Happy Thursday :)
Well it's been awhile since I've blogged on here! So it seems. I have so much to catch you guys up on :o) for starters the trip last week to the abc news station was so cool (for lack of better word just bare with me guys I'm all worded out). But we took a tour of the news station and even got to watch them record a live show. So cool. We watched them countdown to when we were on air and we even got to see them report the weather. Ahhh the simple things in life :) Going to the news station, although that's not the field of mass communications I'm going in to.. was so informational because it was great to be exposed to that side of mass communications. What's great about this internship is the endless exposure we've gotten here. We've been exposed to the video portion of mass communications, the photography portion, the writing portion, and now the broadcasting portion. Thanks to this internship and the exposure here it'll be so much easier to focus in on exactly what part of mass communications I want to major in.. which in my opinion is one of the most important reasons of doing an internship.
Anyway, things are a little more hectic now thanks to furlough so Thursdays go by literally in the blink of an eye because everyone is trying to finish as much as they can since they're off on Fridays. I have 2 stories that I am finalllly wrapping up after like forever, well the first story, I've been working on for forever and the second one was actually pretty quick. So today I'll go through and get the first story checked over one final time (you can never have your story checked too many times) then finito I'll be finished. :)
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Cooperate, People!
Today I checked my giant coffee-stained desk calendar and realized that I have essentially two more weeks left at my NAS Pax River Public Affairs Internship. Time flies in public affairs work!
This week has been as jam-packed as always. My biggest current project, a series of two articles about the NAWCAD energy strategy, is slowly wrapping up, which is exciting because the two articles are the products of quite a few weeks of collaboration and communication between multiple parties. These articles have been challenging not only because the energy strategy is slightly controversial (it asks people to limit their energy use, which often involves giving up some office comforts like personal refrigerators and energy-guzzling coffee systems), but also because I had to work with representatives of a few different areas to get the facts right and presented in a way that is as appealing as possible.
The way I see it, nobody really wants to read an article about how they're going to have to give up their cute office fridge or turn down the AC for the purpose of saving energy. And certainly nobody excitedly reads an article about a strategy (not even a definite plan, but a strategy) to reduce energy use. However, after speaking with my POCs (points of contact) for this article, I have a sense of how important this strategy is to the installation. I enjoyed the challenge of making my articles as forthright and interesting as possible, and particularly worked to express the message I received from many leaders in energy conservation on base: the installation must work with the individual base tenants (like NAWCAD and NAVAIR) to make NAS Pax River the most energy-efficient base possible. Hopefully this angle, illuminated with voices from a few different base divisions, will allow readers to understand the importance of reducing energy use on base, and that cooperation is a necessity.
As an intern, I don't usually know the personalities of people to whom I am referred for interviews or conversations about my work. Sometimes it's a little difficult to walk into a strange office to talk to an unknown person, or even to email or call somebody I don't know at all. I always hope the person will respond to my requests and work with me to get their side of the story into my writing, but sometimes it takes a little prodding. On the other hand, those people who are really willing to work with me often inspire me to care about their cause or work. This shows in my writing, which is energized when I really get into the subject I'm writing about. Whether difficult, fun or simple, an article (two in this case!) that allows different personalities and divisions to stand out and be heard gives me a tremendous sense of achievement.
This week has been as jam-packed as always. My biggest current project, a series of two articles about the NAWCAD energy strategy, is slowly wrapping up, which is exciting because the two articles are the products of quite a few weeks of collaboration and communication between multiple parties. These articles have been challenging not only because the energy strategy is slightly controversial (it asks people to limit their energy use, which often involves giving up some office comforts like personal refrigerators and energy-guzzling coffee systems), but also because I had to work with representatives of a few different areas to get the facts right and presented in a way that is as appealing as possible.
The way I see it, nobody really wants to read an article about how they're going to have to give up their cute office fridge or turn down the AC for the purpose of saving energy. And certainly nobody excitedly reads an article about a strategy (not even a definite plan, but a strategy) to reduce energy use. However, after speaking with my POCs (points of contact) for this article, I have a sense of how important this strategy is to the installation. I enjoyed the challenge of making my articles as forthright and interesting as possible, and particularly worked to express the message I received from many leaders in energy conservation on base: the installation must work with the individual base tenants (like NAWCAD and NAVAIR) to make NAS Pax River the most energy-efficient base possible. Hopefully this angle, illuminated with voices from a few different base divisions, will allow readers to understand the importance of reducing energy use on base, and that cooperation is a necessity.
