New Kid in School: I Don’t Know What I Don’t Know
I told someone earlier today that I seem to find something every day that I need or want access to but I can’t.
Cronkite School Gets $1.9M Grant to Innovate Local TV News
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation today announced a $1.9 million grant to Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication to advance digital and broadcast innovation in local television news.
The Seven Arts of Working in Film: A Necessary Guide to On-Set Protocol
Welcome to your first day on a film set.
A Simple Guide to Multi-Cam Live Streaming with Live:Air Action
Live streaming doesn’t have to be complicated.
Isle of Wight County School Adopts New Morning Announcements System With Teradek
In my younger days, having Oregon Trail at school meant that your school had the latest and greatest in computer technology.
OTT Technology Breeds New Business Models for Amateur Sports
With new technology creating more opportunities for OTT platforms in sports broadcasting, new business models are emerging for amateur sports leagues and smaller venues, says Pixellot Chief Executive Alon Werber.
PTZ Cameras Gain Acceptance in Broadcast News Studios
"In broadcast markets of every size, news operations are replacing traditional, pedestal-mounted studio cameras with pan/tilt/zoom (PTZ) models."
Sports Machine: The Tune-up
Teaching is by far the most rewarding profession I have experienced but it is also the most frustrating at times.
The Real Deal on Broadcasting: Selecting the Right Internship vs. Bragging Rights
Your internship is the most important step you will take in college toward getting started on your dream career. The key to really making it work is selecting the right internship!
It's very easy when you start considering where to apply for an internship to immediately think about your favorite radio or television station. Sure it can be cool to tell your friends you "work" at the favorite radio station in town or the top TV station in the area. But is this really the place where you are going to get the most from doing an internship? There are a number of factors that play into the answer. Among them is the location of the station and whether there are any unions involved. It's important to make the right choice because you are going to be spending a lot of your time at your internship and probably are not going to be paid. (While you may not be taking home a paycheck you ARE being paid in experience which can be much more valuable in the long run.)
It often happens that the bigger the location, the less you get to do. That's primarily because they have plenty of people working there and they are under pressure to get things done. So, you may end up doing a lot of watching rather than doing. The bigger stations often also have one or more unions that the employees work under. If that's the case, then only union workers can do the covered work. And again, it means you will be doing a lot of watching and not much doing.
Smaller stations or studios generally have smaller staffs and therefore rely on their interns to perform important tasks. And smaller companies are often not union so you don't have those restrictions holding you back. Often you can get more valuable hands-on exprience by doing an internship at a smaller company. Doing is always better than watching!
This doesn't mean you should avoid the bigger stations and studios. They very often have excellent internship programs. But to make sure that you will be getting what you want out of your internship it's important that you know what to expect before accepting a position. How do you find out? It's simple...ask!
During your interview, ask the person you are talking to exactly what you will be doing during your internship. From your resume they will already know about your skills and previous experience. Be bold! Let them know that you are anxious to put those skills to work and to learn more through your internship. It's hard to turn a qualified applicant down who basically is saying "I'm here and I want to work."
But what if they tell you that, because of whatever reason, interns there mostly just get to watch. Then you will need to make a decision. Are you OK with that? If you are, then that's fine. If you're not, you should be prepared to politely turn down the internship if it is offered to you. If the person asks why, be honest. Tell them you are looking for a more hands-on internship experience.
Because you may have to do a few interviews to find the right internship, make sure you know your school's deadlines for landing your internship and turning in whatever paperwork is required. And start early lining up those interviews. This is a big step and believe me, it's going to be fun!
Nervous about interviews? That's what we'll talk about next month in my article -A Great Interview is More than Just a Q-and-A.
Tammy Trujillo is both an entertainer and an educator. She began in the entertainment field as a child and since graduating from Cal State Fullerton, has continuously worked in the Los Angeles market as a News Anchor, Reporter, Sportscaster and Commercial Voice-Over Artist. Combining her real-world experience with a hands-on approach to learning, Tammy has also taught broadcasting for the past 25 years at many of Southern California's most prestigious private schools and colleges. She is currently the lead Professor of Broadcasting at Mt. San Antonio College, as well as Director of its two award-winning campus radio stations. Throughout her career, she has received numerous honors for her work both on the air and behind-the-scenes, including several Golden Mike Awards from the Radio Television News Association. Tammy is a member of SAG-AFTRA, a former Board member of the Associated Press Television Radio Association, a Hall of Fame member at Long Beach City College, and a member of Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters.
