Journalism

Friday, December 22, 2017

New App to Try

Let's give this a try in order to add more infographics to our paper and our website
Creating Infographics

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Take Better Pictures With Your Phone

Learn the rule of thirds and other handy tips by clicking on the link.

How to take better pictures with your phone

Sunday, August 13, 2017

Learn to make GIFs

Read this article and click on the link in it for more info.

This Tool Will Help You Show What You Are Trying To Tell

Thursday, July 20, 2017

Learn InDesign (and all kinds of other stuff) for free

This is the greatest deal. Lynda.com is a website that has tutorials on all kinds of computer programs. Usually, you get a month free and then you have to pay for it. I've learned that you can get a Lynda subscription (along with a bunch of other online learning) for free with your Los Angeles Public Library card.

Follow this link Free online learning and click on Lynda.com. It will ask you to type your library card number and your PIN. Your PIN is the last four digits of your phone number that you listed on your library card application. If your PIN doesn't work, contact the Los Angeles Public Library through the Contact Us button on their website and they will help you.

Friday, June 16, 2017

Twitter 101

Next year, I resolve to make better use of our Twitter account. In case you are unfamiliar with Twitter, click on the link and read how it can help media outlets such as high school newspapers as well as the basics of using Twitter.

Twitter 101

About This Class

This course is designed for those students who desire experience in print journalism and an in-depth production of a newspaper. Students have the unique opportunity to create and publish a student-driven newspaper. Newspaper students practice the fundamentals of journalistic writing, photojournalism, graphic design and budget management. Students will also develop their abilities to work as a team as they produce the newspaper.
Researchers have found that both college and non-college-bound students benefit from taking journalism in high school. A study of college freshmen found that journalism experience correlated with higher efficacy in a beginning English class (Collins and Bissell, 2002). Even teachers report less burnout and higher job satisfaction from advising the school newspaper or broadcast class, according to a study by Reinardy, Maksl and Filak (2009). Numerous studies by Dvorak and his associates have shown a correlation between journalism students and higher test scores on college readiness tests and in higher grades in high school classes.