As an intern, I don't usually know the personalities of people to whom I am referred for interviews or conversations about my work. Sometimes it's a little difficult to walk into a strange office to talk to an unknown person, or even to email or call somebody I don't know at all. I always hope the person will respond to my requests and work with me to get their side of the story into my writing, but sometimes it takes a little prodding. On the other hand, those people who are really willing to work with me often inspire me to care about their cause or work. This shows in my writing, which is energized when I really get into the subject I'm writing about. Whether difficult, fun or simple, an article (two in this case!) that allows different personalities and divisions to stand out and be heard gives me a tremendous sense of achievement.
On another note, I still find myself thinking about last week's trip to ABC studios in Arlington, VA. This was such a fun and motivating experience and I, like Courtney, also drew comparisons between the ABC newsroom and the HBO's "Newsroom." [I'm hooked on that show--it's bad.] The experience of being present for a live broadcast was really cool, but my favorite part of our trip was definitely observing the newsroom itself. The news industry is amazing to me: I love the fast-paced demanding mood in the room, with everyone hustling about. Right next door is Politico's newsroom and the contrast between the ABC room and the Politico room was hilariously obvious: the only sounds coming from the Politico newsroom were those of frantic typing and a few quiet phone conversations, whereas the ABC newsroom was a crush of ringing phones, shouts, and countless tv monitors flashing the latest news.
[The studio where we got to watch the live broadcast! My phone was clearly going for the "artistic blur" look.]
This made me think about which room I would prefer to be sitting in if I was to get involved in news media. Athough it would certainly be exciting (and crazy stressful) to work for a news outlet like ABC, I feel like my news niche would be more along the lines of Politico, which focuses less on speed of news production and presentation and more on content. Writing personal opinion pieces would also be fun! Reflections on my future aside, the trip to ABC was fantastic and should definitely become a staple of the Pax River PAO intern program.
Many thanks to Mikel, LaToya, Kelly and everybody else who made this trip possible!
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Busy busy busy (but I love it)
So these past few weeks have been pretty hectic for me. Hence why I have not blogged in a while.
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Fun in the sun :-)
So I've been a little busy and haven't really had the chance to blog anything because of the 4th of July but in a nutshell I'll tell you about last Wednesday's lesson.
We were instructed by Kelly, over in the VI building, who provided a camera for each intern. We practiced aperture and field of depth outside in the July heat... and although it was hot and of course Kelly and I both decided to wear all black; it was beyond informative. We took beautiful pictures of the trees and we practiced taking pictures while objects were moving focusing on the object in the forefront then later focusing on the objects in the backdrop. While standing on the corner taking pictures of the cars, who didn't drive very fast for fear the we were secret agents for the base police ;-), we actually captured some great pictures.
We were surprisingly stopped by one citizen asking us did we have permission to take pictures of the outside, but Kelly assured him that we did and that we were learning. That was a prime example of exactly how private everything is on the base.
So far, this was one of my favorite aspects of the internship program because it was cool learning how to really take a good quality picture. Although that's not the field any of us are going in, its great to have those skills because they are, believe it or not, really versatile. Everyone loves a good picture. Even more so, when you're writing an article and you need a picture to accompany it, this way you can take it yourself. So thanks to that lesson we actually got a pretty good one. (and yes I took this one while creeping on the other interns ;p)
We were instructed by Kelly, over in the VI building, who provided a camera for each intern. We practiced aperture and field of depth outside in the July heat... and although it was hot and of course Kelly and I both decided to wear all black; it was beyond informative. We took beautiful pictures of the trees and we practiced taking pictures while objects were moving focusing on the object in the forefront then later focusing on the objects in the backdrop. While standing on the corner taking pictures of the cars, who didn't drive very fast for fear the we were secret agents for the base police ;-), we actually captured some great pictures.
We were surprisingly stopped by one citizen asking us did we have permission to take pictures of the outside, but Kelly assured him that we did and that we were learning. That was a prime example of exactly how private everything is on the base.
So far, this was one of my favorite aspects of the internship program because it was cool learning how to really take a good quality picture. Although that's not the field any of us are going in, its great to have those skills because they are, believe it or not, really versatile. Everyone loves a good picture. Even more so, when you're writing an article and you need a picture to accompany it, this way you can take it yourself. So thanks to that lesson we actually got a pretty good one. (and yes I took this one while creeping on the other interns ;p)
Monday, July 8, 2013
The Art of Multitasking
What does public affairs work have in common with a busy school week? No, not lack of sleep or frequent stress-induced snack breaks (on second thought, snack breaks are pretty important all the time...)