Fiber Optics: What, Why, How
Last month, I talked about going to the Sports Video Group’s College Video Summit in Atlanta and how at times I felt out of my league.
Leveraging Live Video Content on the Web to Boost Your Online Presence
LiveU’s Director of Sports Sales, Dave Belding sat down with School Video News recently to discuss what schools can be doing now to develop their live production strategy for the 2018-2019 school year.
A Certificate Program in Media and Education
The CAS is designed for educators who want to learn more about visual storytelling—video, film, television, radio, music, and the nearly infinite incarnations of these forms in online media—both how to make visual stories for teaching impact and how to help students tell their stories. The program also features a signature critical thinking unit on how to understand, analyze, present, and reinvent media with educational purpose and impact.
Students in the program will expand their visual storytelling skills in order to find their expressive voice and style and/or better help their students with issues and ideas they care about. Because assumptions about education, identity, and difference are always visible in the media-making process, the program will also work with students on the assumptions they bring to the stories they tell.
THE M&E CERTIFICATE EXPERIENCE
The Media and Education experience is designed around the priorities, conveniences, and assets of practicing educators. We have built a program centered on your specific educational settings and needs. This is why this teaching- and learning-centered program principally takes place in your own educational settings.
FOUR-PART PROGRAM
The four-part program is built around the school year of most primary and secondary schools. (See sidebar for more information)
For more information, contact Program Director
Jeffery Mangram
315.443.3293
High School Journalism Workshop at Ohio University
Ohio University will host its 71st annual High School Journalism Workshop from July 12-15, 2017.
High School Sports Machine - Funding the Dream
I am going go ahead and clear the air on the topic: YOU WILL NEVER HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO DO WHAT YOU WANT.
The Real Deal on Broadcasting: Know Who's Who
Here's the scenario...you've just started your internship and you get on the elevator.
Basketball to Soccer: Stream Sporting Events to Friends and Families
Willamette University is a small liberal arts school located in Salem, Oregon.
Streaming School Sports
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This High School Broadcasting Class Does It All On An iPad
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Automated Sports Production
or How to do 100s of live broadcasts and never miss dinner!!
How Fiber Changed Our Production Value
This season we had the opportunity to work with Tactical Fiber Systems to help raise the production value of our broadcasts.
Sports Machine: The Light at the End of the Tunnel
The countdown is on!! We only have 20 days of class left.
Learing How To Teach Multimedia Journalism
Doing multimedia journalism and teaching it are two very different things. The past semester marked my first as an adjunct professor. It was probably the best thing I could have done for my own education.
Baseball, Graduations, and Ninja Turtles
The weather is turning and the students are starting to get more restless - especially the seniors!
It’s Getting Real
Prior to teaching, I worked in radio and was the point of contact for a lot of bands for interviews.
Reel Teens Into the Classroom With Filmmaking
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Graduation Production
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New Series: The Real Deal on Broadcasting
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High School Centralizes Video Control Room With NDI and Connect Spark
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The Sports Machine:The March to Baseball Season
The constant drumming of balls on the hardwood is over.
3 Reasons to Get Wireless Video For Your School
School is out on summer break for now, but it won’t be long before a new Fall Semester sets in and we’re scrambling to make sure we have the right tools for another year!
5 Tips to Reach a Wider Audience with Your School’s Live Stream
Live streaming in schools has become a staple for engaging students, parents and the community the school resides in.
Recruiting with Open Houses
Each year between November and March, my blood pressure rises, my time sleeping falls, and my anxiety peaks.
The 2018-2019 SVN Partner Product Guide
Later this month the SVN Editorial Team brings you the 2018-2019 Partner Product Buyers Guide.
