Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Sunday, November 22, 2015
Happy birthday HS Insider, a sweet response, Speak Out Challenge - karen.cusolito@gmail.com - Gmail
Take a look at what other schools are writing for the Los Angeles Times HS Insider and submit a story of your own.
Happy birthday HS Insider, a sweet response, Speak Out Challenge - karen.cusolito@gmail.com - Gmail
Happy birthday HS Insider, a sweet response, Speak Out Challenge - karen.cusolito@gmail.com - Gmail
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Monday, October 12, 2015
Thursday, October 8, 2015
Saturday, August 29, 2015
Saturday, August 22, 2015
Exchange Paper Assignment
You will find the assignment in the box above in the folder titled Class Assignments. It is titled exchangepaperwebsite.docx
If the newspaper you chose does not have a website, do the website portion for another school. See the three schools in the videos in the previous post (below).
If the newspaper you chose does not have a website, do the website portion for another school. See the three schools in the videos in the previous post (below).
Thursday, August 13, 2015
Keeping it fresh online
Check out what these three high school newspapers do. Great stuff.
Editors: please leave a comment after you have viewed the videos.
Keeping it fresh online | JEADigitalMedia.org
Editors: please leave a comment after you have viewed the videos.
Keeping it fresh online | JEADigitalMedia.org
Thursday, April 30, 2015
Friday, April 24, 2015
Jack Kennedy sings the First Amendment - YouTube
This is from last week's Journalism Education Association convention in Denver.
Jack Kennedy sings the First Amendment - YouTube
Jack Kennedy sings the First Amendment - YouTube
Thursday, April 2, 2015
The 7 most useful apps for mobile journalism | RJI
Some of these may be useful for the website and for HS Insider.
The 7 most useful apps for mobile journalism | RJI
Speaking of HS Insider, here are some tips they sent in an email when the site first started. Please take them to heart.
1. You don't have to say Avengers High School. Just say Avengers. Everyone who comes to your page knows you are talking about your high school.
2. When reporting the score, always list the winning team's score first. So, don't say, "Avengers lost, 17-35", say "Avengers lost, 35-17"
3. Try to include more stats in your game stories. Don't say "John Adams had a dominating performance at running back.: Say "John Adams was dominant at running back, rushing for 247 yards."
4. When referring to a person a second time in the same story, just use their last name. For example: "John Adams was very disappointed in the loss. The only touchdown for the Avengers came on a 66-yard pass from Steve Rogers to Adams." The only exception to this would be if there are two people with the same last name in the story. Then you would use first and last name in all references to those two people.
5. Try to include the won-lost record of the team. Such as, "Avengers improve to 7-1 with the victory."
6. For game recap videos, nothing over 5 minutes. Once you cross the five-minute mark, you lose 90% of your audience.
7. For videos, try not to make it just a series of plays from the game, unless you can describe what is happening on each play, it doesn't mean much to people who weren't there.
8. You don't have to note what camera you used, in fact, we would prefer you didn't as we don't want to give free advertising or make it look like Go Pro is sponsoring Varsity Video.
9. If you have a particularly in-depth feature video, you can go past five minutes.
The 7 most useful apps for mobile journalism | RJI
Speaking of HS Insider, here are some tips they sent in an email when the site first started. Please take them to heart.
1. You don't have to say Avengers High School. Just say Avengers. Everyone who comes to your page knows you are talking about your high school.
2. When reporting the score, always list the winning team's score first. So, don't say, "Avengers lost, 17-35", say "Avengers lost, 35-17"
3. Try to include more stats in your game stories. Don't say "John Adams had a dominating performance at running back.: Say "John Adams was dominant at running back, rushing for 247 yards."
4. When referring to a person a second time in the same story, just use their last name. For example: "John Adams was very disappointed in the loss. The only touchdown for the Avengers came on a 66-yard pass from Steve Rogers to Adams." The only exception to this would be if there are two people with the same last name in the story. Then you would use first and last name in all references to those two people.
5. Try to include the won-lost record of the team. Such as, "Avengers improve to 7-1 with the victory."
6. For game recap videos, nothing over 5 minutes. Once you cross the five-minute mark, you lose 90% of your audience.
7. For videos, try not to make it just a series of plays from the game, unless you can describe what is happening on each play, it doesn't mean much to people who weren't there.
8. You don't have to note what camera you used, in fact, we would prefer you didn't as we don't want to give free advertising or make it look like Go Pro is sponsoring Varsity Video.
9. If you have a particularly in-depth feature video, you can go past five minutes.
Monday, March 23, 2015
Opportunities from HS Insider
HS Insider Team,
We hope you had a fun and eventful week. We’ve got a bunch of announcements to cover, so we’ll start with reminders.
Reminders
- Attached you will find the 2015 HS Insider Summer
Internship Application. Some key dates to note: your application must
be emailed to
varsityvideo@latimes.com by Friday, April 17th at 11:59pm PST. Please read the application carefully before emailing Kyle with questions. (It is in the shared documents folder in Drive.)
- This April 18th and 19th is the LA Times
Festival of Books.
HS Insider will have a booth, and we’re looking for volunteers to work
with Kyle that day to help run it and spread the word about HS Insider.
Thank you so much to all the volunteers
who signed up last night. As of now, we have two spots open for shift 1
& 2 along with one spot open for Shift 4. Email Kyle if you would
like to join!