But seriously, the ability to multitask is really important to my daily work here at Pax River. Because I'm working with NAS Patuxent River's newspaper, the Tester, story ideas are constantly flowing in not only from my PAO mentor, who is in charge of the Tester, but also from other PAO's and Pax River personnel. For this reason, I often have to prioritize my work. The Tester is published weekly, with the beginning of the week the last chance for that week's submissions. Obviously, if I have a story to be published this week, I need to put that story first. The tricky part is when I have multiple stories due soon or I have a lengthy list of things to get done and don't know where to start.
This can certainly become overwhelming, and while I'm a top-notch procrastinator with my schoolwork (I'm a better writer at 3 a.m., okay?), letting a project get stale is not an option with public affairs. Not only do we face deadlines, but people like to see their hard work going somewhere. If someone takes time out of his or her busy schedule to do an interview with me or to give me some information, I had better come up with a product that shows the community what this person has accomplished and why this is important. I love this side of public affairs and often get sucked into the stories I'm assigned because I get the chance to understand firsthand why people are proud of their work. Translating the enthusiasm behind someone's work to best highlight an accomplishment is sometimes tough, but always rewarding!
As other interns have mentioned, the field of public affairs involves a lot of waiting for responses and edits. Because we are interns, this process has another level: checking in with our PAO mentors is an important step in every task we take on. This added time in between steps does have benefits: while I'm waiting for my work to be edited or to schedule an interview, I can turn to another project.
Last week, Connie asked me to head over to Webster Field, an annex site to the main Patuxent River base that houses two divisions of NAWCAD, a Coast Guard station, and a Maryland National Guard station, to work through some issues with the various site's websites. So, I reached out to the people with whom I needed to speak. Of course, responses trickled in: people needed to make room in their schedules to speak with me. While I was waiting to set up meetings, I worked on a few articles, one about a retiring Educational Services Officer and another about the NAWCAD energy strategy published this spring. Both articles required input from a few sources, so I was communicating with quite a few people from various departments while writing in multiple directions. This is what reminded me strongly of my schoolwork - I'm a biology and religious studies double major, so my mind has grown accustomed to going in a few directions at once.
Because I'm beginning to consider myself an efficient multitasker, I have some tips for multitasking in relation to public affairs:
1) Stay organized in your personal style. My workspace may look like a jumbled heap of papers and notes (and snacks), but I still know where everything I need is. My secret organization weapon? Sticky notes. They're everywhere...
2) Keep a planner. Okay, so right now, I'm just working out of a plain notebook, but I'm still sure to date everything and I start each day with a quick list of what I need to do.
3) Lists! List out contacts for each project, deadlines, the angle you're going for, and any miscellaneous information that you just know you'll forget.
4) Take a breather. Brains get tired when they're forced to work on multiple things at once. Take a quick break, draw a picture of a panda bear, check the Red Sox score from last night and cry a little, give your brain a pep talk if you're that kind of person, and get back to it!
5) As interns, we have some breathing room because we're here to learn. Do your best, but don't stress out - I've found that willing and experienced public affairs people are all around and will be happy to help!
But seriously, the ability to multitask is really important to my daily work here at Pax River. Because I'm working with NAS Patuxent River's newspaper, the Tester, story ideas are constantly flowing in not only from my PAO mentor, who is in charge of the Tester, but also from other PAO's and Pax River personnel. For this reason, I often have to prioritize my work. The Tester is published weekly, with the beginning of the week the last chance for that week's submissions. Obviously, if I have a story to be published this week, I need to put that story first. The tricky part is when I have multiple stories due soon or I have a lengthy list of things to get done and don't know where to start.
This can certainly become overwhelming, and while I'm a top-notch procrastinator with my schoolwork (I'm a better writer at 3 a.m., okay?), letting a project get stale is not an option with public affairs. Not only do we face deadlines, but people like to see their hard work going somewhere. If someone takes time out of his or her busy schedule to do an interview with me or to give me some information, I had better come up with a product that shows the community what this person has accomplished and why this is important. I love this side of public affairs and often get sucked into the stories I'm assigned because I get the chance to understand firsthand why people are proud of their work. Translating the enthusiasm behind someone's work to best highlight an accomplishment is sometimes tough, but always rewarding!