2017 Live Streaming Survey Results
One of the best things about writing for School Video News is that I get to speak with and hear from teachers from around the county.
3 Reasons For Every School to Start Streaming
Live streaming is an excellent way to deliver school events like sports games, assemblies, lectures and graduation ceremonies to friends, family and even the students themselves.
The Buzzer Has Sounded
In June 2016, when I submitted my first article in the Sports Production Machine to our editor, John Churchman, I had no idea what a ride I was in for.
Halloween SFX Fun
A group of Rockdale Career Academy Film Institute students were exposed to the world of special effects makeup just in time for halloween. Eleven students worked with special effects aficionado, Clay Sayre, to create a variety of special effects looks. The students worked with liquid latex and a variety of paints to simulate injuries but the highlight of the day was the creation of a “walker.” Sayre worked to “base out” the mask and several students worked to create the look of the undead. Check out the video below for the recap and student reactions.
How to Format your Announcement Show
Ratings, ratings, ratings! You want to boost your ratings but you’re not sure how?
Goodbye Old World - Hello New
As I write this, I am looking around a room that has been stripped.
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This year has flown by. We are a couple of weeks from Thanksgiving and a couple past that and the semester is over.
Why High School Film and Television Production Teachers Should Attend NAB
The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Annual Convention and Exposition in Las Vegas during early April each year is one of the preeminent equipment shows for the film, television, and radio industries in the world.
LiveU's Ongoing Commitment to Education
The annual NAB event always affords School Video News the opportunity to meet our partners and learn in depth what they are doing to help the education market.
The Morning News and Sports Broadcasting
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Film Crew Members in the Audio Video Technology and Film Classroom
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Adding Announcer Audio to Your Live Stream
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I may be wrong but I believe our job as video production teachers reaches much farther than those in academic subjects because what we teach is unique and very specific.
The Big Winners at NAB
Last month, I got to spend 3 days with the SchoolVideoNews.com crew and experience NAB 18 from behind the camera.
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UGA Follow up
We officially launched the Sports Broadcast Institute at the Rockdale Career Academy in the Fall of 2015.
Two Great Summer Camps for Journalists
Summer is upon us, which means warmer weather, time in the pool, maybe a vacation or two and oh, I can’t forget, the end of the school year—meaning for some, it is three months away from your journalism program. Luckily for you, it doesn't have to be that way. From coast to coast, School Video News has two extraordinary journalism camps to share with you that will help you stay engaged with your craft all year long.
Ohio University, Scripps School
For our East Coast readers, Ohio University is the place for you. Each summer, the Scripps school opens its doors to journalism and communication students from all across the map, but act fast as your deadline to apply is approaching on June 1! The workshop will include faculty from the School of Journalism, the School of Visual Communication and the staff from WOUB, as well as several visiting professionals (one being an executive producer of The Today Show—yes, you read that right). No need to worry if traditional journalism is not your strong suit, they also offers separate sections of the camp for magazine wiring, photography, sports and more. On top of all of this, you receive the chance to earn college credit, early admission opportunities and even full-ride scholarships for those of you who fall in love with the charming small-town of Athens and all this school has to offer.
Registration is now open until June 1, 2018 at noon EST.
Every summer since 1946, the school has offered high school students and teachers the opportunity to interact with our faculty and professional journalists while learning the latest techniques for doing journalism in a school setting. Mark your calendar to attend the 2017 High School Journalism Workshop!
Ohio University's 2018 High School Journalism Workshop will include:
• Opportunities to experience the latest journalism techniques
• Diversity scholarships that cover up to 100 percent of the cost of the workshop for students*
• An opportunity to spend time on Ohio University's historic Athens campus
• And the chance to earn college credit!
Advisers will:
• Attend track sessions
• Collaborate with students and other advisers to produce content, if they wish to
• Meet in an advisers-only session with Scripps School Director Bob Stewart
When registering, students will be able to rank order the track choices. Every effort is made to accommodate those choices. The 2018 workshop fee will be $300, which includes room and board for the program, attendance at the sessions, and all materials. Discounted rates are available for students and advisers who commute. There are no additional university fees for the optional one hour of credit, although students seeking credit must complete an additional application form.
