The document outlines the workflow for a broadcast journalism project that will take 2-3 weeks. It discusses pre-production including staff meetings, pitching story ideas, having backup plans, and troubleshooting. Story selection involves brainstorming ideas and considering the target audience, length, goals, and originality of ideas. Essential questions address planning the shoot including locations, interviews, equipment, and additional assets needed. The 5 Ws and H are covered for developing schedules, production needs, and responsibilities. Pre-production also involves creating a storyboard, shot sheet, and interview questions. Production involves properly checking out equipment, testing at locations, capturing different shots and angles, and playing back footage. Post-production includes logging footage, editing

1. Broadcast Journalism
Workflow
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2. Project workflow
• 2-3 weeks
• 90 minute blocks
• 6-9 classes

3. Pre-production
• Staff meeting
• Pitch ideas
• “Must-Have’s”

4. Pre-production
• Have a back up plan
• Don’t wait!
• Know how to troubleshoot

5. Story selection
• Brainstorm
• no bad ideas
• provide feedback
• focus and plan

6. Essential Questions
• What are some cool ideas people will want to know more about?
• Who is the target audience?
• How long does the project need to be?
• Note: It’s better to create videos that make people think and
have more questions than answers about the subject being
discussed.
• What are your initial goals?
• Is it clichéd? Have others done it? Is it anything new?

7. Essential Questions
• How do you plan to shoot it?
• Who would be great to interview?
• Where would it be ideal to shoot?
• Do you need to get any permissions before or during the shoot?
• What equipment do you think you will need?
• What are your other needs: music, other media assets (pictures,
additional footage, graphics)?

8. 5 W’s & H
• Address each “who, what, where,
why, and how to.”
• You should have a list of
schedules, production needs, and
team responsibilities for each
video.

9. Pre-production

10. Collaborative Google Doc

11. Production schedule

12. Storyboard

13. XWide Wide Medium
Tight XTight Bird
Don Goble
Shot sheet

14. Interview compostion

15. • Location scout
• Create “Tell me about’s…”
• “Hire” a classmate
Final steps

16. • PRACTICE!
• Confirm production date and
time
• Know how to troubleshoot your
equipment

17. Production

18. Equipment
Camera
Microphone
Tripod
Headphones

19. • Properly check out equipment
• Test your equipment at school
• Get to site early

20. Search for light

21. • Set up
• Test equipment on site
• “Tell me about…” interview
• Playback and check audio
• Shoot BRoll = Say it, Show it

22. Shoot WIDE - MEDIUM - TIGHT

23. Shoot alternate angles

24. 2 Establishing shots

25. Capture NAT sound

26. Playback footage

27. • Ask for materials - images, video
• Shoot more than you need
• Clean up all equipment
• Leave site better than you found it

28. Post - Production

29. Log all footage ASAP

30. Edit interview first

31. Add BRoll

32. • Color correct
• Sweeten audio
• Add titles/text
Final steps

33. • “3 before me”
• Export to teacher
• Upload to web

34. • Embed in website
• Write a news brief
• Blog

35. Digital Portfolio

36. Class critique
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37. www.jeadigitalmedia.org
search “mini lessons”

38. Broadcast Journalism
Workflow
Twitter: @cinehead
email: cinehead3@gmail.com
Twitter: @dgoble2001
email: goblemedia@gmail.com