high school journalism day at usc

Transforming your print publication onto the WebIntegrating multimedia and video

Step 1: Create a mission statement

Write down on paper what you hope to accomplish with your site and what type of online publication you want to be.

Keywords: Timely, accurate, local

Style: Conservative, serious, artsy

Step 2: Create a plan

Evaluate your staff

Set deadlines

Come up with a timeline

Choose a domain name

Purchase server space

Select a host

Domain names

GoDaddy.com (http://www.godaddy.com/hosting/wordpress-hosting.aspx?ci=15005)

or any other Web hosting service

You can choose from a variety of services, but WordPress is one content management system some schools have tried.

Sample sites that use WordPress

http://etbulletin.org/

http://www.hightideonline.org/

Log into Wordpress

WP user guide: http://en.support.wordpress.com/

WordPress

Blogging software/content management tool

User friendly

You can set up multiple accounts with different levels of privileges

Turn your weekly/monthly pub into a daily one

Teach the students to post one new story or photo a day on the site.

They should be writing a tweet, submitting photos, a short story and then possibly a longer, more in depth story for print.

Remember to utilize the medium and don’t use shovelware

The Web is interactive. Use links and photos to draw the reader in.

Other options

My.jhs.org

http://my.hsj.org/Home/HostYourMediaWithUs/tabid/93/Default.aspx

Video Tools: Equipment

MiniDV cameras

Record to hard drive or hard disk

Be sure the device has BOTH mic input and headphone input

Purchase headphones

Purchase microphones

Purchase tripods and monopods

Video Tools: Editing softare

Final Cut Express

iMovie

Windows Movie Maker

Adobe Premier

Video Tools: Online editing software

Adobe Premiere Express

http://desktopvideo.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XL&zTi=1&sdn=desktopvideo&cdn=compute&tm=21&f=00&su=p284.9.336.ip_p504.1.336.ip_&tt=3&bt=0&bts=1&zu=http%3A//www.adobe.com/products/premiereexpress/

JayCut

http://jaycut.com/

Video Tools: Hosts

YouTube

Blip.tv

Photobucket

Vimeo

Video: Live services

Livestream.com

Ustream.com

Qik.com

Mogulus.com

Add interactive elements to your site

Live chats

Coveritlive.com

Slideshows

Vuvox.com

Soundslides.com

Slideroll.com

Add interactive elements to your site

Google Maps

Polls

Polldaddy.com

Widgets

Widgetbox.com

Add interactive elements to your site

Blogs: Blogger, Wordpress.com, Tumblr, Posterous

Podcasts: Garage Band, Audacity

Issuu: issuu.com

Resources

http://www.j-learning.org/

Newsu.org

Knight Digital Media Center

http://www.knightdigitalmediacenter.org/multimedia_training/

http://teachj.wordpress.com/jtools/

BBC: http://www.bbctraining.com/index.asp

Lynda.com

http://www.jtoolkit.com/