At 2:00 on Monday, the ‘Smile You’re on Camera’ class skyped Fox Sports 1 anchor Ryan Fields, who lives in Los Angeles, in order to ask him questions about his job and how he got there. “We had a bunch of questions for him and he had really good feedback on how to get an internship and how he started and where he is now,” Alex Rakowki said. Fields got internships when he … [Read more...] about MIPA students skype Fox Sports 1 anchor
‘Smile You’re on Camera’ visits Lansing news headquarters
A man was laughing and talking to a woman until his look suddenly turned serious and he began talking to himself. The woman sternly said “standby” causing a group of people to stop moving and talking. Immediately after the man and woman looked up and loudly began talking to the wall about the Ebola virus. Then quickly the topic changes and another man is pointing at different … [Read more...] about ‘Smile You’re on Camera’ visits Lansing news headquarters
Be smarter than your smartphone, kids
I sat down to write a brief about the “Smartphone Journalism” presentation. I opened the voice memo app on my own smartphone so I could review the 50 minutes of information I had stored in this wonderful, multi-purpose device. But ironically, none of it was there. It deleted or glitched because I swear I saw it recording. I spent 50 minutes recording a presentation about … [Read more...] about Be smarter than your smartphone, kids
‘Smile You’re on Camera’ class soon to release morning video announcements
A young, energetic woman stands in front of a computer lab full of brainstorming kids, amused about how many unique names people have in her class, Smile You’re on Camera. Broadcast News teacher at Waterford Kettering, Jesse Sutherland, calls on students for video story ideas to make into morning announcements on the Upstart. Some story packages will … [Read more...] about ‘Smile You’re on Camera’ class soon to release morning video announcements