Halfway though the semester here in DC we were given an assignment to create a one minute video haiku. Take a look at my video and tell me what you think. If you were a song what song would you be? If you were a color? a country?
Posts Tagged ‘Videos’
Life Gets Even More Exciting for Two Summer 2009 Alum
You may be reading this and thinking, “What happens to SIWJ students after they leave the program?” Maybe they come to DC, intern at amazing media organization and return to their home school to sit in lecture classes to get lost in the crowd? Not even close. Especially in the case of two special alum from our Summer 2009 program. Josh Patterson and Lauren Hogan both have been bitten by the travel bug and look to travel to world for one year, for FREE as part of STA travels Worldwide Traveler Internship. They are both applying for a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see the world and we need your votes to help them win! Take a look at their video submissions below and then take .5 seconds to vote for them. Who knows maybe if they win SIWJ can take a field trip to meet them at some exotic location abroad. Good Luck!
Vote for Lauren Hogan here!
Vote for Josh Patterson here!
Thanks for voting!
First Week Of Spring 2010: Student Bootcamp
Bob Levey and Students at a Writing Seminar
You may or may not know, but the first week of the Semester in Washington Journalism Program is always a whirlwind! Students arrive in DC, aclimate themselves to the city and try to get used to things they may not have a their home school (like a metro subway station or CVS Pharmacy’s on every corner!)
This spring, students were especially busy as they participated in a week-long bootcamp to prepare them for a semester of challenging internships in the media industry. Each day they worked on a different area of media communication, from writing exercises, to learning video software, an introduction to Twitter and how to use a Flip camera.
On Friday our guest lecturer, former Washington Post metro columnist Bob Levey, took students through an intense reporting seminar where they discussed the challenge of using images from the internet. What do you think? Should reporters be able to take photos from Twitter or Facebook accounts? What are the ethical ramifications behind doing that?
He finished up the day by taking students on a walking tour through DC to see exactly where news happens in this busy town.
Looking for some more photos from bootcamp? Take a look at the SIWJ Spring 2010 Flickr photos.
DC and Me
Hello Future SIWJ Students,
Here is a little video I made that briefly describes my semester and how much I grew from the experiences I had here.
There is much to be learned and get exposed to but you must keep an open mind, sharp eye, and a thirst to absorb what you DON’T know. Trust me, you don’t know it all so just accept that you are a tiny guppy in a large ocean and learn from it. If you do this, I promise that you will walk away from your time in D.C. thoroughly satisfied. ~Ryan
Me In A Nutshell (haiku outake)
For one of the recent Semester in Washington Journalism assignments students were asked to create a 1-2 minute haiku using a small Flip video camera. Watch and see what students came up with. If you had to make a video about yourself, what would you say? Listen to Natalie and her story.
About Margaret Kreger In One Minute
For one of the recent Semester in Washington Journalism assignments students were asked to create a 1-2 minute haiku using a small Flip video camera. Watch and see what Margaret had to say. If you had to make a video about yourself, what would you say?
I'm Not Just a Journalist
For one of the recent Semester in Washington Journalism assignments students were asked to create a 1-2 minute haiku using a small Flip video camera. Watch and see what students came up with. If you had to make a video about yourself, what would you say?
When asked to describe myself in one minute, I had an hour’s worth of words to use. Then I was asked to describe myself in a minute’s worth of video and that was hard. After much thought and preparation, this is what I came up with. Below is me, Brittney Cooley and my Haiku.
This is My Story: Chanel Smith
For one of the recent Semester in Washington Journalism assignments students were asked to create a 1-2 minute haiku using a small Flip video camera. Watch and see what students came up with. If you had to make a video about yourself, what would you say?
A Quick Look Into The Day of a Photo Intern in DC
For one of the recent Semester in Washington Journalism assignments students were asked to create a 1-2 minute haiku using a small Flip video camera. Watch and see what students came up with. If you had to make a video about yourself, what would you say? Take a look at what its like to live as a photography intern here in Washington DC.
Journalism is the Moonwalk
It had been a slow day at SlateV, the place where I intern. Legendary actress Farrah Fawcet died, but that did not give us much material other than a feathered hair competition for a slate initiative – double XX.
The interns and I were planning to embark on a culinary adventure, that night we were trying Turkish food. And then- it happened. A confirmed report that the legendary Michael Jackson had died. Expletives ran through our heads- no Turkish tonight!
Well, SlateV, the video company I intern with, wanted to do a compilation video as a kind of tribute of Micheal Jackson’s moonwalk. MJ perfected the move and it became a pop culture movement. Others tried, most failed.
So, I spent a couple hours on YouTube pulling clips and editing and the V team ended up with a pretty awesome video! Its definitely something we were proud of, take a look!
~Lindsay
Like usual, we threw it up on YouTube and it started to gain momentum. First 25,000 hits then 50,000 then 100,000 hits. As I am writing this, it has close to a million hits! And that wasn’t the end of this viral video’s success. MSN called us over at Slate, they wanted my video for their homepage-oh wait and Dateline and the Today Show called too.
Pretty darn cool! It is the most successful SlateV video to date and it has opened up many doors for SlateV. YouTube is talking to us about how we can gain more prominence in our partnership and we may have a deal with MSN for sharing video sometime soon!
This blog is called “What is Journalism?” for the students in the Semester in Washington Journalism Program and at least for me, for today, it’s the moonwalk.