Shift 1: Saturday 11am-3pm Shift 2: Saturday 3pm-6pm
Shift 3: Sunday 10am-2pm Shift 4: Sunday 2pm-5pm
Sunday, March 22, 2015
State Write-Offs Bring Success
Congratulations to Steven Montoya, copy editor, for his first place honors in editorial writing at the Southern California Journalism Education Association state write-off on Saturday, March 21 at Rancho Dominguez Prep School in Long Beach.
Here is a link to a video of Steven's name being announced.https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0Jfp7zwNRMIVlhhb3IyYk50Wm8&authuser=0
It was taken by John Shrader, from Cal State Long Beach, who delivered the keynote address.
Also contributing to Hollywood's placing fifth in the newspaper sweepstakes were Vanessa Centeno, fifth place sports; Franklin Franco, sixth place news; and Erika Salazar, tenth place, news. There were 25 schools competing from all over Southern California.
Here is a link to a video of Steven's name being announced.https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0Jfp7zwNRMIVlhhb3IyYk50Wm8&authuser=0
It was taken by John Shrader, from Cal State Long Beach, who delivered the keynote address.
Also contributing to Hollywood's placing fifth in the newspaper sweepstakes were Vanessa Centeno, fifth place sports; Franklin Franco, sixth place news; and Erika Salazar, tenth place, news. There were 25 schools competing from all over Southern California.
Friday, February 20, 2015
Summer Internship in Silicon Valley
The
22nd Annual Mosaic High School Journalism Workshop is looking for
students for an exciting, two-week summer camp taught by professional
reporters, editors and photographers. This workshop is free of cost to students.
Please forward this information to those who would be interested.
The
students will work in the campus newsroom at San Jose State University.
They’ll hit the streets of Silicon Valley to cover issues and trends
that matter to them and other teens. They’ll stay in campus dormitories
and get a taste of college life.
Besides
honing their skills in reporting and writing or in shooting photos and
videos, they also will share their stories and photos online and will
explore and pave pathways on social media.
Our
instructors will guide them every step of the way, from focusing ideas
to critiquing. At the end of the program students will see their
newspaper roll off the presses of the Bay Area News Group and witness
their stories spread online.
Please visit our website, www.mercurynews.com/mosaic,
for more details and an online version of last summer’s workshop
newspaper. You’ll also find a downloadable application for the 2015
program, attached here as well.
Founded
in 1993, the Mosaic has given hundreds of high school students a
close-up, hands-on look at professional journalism. Many of our alumni
now work at newspapers, magazines, television, online publications and
in public relations around the country.
Applicants
must be current sophomores, juniors or seniors. Experience in
journalism or photography, and solid writing skills are strongly
recommended.
The 2015 Mosaic will be held from Sunday, June 14 to Friday, June 26. Applications must be postmarked or emailed by April 13.
Please do not hesitate to call or email for more information.
Thank you,
Joe Rodriguez, Mosaic Director Emeritus
408-920-5767
jrodriguez@mercurynews.com
Thursday, February 19, 2015
Next week is Scholastic Journalism Week: Take the Pledge
I'd like to celebrate Scholastic Journalism Week by taking the TAO of Journalism Pledge (their slogan: "just TAO it.") and taking a photo of the class taking the pledge and putting it on the website. One of the teams can use it as one of their posts. The idea is that journalists are always demanding that sources be transparent, accountable and open. If we want our readers' trust, we need to be transparent, accountable and open as well. Read more about it on the link.
TAO of Journalism - from the TAO of Journalism Center
TAO of Journalism - from the TAO of Journalism Center
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
David Carr, New York Times Columist, Dead at 58
Please read and post a response (using complete sentences and academic language).
David Carr’s Last Word on Journalism, Aimed at Students - NYTimes.com
David Carr’s Last Word on Journalism, Aimed at Students - NYTimes.com
Thursday, January 29, 2015
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Journalism Conference for Junios
Al Neuharth Free Spirit and Journalism
Conference at the Newseum
JUNE 20-25, 2015
Each summer, 51 rising high school seniors experience an extraordinary five-day, all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C., as participants in the Al Neuharth Free Spirit and Journalism Conference, a program of the Newseum Institute.
The conference promotes the vital role of the First Amendment as a cornerstone of democracy and inspires students to pursue journalism careers. Boys and girls from each U.S. state and the District of Columbia participate in a variety of learning experiences at the Newseum and elsewhere in Washington and are awarded a $1,000 scholarship to the college of their choice.
HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORS:
APPLY NOW FOR NEXT YEAR’S CONFERENCE!
Deadline is Feb. 1, 2015. Visit freespirit.org for more information and to apply online.
Journalism Scholarships for Seniors
JOURNALISM HONOR ROLL
The NSPA Journalism Honor Roll honors students who have achieved a
3.75 or higher grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) and have worked in
student media for two or more years. Additionally, seniors who qualify
for the Honor Roll and submit additional information
requested on the entry form are entered into a competition for one of
our $1,000 scholarships.
All Honor Roll inductees will receive a certificate of recognition. A listing of all inductees into the Honor Roll will be published in NSPA's Best of the High School Press.
http://register.studentpress.org/nspahonorroll/
WIKOFF SCHOLARSHIP FOR EDITORIAL LEADERSHIP
The $1,000 Wally Wikoff Scholarship for Editorial Leadership will
be given to a high school senior on the staff of an NSPA member
newspaper with a minimum 3.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale or
equivalent. In addition to the entry form, applicants must
submit three published editorials and a recommendation from their
adviser.
The award was created in 1998 in recognition of Mr. Wikoff's service as executive director during the 1970s.
http://www.studentpress.org/nspa/contests/Wikoff15.htmlDeadline for both is Feb. 28.
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