As other interns have mentioned, the field of public affairs involves a lot of waiting for responses and edits. Because we are interns, this process has another level: checking in with our PAO mentors is an important step in every task we take on. This added time in between steps does have benefits: while I'm waiting for my work to be edited or to schedule an interview, I can turn to another project.
Last week, Connie asked me to head over to Webster Field, an annex site to the main Patuxent River base that houses two divisions of NAWCAD, a Coast Guard station, and a Maryland National Guard station, to work through some issues with the various site's websites. So, I reached out to the people with whom I needed to speak. Of course, responses trickled in: people needed to make room in their schedules to speak with me. While I was waiting to set up meetings, I worked on a few articles, one about a retiring Educational Services Officer and another about the NAWCAD energy strategy published this spring. Both articles required input from a few sources, so I was communicating with quite a few people from various departments while writing in multiple directions. This is what reminded me strongly of my schoolwork - I'm a biology and religious studies double major, so my mind has grown accustomed to going in a few directions at once.
Because I'm beginning to consider myself an efficient multitasker, I have some tips for multitasking in relation to public affairs:
1) Stay organized in your personal style. My workspace may look like a jumbled heap of papers and notes (and snacks), but I still know where everything I need is. My secret organization weapon? Sticky notes. They're everywhere...
2) Keep a planner. Okay, so right now, I'm just working out of a plain notebook, but I'm still sure to date everything and I start each day with a quick list of what I need to do.
3) Lists! List out contacts for each project, deadlines, the angle you're going for, and any miscellaneous information that you just know you'll forget.
4) Take a breather. Brains get tired when they're forced to work on multiple things at once. Take a quick break, draw a picture of a panda bear, check the Red Sox score from last night and cry a little, give your brain a pep talk if you're that kind of person, and get back to it!
5) As interns, we have some breathing room because we're here to learn. Do your best, but don't stress out - I've found that willing and experienced public affairs people are all around and will be happy to help!
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Intern Bonding
Tomorrow is the 4th of July (yayyy one of my favorite holidays!) so a lot of people took off work today or are leaving early. The other interns and I were here though and we spent most of the day together.
One of the things that I think makes our internship special is that we have "intern training" every Wednesday for 2 to 2.5 hours. A Public Affairs Officer teaches it and the topics range from newswriting to media relations to social media etc. We also learn from the visual information people who teach us about things like broadcasting, graphics, and photography. These training sessions include copy editing training (through quizzes and practice - its basically Get to Know Your AP Stylebook 101) which in turn improves our writing. The sessions are a nice way to get to know the different facets of public affairs works, and they give the internship a more hands-on approach because we get face-to-face time with many of the PAOs.
Today our training focused on social media and writing for the web. We learned about the various networks NAVAIR and NAWCAD use to get their news out and talked with the Social Media/External Website people who walked us through how they manage those pages (Twitter/Facebook/Website/Youtube) and what writing styles/guidelines apply to them. They talked about what makes web writing compelling and how to draw your readers in, too.
After training, all the interns went out to lunch together. Aren't we cute:) We gorged ourselves on Bollywood Masala (actually though...I ate way too much but Indian food is soOo good) then came back to go to a photography lesson with the VI photographer, Kelly. She is awesome and her desk is surrounded by really cool photos. She talked us through using the camera -- why different settings matter and how to use them appropriately. Its confusing! Aperture/shutter speed/white balance/ISO - there is so much to learn but its fascinating and its interesting to see how even slight changes to the camera's settings can completely alter the photo you capture.
Everyone got a camera to work with...can you say heavy? Those things feel like they weigh 10 pounds! We went outside because even though it was hot lets be honest - taking pictures outside is way more fun than indoors. Everyone had to pick a spot with three objects to focus on and then practice focusing on each one separately while adjusting aperture accordingly. It was hard! We then went out to the corner of two roads and shot cars driving by to practice using the shutter speed and panning the camera. It was funny because we wanted the cars to be going fast but everyone kept slowing down when they saw us. Maybe they mistook the long camera lens for a kind of radar? Who knows. We also had a 'concerned individual' pull over to ensure we were authorized to take photos on the base. (We are - but there are procedures in place on Naval bases about photography and you can't just go around taking pictures.)