Preliminary Information for the 2018 Workshop:
Students will stay in a campus dormitory, eat in university dining facilities, and interact with faculty, graduate students, media professionals, and current undergraduate students. The dorms and all activities are supervised. Workshop and dorm check-in will be noon-2:00 p.m. Wednesday (July 11), with the opening assembly scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Workshop sessions and converged newsroom activities run until 10 p.m. each night. The workshop ends Saturday, July 14, following a closing assembly. Dorm check-out is at 2 p.m.
For those traveling long distances, dorm rooms are available Tuesday evening (July 10) for an additional fee. Check-in time for early arrivers is 6-8:00 p.m. For any questions, please contact Robert Stewart, workshop director, at 740/593-2601, or by email at .
* Diversity scholarships are available to students through support from the Scripps Howard Foundation.
Arizona State University: Walter Cronkite School of Journalism
I may be a little bit biased as a Cronkite Student, but I cannot imagine ANY Arizona students passing up the opportunity to attend this summer camp at The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism. First of all, it’s FREE. Yes, free.
As in attending the #1 journalism school in the entire nation for zero dollars. Second, you get everything I mentioned above, but with a roof top pool and palm trees. Again. I am slightly biased. But really, this High School Media Innovation Camp at the Cronkite School offers future journalists, game developers and other students interested in media and technology the chance to experiment with cutting-edge tools, including 360-degree and virtual-reality technology, news games and apps—all while partnering with leading professionals from both ASU and USA Today. If you miss this years deadline, there is always next year, and I can promise you won’t want to miss this.
The High School Media Innovation Camp, sponsored by azcentral.com and ASU’s Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, is now accepting applications for summer 2018.
The deadline to apply is 5 p.m. April 6. Students will be selected on a competitive basis and notified on or before April 16 for the camp, which runs June 17-29.
Open to aspiring journalists, game developers and other creative high school students, the free, two-week camp allows students to learn about and try out new technologies.
“We are pleased to once again support this effort to nurture the next generation of journalists. We can’t predict the ways news will be delivered in the future, but the role of a free press in democracy will be as important as ever.” Nicole Carroll, editor and vice president of news for The Republic and azcentral.com. They’ll work alongside journalists, professors and more as they dive into new forms of storytelling in a digital media world.
Campers will have the opportunity to collaborate with professionals at ASU, azcentral.com and USA Today Network.
Participants will get to live on ASU’s downtown Phoenix campus. They’ll have the chance to experiment with 360-degree video, games and new apps.
There’s no age requirement to apply, but preference will be given to high school sophomores, juniors and seniors.
To apply, click here to fill out the online application form. Applicants also need a letter of recommendation from a teacher or adviser, a photo and a high school transcript.
The Media in Education fund of The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com cover camp programming costs, food and housing. Media in Education funds are generated by subscribers who donate the value of their subscription during vacations or other temporary stoppages. Donations to the Media in Education fund can be made by texting "JOURNALISM" to 51-555 or by clicking here.
Students are responsible for covering incidentals. Cronkite student counselors will stay with the students in the residence hall and work with them throughout the program.
Hopefully one of these options is enough to keep you busy, engaged and inspired all summer long. And who knows, you just might find your after-high-school-home along with the way.
A recent graduate of Hoover HIgh School, North Canton, Ohio, Jamie Landers is entrenched in her first year at the Cronkite School of Journalism. In addition, she is a Special Events Producer for School Video News and has anchored many of our events including the annual Ohio Education Technology Conference broadcasts and the Student Production Awards of the Ohio Valley National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
While at Hoover High School, she was involved in her school’s broadcast class, HVTV News, produced and hosted “Up to Date,” a TV11 show that stepped away from the school and community to focus on breaking down national headlines.
Her time permitting, we hope to follow Jamie's journey through Cronkite and share her experiences with other aspiring broadcast journalists.
You can learn more about Jamie Landers at jamielanderslive.com and in this interview https://vimeo.com/212493726
SVN Student Filmmaking Available Now
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