“After Workshops” is a new bsujw column that focuses on taking skills and themes from Summer Workshops and applying them to your school’s media staffs. Keeping it together in a bustling newsroom can be anything but simple, but here are a few tips to help your staff stay organized while meeting your deadlines. […]
In business, there is an eight-step model for strategic decision-making. The steps include, defining the problem, identifying the criteria, allocating weight to the criteria, developing alternatives, select alternative, implementing the alternative, and evaluating decision effectiveness. These steps can also be used to make big decisions in your life: buying a car, joining an organization, getting […]
You’ve put all of your time and effort into finishing a story/design/photo/video/podcast/etc. and your entire school has seen your work. Why not submit it for contests and get recognized for your talent? BSU Journalism Workshops hosts monthly contests, which gives you even more chances to enter your work and win awards. No more waiting for […]
Life is all about people. You will learn from some of the most interesting people. You will share a close connection with a few people. And, you will meet some people that you wish you had not. College is the same way! First entering college, some of the first people that you will meet are […]
Ball State’s annual J-Day draws more than 1,000 student journalists and their advisers to campus for a day of informative sessions and journalism-related activities. The J-Day contests are a way for high schools to get valuable recognition for their work. This year, more than 500 entries were submitted in newspaper, yearbook, online and broadcast journalism […]
It’s less than two weeks until NHSJC in Seattle, which means it’s time to start thinking about our food options — because it’s never too early to start planning meals. First, let’s start with something most people need to start their day: coffee. Want to check out the original Starbucks? Head over to Pike Place […]
Chrome extensions are tools you can add to your browser to improve workflow. All you need is internet access and a google account. These four will make your life a whole lot easier. Grammarly This writing service makes sure whatever you type free of spelling mistakes and easy to read. It checks your writing on […]
Journalism Day’s 2017 keynote speaker is Jim Streisel, the newsmagazine adviser at Carmel High School. He was named the 2013 Dow Jones News Fund National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year. Streisel is a rockstar journalist! He plays guitar and sings lead vocals with his band The Dead Squirrels. How long have you been […]
Research from a team at the University of Kansas reveals that female high school journalists are censored more often than their male counterparts. Censoring students in general is bad enough. How are they to learn to be responsible? Why infringe on their First Amendment rights if they are pursuing stories and reporting them truthfully? But […]
J-Day contests open today, which means it’s time to start gathering your best work from the past year. For most categories (newspapers, online media, broadcast, photo), it means submitting work from the 2016-17 academic year. For yearbooks, it’s anything from the 2016 book. If you still have questions, here is the lowdown on BSU J-Day […]