The lesson ended inside with a little run-through of how to shoot using the manual setting which is difficult because you have to decide all the settings instead of letting the camera choose for you, and then we looked at the pictures we took. They weren't anything special (hey we're beginners) but Elana got a good 'aperture' one that she sneakily shot of Courtney, Annalise, and me. We all really enjoyed it because it was fun to learn on our feet with the cameras actually in hand and I know I definitely want to learn more about photography.
After intern lunch :) it was so sunny outside!
One of the things that I think makes our internship special is that we have "intern training" every Wednesday for 2 to 2.5 hours. A Public Affairs Officer teaches it and the topics range from newswriting to media relations to social media etc. We also learn from the visual information people who teach us about things like broadcasting, graphics, and photography. These training sessions include copy editing training (through quizzes and practice - its basically Get to Know Your AP Stylebook 101) which in turn improves our writing. The sessions are a nice way to get to know the different facets of public affairs works, and they give the internship a more hands-on approach because we get face-to-face time with many of the PAOs.
Today our training focused on social media and writing for the web. We learned about the various networks NAVAIR and NAWCAD use to get their news out and talked with the Social Media/External Website people who walked us through how they manage those pages (Twitter/Facebook/Website/Youtube) and what writing styles/guidelines apply to them. They talked about what makes web writing compelling and how to draw your readers in, too.
After training, all the interns went out to lunch together. Aren't we cute:) We gorged ourselves on Bollywood Masala (actually though...I ate way too much but Indian food is soOo good) then came back to go to a photography lesson with the VI photographer, Kelly. She is awesome and her desk is surrounded by really cool photos. She talked us through using the camera -- why different settings matter and how to use them appropriately. Its confusing! Aperture/shutter speed/white balance/ISO - there is so much to learn but its fascinating and its interesting to see how even slight changes to the camera's settings can completely alter the photo you capture.
Everyone got a camera to work with...can you say heavy? Those things feel like they weigh 10 pounds! We went outside because even though it was hot lets be honest - taking pictures outside is way more fun than indoors. Everyone had to pick a spot with three objects to focus on and then practice focusing on each one separately while adjusting aperture accordingly. It was hard! We then went out to the corner of two roads and shot cars driving by to practice using the shutter speed and panning the camera. It was funny because we wanted the cars to be going fast but everyone kept slowing down when they saw us. Maybe they mistook the long camera lens for a kind of radar? Who knows. We also had a 'concerned individual' pull over to ensure we were authorized to take photos on the base. (We are - but there are procedures in place on Naval bases about photography and you can't just go around taking pictures.)
The lesson ended inside with a little run-through of how to shoot using the manual setting which is difficult because you have to decide all the settings instead of letting the camera choose for you, and then we looked at the pictures we took. They weren't anything special (hey we're beginners) but Elana got a good 'aperture' one that she sneakily shot of Courtney, Annalise, and me. We all really enjoyed it because it was fun to learn on our feet with the cameras actually in hand and I know I definitely want to learn more about photography.
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Links to our content
Our content goes/can go to a lot of different outlets. Here are a few of them:
http://www.navair.navy.mil/news
https://www.facebook.com/NAVAIR
https://twitter.com/NAVAIRNews
http://www.youtube.com/user/NAVAIRSYSCOM
http://www.dcmilitary.com/section/news14 (The Tester)
http://www.marines.mil/
http://www.navy.mil/
http://www.navair.navy.mil/news
https://www.facebook.com/NAVAIR
https://twitter.com/NAVAIRNews
http://www.youtube.com/user/NAVAIRSYSCOM
http://www.dcmilitary.com/section/news14 (The Tester)
http://www.marines.mil/
http://www.navy.mil/
Some helpful links (not just for interns)
Here are some resources (in old school typewriter font) for when you get stuck:
– The American Copy Editors Society, or ACES, (www.copydesk.org) link, http://www2.copydesk.org/hold/words/ offers tips on editing and headline writing, comments on cliches and bad writing, etc. ACES, the American Copy Editors Society, is a non-profit 501(c)(3) education and membership organization working toward the advancement of copy editors. Our aim is to provide solutions to editing problems, training and a place to discuss common issues. ACES is an international members’ alliance of editors working at newspapers, magazines, websites, traditional media outlets, Fortune 500, as well as freelance editors, students and their professors.
– www.Poynter.org’s newsu has a wealth of resources for both young and seasoned journalists: http://www.newsu.org/resources; http://www.journalism.org/resources/j_tools; http://rjionline.org/ccj/tools
– http://dinfos.blackboard.com/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp. The Defense Information School (DINFOS) educates Public Affairs and Visual Information personnel for the U.S. Department of Defense. Here’s a link to its writing curriculum.
