Fall 2012 JEA/NSPA National Journalism Convention presentation. If you are looking to start a scholastic broadcast program from scratch, or reinvent a program you have taken over, this session provided insight, tips and tricks to help schools incorporate video and broadcast journalism into their curriculum.
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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
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
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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
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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.
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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