A presentation on awesome techniques high students are using in their journalism publications and websites.

1. Jonathon Rogers
IHSPA President
JEA Professional Outreach Chair -
MJE - JEA Digital Media Board
@jon_rogers
How to be...
AWESOME!It's not even that hard.

2. SLIDE SHARE: http://www.slideshare.
net/jashmorerogers
@jon_rogers

3. STUDENTS AMAZE ME!
Let students have control!
#createculture #TSTL Good Enough Is Not Good Enough #beawesome

4. DESIGN
NSPA MAGAZINE COVER DESIGN
OF THE YEAR

5. Emotion and Dominant Image

6. Behance Portfolio

7. PHOTOS
Photo by
Kierra Zapf
NSPA
Environmental
Photo of the Year
HM

8. Photo by Ryan Young - NSPA Sports Photo of the Year
3rd Place

9. 1st Place
Photo by Cora Bern-Klug - IHSPA Photo of the Year

10. Life is too short for crappy gear

11. BULLYING
Minorities in
AP
RACIAL
PROFILING
LOCALIZE

12. Changed ICCSD policies on AP and formed a group to encourage more middle
school minorities in advanced classes.

13. Profiled - Best of SNO - By Payton Evans, Caroline Brown and Anton Buri

14. BREAK NEWS

15. #selloutDIVINERS
Video Story
USE VIDEO

16. YouTube Channel
Screencast Bloggin

17. Snow Fall
Incorporated amazing writing, video interviews,
motion graphics and about any other form of
journalism you can imagine. Set aside an hour.
LONG FORM DIGITAL FEATURES

18. USE YOUR PHONES
PHONE
TRIPODS
PHONE MICS
Video Games
OSMO
BACKUP
BATTERY
POWER

19. Create a Podcasting Studio

20. BRAND YOURSELF!

21. BLOG

22. Student Blogs
CINEFUN
Movies
NERD NOOK
Video Games
Elise’s Edible
Endeavors
Food
Amanda
Pelletier
Health issue
Brett Story
Punk music

23. TRAVEL BLOGS
ECUACORA & STOP THIS DAY

24. What should you
name your blog?
Hint: Not Mr. Rogers’ Blog
My favorite blog names…
Nerd Tears - Grantland
Nerd Nook - HawkeyeNation
Fashionista - Eatocracy

25. What should you
post?
Content is king!
Have a news peg!
Write about something that is trending.
Write about something that is new.
Link to a bunch of other things on the web.
Don’t steal copyrighted photos or videos. (embed)
Write with voice.
Tell stories.
Crowd source videos and photos.

26. POST
REGULARLY
Blog posts don’t have to be long.
Be current
Be the #1 source of news about your
topic.

27. Be an Expert
Research topics…
Provide people with new
information

28. Use Social Media
Make sure to tweet out your blogs.
Be proud of what you write and
produce.
Interact with other bloggers in your
field.
Follow other bloggers that are
writing about your topic.
Instagram - Snapchat - Twitter

29. SOCIAL MEDIA
Are you using it like Mike and Mike?

30. Use social
media as a
teachable
skill.
LINK TO DOC
@jon_rogers

31. Use Tweetdeck and Lists

32. SNAPCHAT
Are you using it?
The NY Times, Wash Post, and Mike and Mike are...

33. The NY Times: Writer Q and A
Snapchat 101:
@jon_rogers

34. TIPS
● Use Snapchat to teach social
media responsibility.
● How are you branding yourself?
● Teach students how to use
Snapchat to absorb news.
● Keep it real
● Tell stories! Have a beginning
middle and an end.

35. More
snapchat
ghosts
to scan
Snapchat 101:
@jon_rogers

36. More
snapchat
ghosts
to scan
Snapchat 101:
@jon_rogers

37. INSTAGRAM

38. Run Web Contests

39. Get Wireless Mics
It feels awesome to have on a wireless mic
Interviews are much more serious

40. SELL ADS
REQUIRE EVERYONE TO SELL AN AD
20% of what they sell
they can choose what to do with...

41. GO BE
AWESOME!