– www.cjr.org. Columbia Journalism Review is a great magazine and its companion website is a treasure trove of information on media trends and analysis. This article is great for “rookies.” http://www.cjr.org/realtalk/reporting_for_rookies.php
– http://www.spj.org/students.asp. The Society of Professional Journalists is the largest and most broad-based membership association for journalists in the nation. The journalist’s toolbox will delight you: http://www.journaliststoolbox.org/
– http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/13/teaching-and-learning-about-journalism/. The New York Times Learning Network provides teaching and learning materials and ideas based on New York Times content.
– www.hsj.org/Students/index.cfm?requestAction=goMenuContent&CmsPagesID=181&menu_id=5. Aimed to give insight into the world of scholastic journalism — and reach beyond into the professional world — this collection of links is for student journalists and their teachers.
– www.studentpress.org/sourcebook/. A directory of links and contact information for resources and organizations of interest to student journalists.
– www.americanpressinstitute.org/resources/student-journalism.aspx. Resources, including scholarships, for student journalists.
– http://nyujournalismtools.wordpress.com/. When you’re researching and reporting, you’re going to need credible sources, here’s a start.
– http://www.threesixtyjournalism.org/node/64. ThreeSixty Journalism, a program of the University of St. Thomas, brings diverse voices into journalism and related professions by using intense, personal instruction in the practice and principles of journalism.
– http://web.ku.edu/~edit/captions.html. University of Kansas provides a guide to writing captions and cutlines.
http://photographytraining.tpub.com/14130/. Private organization Integrated Publishing (www.tpub.com) provides user-friendly access to military educational publications, including this link to Navy public affairs and audiovisual guidelines.
– The American Copy Editors Society, or ACES, (www.copydesk.org) link, http://www2.copydesk.org/hold/words/ offers tips on editing and headline writing, comments on cliches and bad writing, etc. ACES, the American Copy Editors Society, is a non-profit 501(c)(3) education and membership organization working toward the advancement of copy editors. Our aim is to provide solutions to editing problems, training and a place to discuss common issues. ACES is an international members’ alliance of editors working at newspapers, magazines, websites, traditional media outlets, Fortune 500, as well as freelance editors, students and their professors.
– www.Poynter.org’s newsu has a wealth of resources for both young and seasoned journalists: http://www.newsu.org/resources; http://www.journalism.org/resources/j_tools; http://rjionline.org/ccj/tools
– http://dinfos.blackboard.com/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp. The Defense Information School (DINFOS) educates Public Affairs and Visual Information personnel for the U.S. Department of Defense. Here’s a link to its writing curriculum.
– www.cjr.org. Columbia Journalism Review is a great magazine and its companion website is a treasure trove of information on media trends and analysis. This article is great for “rookies.” http://www.cjr.org/realtalk/reporting_for_rookies.php
– http://www.spj.org/students.asp. The Society of Professional Journalists is the largest and most broad-based membership association for journalists in the nation. The journalist’s toolbox will delight you: http://www.journaliststoolbox.org/
– http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/13/teaching-and-learning-about-journalism/. The New York Times Learning Network provides teaching and learning materials and ideas based on New York Times content.
– www.hsj.org/Students/index.cfm?requestAction=goMenuContent&CmsPagesID=181&menu_id=5. Aimed to give insight into the world of scholastic journalism — and reach beyond into the professional world — this collection of links is for student journalists and their teachers.
– www.studentpress.org/sourcebook/. A directory of links and contact information for resources and organizations of interest to student journalists.
– www.americanpressinstitute.org/resources/student-journalism.aspx. Resources, including scholarships, for student journalists.
– http://nyujournalismtools.wordpress.com/. When you’re researching and reporting, you’re going to need credible sources, here’s a start.
– http://www.threesixtyjournalism.org/node/64. ThreeSixty Journalism, a program of the University of St. Thomas, brings diverse voices into journalism and related professions by using intense, personal instruction in the practice and principles of journalism.
– http://web.ku.edu/~edit/captions.html. University of Kansas provides a guide to writing captions and cutlines.
http://photographytraining.tpub.com/14130/. Private organization Integrated Publishing (www.tpub.com) provides user-friendly access to military educational publications, including this link to Navy public affairs and audiovisual guidelines.
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