Welcome to HSBJ
The High School Broadcast Journalism Project (HSBJ), a journalism education program of RTDNF, promotes broadcast journalism by helping high schools establish and maintain outstanding broadcast journalism programs.
With HSBJ’s support, schools, teachers and students receive the information, training and resources needed to create and run successful radio, television and online multimedia programs.
What's new?Features
HSBJ is still taking applications for its 2010 school-to-station mentoring program.
How should professional journalists deal with their Tweets, Facebook entries and Blogs? When do you run photo or videos from outside sources? What can a journalist write on a personal blog? Find ways to discuss these ethical issues with your students.
Don’t let your skills grow cold this winter. Stay up to date on the hottest multimedia trends and tools with HSBJ’s winter education sessions. Be sure to see the new dates for our Webinars.
The deadline for the Five Freedoms contest is February 19, 2010. Enter today.
Paul Kandell, this year's Dow Jones Newspaper Fund National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year, hosted a free 50-minute Webinar, 2020 Vision: Teaching the New High School Media
Featured Video
Five Freedoms PSA Early Entry $100 WinnerAdam Mendry, Jersey Village, HS, Houston, TX, “Lost Freedom.” Submitted: Feb. 2, 2010. Deadline is Feb. 19.
HSBJ Homepage Videos
Week of February 8-12, 2010
On Monday and Tuesday we will feature our final Early Entry winners in the 2010 Five Freedoms PSA Contest. Deadline is Feb. 19. Please get those entries (and teacher entry forms) in right away.
On Wednesday we feature a great idea from Central High School in Springfield, MO. The news show has a standing feature called Everybody Has a Story – yes like Steve Hartman. Every student in your school has a story – let your broadcast staff track it down. If the same school leaders are showing up on your news show – or worse, just friends of your staff – break out and tell the stories of the rest of the student body.
Thursday we feature Whitney High School in Rocklin, CA. Look at the set here. It’s simple; it works. So many backdrops and sets are so busy, you can’t figure out what’s going on. At Whitney High, the news is strong and the presentation is professional. One nice touch: In every segment the reporter also identifies the videographer. You might try this tag... “With photographer Jane Smith this is John Doe reporting from 15th and Arch Streets.”
Friday begins a series of segments from Hillcrest High School in Springfield, MO. Dave Davis is the adviser. First up is a report on incense that some students are smoking to get high. This includes an interview with a student (Though smoking incense is legal, his identity is hidden.) and a school guidance counselor. This is enterprise reporting. For schools that want to bring their programs up to the next level, check out this report.
HSBJ chooses its Featured Videos from those on SchoolTube.org. If you would like HSBJ to consider one of your students’ videos, email carolk@rtdnf.org. Include the SchoolTube url. And don't forget to vote on last week's videos.
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