Video Playlist from Holiday 2014

Broadcast Instruction

So every break I ask my students to do only one thing: get inspired by storytelling in some form and bring back something to share with the staff. This work is something that eventually will happen without even prompting your students. They will come back from break and say, “Mr. Waugaman, I saw the coolest video over the break. You gotta watch it!”

So here are five videos that I think have something with which to inspire us.

1. E:60 Owen and Haatchi

2. Runners: What Moves You?

3. Watershed Movie

4. The Secrets of Food Marketing

5, PSA – 1 is 2 Many

And a couple more for good measure…

An Asylum’s Final Secret

http://nyti.ms/1ty61iL

The Virus Hunter

http://nyti.ms/1rvsx1m

 

Broadcast Script Writing

Broadcast Instruction

IMG_7177In the three short years that I have been advising broadcast, I have learned that script writing for news segments is perhaps one of the most important skills you can teach. Students who go out to film a story without a plan have very little success filming a high quality segment.

The first step of course is to instruct students on how a producer/reporter should structure a script. The basic process is to set up a two column sheet: left containing video, and the right containing audio. Or as we also tell them – the left has everything you will see, and the right has everything that you will hear. You must have both sides properly planned in order to have a successful video.

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My First Club Picture Day As Yearbook Adviser

Photojournalism

Screen Shot 2014-12-20 at 11.19.29 AMThis past week as a first year yearbook adviser I oversaw my first club picture day. To be truthful, I wasn’t really too nervous because our previous adviser and staffs had laid the groundwork for our group. I was fortunate to have a schedule that I could base this year’s schedule on and a time frame for working with the schedule.

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Mission Statement

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The mission of PGTV NEWS as the school broadcast newsmagazine for Prince George High School is to provide a show that embodies the strongest professional standards while striving to present current and relevant stories about the community, inside and outside our building’s walls. The goal of PGTV NEWS is to inform, enlighten and entertain the publication’s readers. The show will strive to continually provide an open forum for the school and community members to express their views. It is the desire of this show’s staff to uncover and tell as many stories about our students as possible during the year.

What is going on in the world of journalism?

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Well this is layout week. It seems quite odd that I am talking about this on a blog. Will layout week cease to exist one day? I am sure the staff members would appreciate not having to sell ads… after all wordpress is free.

But there is nothing like distribution day for a high school staff and who wouldn’t want to learn about the joys of Adobe products? It will all be worth it in the end.

Cool sites to look at photography

Photojournalism

Cool places to look at photos
VII Photo Agency:   http://www.viiphoto.com/feature.html
San Jose Mercury News:   http://mercurynewsphoto.com/
The Mountain Workshops:   http://mountainworkshops.org/2007/
National Press Photographers Association:  http://www.nppa.org
Mediastorm:   http://www.mediastorm.org
Pictures of the Year:   http://www.poyi.org/65/winners.html