JEA DIGITAL MEDIA BROADCAST AND VIDEO GUIDE
This guide is a curated list of some of the most frequently visited broadcast and video posts the committee has published through the years. Since it’s creation in 2009, the JEA Digital Media committee has posted more than 1,600 articles that can be found in the Digital Media Library. The posts below should be helpful and relevant to you and your team.
If you are looking for something web or multimedia related and don’t see it here, or by searching on the site, please email Committee Chair Aaron Manfull and he and the team will work to help fill the gap.
Video Storytelling
- How to hook your audience in 3 seconds (or less)
- Avoid these 10 video mistakes most beginners make
- Journalism advice by Steve Hartman from CBS News
- What makes a good TV story? Hint: It’s not the equipment
- Use these Ira Glass videos to help your students with storytelling
- 20 writing tips for TV packages
- Learn tips to improve your scripts for better video productions
- Journalism advice by Steve Hartman from CBS News
- Broadcast writing tips
- Write voiceovers, not graphics for broadcast news packages
- Why writing is the most important skill for broadcast journalists
- 10 Common Video Storytelling Mistakes
- Plan out Your Video With A Storyboard
- Process to Making a Video For Serious
- How to Generate Story Ideas for Broadcast
- Developing story ideas for broadcast journalism
- Find News Stories Through Characters
- Finding Story Ideas and Successfully Preparing for Your Student Television Show
- Audio is just as important, if not more, than video
- The reaction in Broadcast Journalism is Just as Important (if not more) as the action
- We replaced our “Pet of the Week” video segment with student profiles and the change was a great one
- Broadcasting Tips for Covering Friday night High School Football
- What is an explainer video?
- Adobe’s Character Animator has a lot of potential for newsroom explainers or weekly update news segments
- Adobe has a great resource to help students create explainer videos
- Video Explainers engage readers
Interviewing
- Tips for Focusing an interview
- Tips on how not to conduct an interview
- Ethics of Broadcast Interviews
- Mike Tirico has advice for student journalists on the key to interviewing
Video Editing
- Save time editing interviews and b-roll in Adobe Premiere by using in and out points
- How to easily add rulers and guides in Adobe Premiere Pro
- If Adobe Premiere is overexposing your video on export, here’s a fix that should work
- Here’s a shortlist of keyboard shortcuts you should really know in Adobe Premiere Pro
- Here are a couple different ways you can crop video in Adobe Premiere Pro
- Frame.io is fully integrated with Adobe Premiere Pro and it’s a great way to share projects for review
- Fix shaky video footage in Adobe Premiere Pro
- Easily grab screenshots from a video clip in Adobe Premiere Pro
- Add markers to speed up editing of a video set to music or a hype video
- Some tips on optimal settings to export videos in Adobe Premiere Pro
- Ways to trim and cut in Adobe Premiere Pro without the razor tool
- Easily add subtitles to your videos in Adobe Premiere Pro
- Here’s a nice introductory tutorial on color grading in Adobe Premiere Pro
- How to save Adobe Premiere Pro and Audio files in the cloud so you can work on one project on different computers
- How to quickly duplicate items in your Adobe Premiere timeline
- Having problems with choppy playback in your timeline? Here are some ways to render the video
- How to crop video in Adobe Premiere
- Check out these 10 tips from B&H on how to edit faster and improve workflow in Adobe Premiere Pro
- Tips for filming and editing a multi camera setup in Adobe Premiere Pro
- Download this free Adobe Premiere Template to help beginning video makers
- How to join clips together in Adobe Premiere Pro
- Introduction to Color Correction in Adobe Premiere Pro
- How to zoom in and out of clips in your timeline in Adobe Premiere Pro
- What Stays, What Goes: Editing Decisions in Broadcast Packages
Audio Editing
- Edit audio first
- Using Audacity to remove unwanted background noise from audio clips
- Adobe’s free Enhance Speech tool is a great option to clean up audio
- Why You Shouldn’t Use Music in Broadcast Stories
- Change the duration of background music with Premiere Pro’s remix tool
- Check out these Adobe Premiere Audio Editing Tips including how to easily auto match your sound clips so they all sound similar
- Audio won’t go into your Adobe Premiere timeline but video will? Check this setting to see if it’s the fix
- How to fade audio and music in and out in Adobe Premiere Pro
- How to adjust single or multiple clips of audio in your timeline in Adobe Premiere Pro
- How to add text to your video and change its properties
- Quickly delete extra space between clips in your Adobe Premiere timeline
- Get rid of unwanted sounds in your video or audio podcast with Adobe Audition
Lighting
- Lighting for video
- Basic video lighting of subjects involves a key light, a fill light and a back light
- For your videos, work to make sure that the intensity, color and direction of your light is correct
Filming
- Video 101 – Shooting Good B-Roll
- Video 101: Shoot for the Editor
- Video 101: Marking your tape
- Getting sequences with the five-shot method
- Shooting Tips: Part 1
- 5 Tips for Shooting Great Video
- Get to the heart of the interview through the eyes
- When filming sporting events, mark your good clips by filming the ground to easily find your best shots
- Send a shooting guide on location
- Tips for filming and editing a multi camera setup in Adobe Premiere Pro
- Vimeo’s Video School video helps explain Frame Rate v. Shutter Speed
- Looking for a good explainer on aperture for video? Check out this piece by Todd Wolfe
- No Film School shows how to Rack Focus in video and when it should be used
- Getting Natural Sound
Anchor Tips
- A script writing activity that sticks with students
- Perils of the anchor desk for high school broadcast journalists
- Speak Like a Broadcaster
- Writing for Broadcast, How to Sound Like a Real Person
- Free options for teleprompter software
- Teleprompter apps and web-based programs for video broadcast production
- Make your own cheap teleprompter with a few simple items
Copyright Audio
- If you’re looking to find music students will like using in the video and podcast productions, check out Artlist
- The 30-second rule for using music in your videos is a myth
Daily Announcements
- Get info from teaching staff for daily announcements
- Work to add more visual interest with your broadcast news announcements
- Turn your daily bulletin into a newscast
Editing Extras
- The Envato Elements plugin is a great addition to Adobe Premiere Pro to add assets seamlessly
- If you’re not using Frame.io to give feedback on videos, you should be
- Install the Artlist extension for Adobe Premiere Pro to make finding and importing songs more seamless
Equipment
- Produce a high-quality broadcast with basic equipment
- Here are some tripod recommendations for your newsroom
- Here’s a guide on the more common types of microphones, based on usage and price points for mobile devices
- Wireless Mics: Sound takes you there
- Wireless lav mics are a nice upgrade for mobile videos
Organization
- Video Equipment Checkout System
- Use small storage cabinet to organize and store your microphone and mic accessories
- Use command hooks to be more organized and help keep headphones near your computers
- 5 things to do to care for your equipment
- Store tripods with a shoe storage grid
- Broadcast staff structure
- Take a page from the Scrum process to organize your daily broadcast team
- How to organize your broadcast staff
- News show job descriptions
- How to grade broadcast journalism students: Part 1
- How to grade broadcast journalism students: Part 2
- Lessons learned from a school district’s first year hosting six online broadcast channels
- Three ways mistakes will make your broadcast program better
- 5 common mistakes in high school broadcasts
- Factors to consider when starting a broadcast news program
- Set Expectations for Your Students When Incorporating Video
- Broadcast production schedule
- Crew rotations for a TV news show
Promotion
