high school journalism day at usc
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Presentation for High School Advisers at USC.TRANSCRIPT
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/