: mrasgorshek@gmail.com phone: 314-983-5765 phone: 402.343.2714 http://www.schooltube.com/channel/dgoble http://www.westsidewired.org http://www.schooltube.com/channel/LadueSchoolDistrict http://about.me/dongoble http://www.hectv.org/programs/series/i-am-ladue