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• Getting started with a Student News Site
• Understanding the website's purpose
• Rethinking your staff structure
• Online storytelling
• Develop a system to generate content for web
• Managing Deadlines
• Social Media Overview
• 10 mobile apps every journalist needs
• 5 ways to learn web skills
• 10 Tips to make your website better

Instructor: Aaron Manfull

With Additional Videos By: Jack Kennedy, Jeff Browne and Jena Pae

• Some Things To Consider When Building A Journalism Curriculum
• Introductory Journalism: An 18-Week Course Map
• Introductory Photojournalism: An 18 Week Course Map
• Introductory Broadcast Journalism: An 18 Week Course Map
• Class Structure Options for Organizing Journalism Staffers
• Resources to Help Create and Manage A Staff Manual
• Starting Your Year Off With A 30-Day Staff Bootcamp
• Keep Organized By Creating Monthly Staff Calendars
• 30+ Tips For Recruiting Students To Become A Part Of Your Journalism Staff
• Help Editors Be Successful By Starting the Year With Editor Tips
• Advising Philosophy - Who are you?
• Advising Philosophy - Living with paradox
• An Overview to Using Slack for Staff Communication
• Public Information 101

Instructor: Jack Kennedy

With Additional Videos By: Jim Streisel, Erica Smith, Jeff Browne, Susan Massey

• What is journalism and what is news?
• How to make ethical choices about your reporting
• Reporting begins with being a curious observer
• How to become a more effective interviewer
• How to become expert enough to provide readers with real insight
• How to get your stories off to a great start
• Explore two classic structures for your news writing
• How to get your stories in shape for your editors, and your readers
• How to get a lot of story into a limited space
• All stories are about people, and everyone has a story to share
• The Seven Plots
• The Pitch
• Ethical Dilemmas to Think About
• Narrative Writing
• Themes Connect Us
• Go Deeper
• Editing and Proofing
• Staff Editorials and Leadership
• The Personal Commentary
• Sports Writing
• Journalism's 10 Deadly (Editing) Sins
• How to write great headlines
• Whom do I trust? Evaluating Sources
• Fact-Checking
• Sports Reporting During Pandemics (And Other Slow Times)
• How to get good quotes from media-savvy athletes
• Tips For Setting Up and Conducting Interviews
• AP Sports Style Tips

Instructor: Sarah Nichols

With Additional Videos By: Jim Streisel, Resa Troyer

• An introduction to design: It’s a process
• Principles of design
• Grids, structure and alignment
• Elements of design
• Typography: Style, case, alignment, spacing
• Designing with color
• Content-driven design
• Design trends
• Adobe Photoshop: Basic color correction
• Adobe Photoshop: Color modes
• Adobe InDesign: A few simple tips & tricks
• Adobe Illustrator: A beginner’s guide
• Designing a photo essay
• Hand Lettering for Beginners

Instructors: Sarah Nichols and Kelsey Kremer

With Additional Videos By: Jim Streisel and Vanelli

• What makes a great photo?
• Camera handling
• You’re in control: Light, background, rule of thirds
• Know your gear
• Practice: One object, 20 shots
• Photo composition techniques
• Three angles: High, low, normal eye view
• Three distances: Close, medium, wide
• ISO: Sensitivity to light
• Understanding shutter speed
• Adjusting aperture: What’s an f-stop?
• Basic color correction in Adobe Photoshop
• Cropping, file size and resolution in Adobe Photoshop
• Social media photography
• Composition and camera settings refresher
• Making photos with your phone
• What is photojournalism: Telling stories with one photo
• The photo story: Telling stories with multiple photos
• Using light and shadow in photography
• Making portraits
• How to shoot sports
• Writing good photo captions
• The basics of video storytelling
• Preparing photos for publication
• Designing a photo essay
• Photo sequencing: The 5 shot rule
• Capturing great action sports photos
• Capturing Great Sports Portraits

Instructor: Aaron Manfull

With Additional Videos By: Jeff Browne, Susan Massey and Jena Pae

• Get to know each other
• Understand the Qualities Between Good and Bad Leaders
• Create Job Descriptions
• Utilize a Variety of Resources
• My Vision Statement
• Create/Update/Know Your Staff's Editorial Policy
• Keep Organized By Creating Monthly Staff Calendars
• Make Sure You Are Organized
• Recognize Your Team
• Generate Strong Story Ideas
• Know How To Set Goals
• 10 Leadership Tips From An Editor
• Fact Checking
• Public Information 101
• Tips For Setting Up and Conducting Interviews
• An Overview To Using Slack for Staff Communication

Instructor: Chris Snider

With Additional Videos By: Jeff Browne and Susan Massey

• Intro to Class and Podcasting
• Find your Podcast Voice
• Writing for the Ear
• Podcasting Equipment and Apps
• Telling Stories With Sound
• Finding Music and Sound Effects
• Editing in Adobe Audition
• Editing in Audacity
• Planning Your Podcast
• Planning Your Studio
• Analyze a Podcast
• Planning Your First Episode
• Record a Podcast
• Sports Reporting During Pandemics (And Other Slow Times)
• How to get good quotes from media-savvy athletes
• Tips For Setting Up and Conducting Interviews

Instructor: Chris Snider

With Additional Videos By: Susan Massey

• Intro to the class
• Know your brand
• Know your social media audience
• Create social media content for one person
• Know your social networks
• How social media algorithms work
• Social media audits
• Social media trends
• Creating native social media content
• Writing better social media content
• Creating a social media strategy
• Creating a social media calendar
• Tips For Setting Up and Conducting Interviews

Instructor: Cristina Fletes

With Additional Videos By:  Susan Massey

• What is the greatest story commandment? Thou shalt make me care.
• Finding the universal element in storytelling
• The two basic building blocks of storytelling: anecdote + reflection
• The basics of video: A-roll, B-roll and X-roll
• The basics of video: Building sequences and understanding match action
• The basics of video: Types of camera movement
• The basics of video: Elements of composition
• The basics of getting and filming a great interview
• Making your own video
• Tips For Setting Up and Conducting Interviews

Instructor: Alyssa Moses

With Additional Videos By:  Jeff Browne and Susan Massey

• Looking Back
• Theme Intro
• Theme Continued
• Picking Your Phrase
• One Journey
• Presentations
• Visual/Verbal Unity
• Finding Inspiration
• Coverage
• Coverage Styles
• Where Coverage Belongs
• Theme Copy
• Theme Copy Continued
• The Lair Journey
• Sports Reporting During Pandemics (And Other Slow Times)
• How to get good quotes from media-savvy athletes
• Tips For Setting Up and Conducting Interviews
• AP Sports Style Tips
• Photography: Shooting Adjectives NOT Nouns