Video Production Course (page 2)
Opportunities Abound
In the spring of 1999, when Turner Broadcasting launched it's CNNStudent Bureau, HKIS was on board. CNNSB produces news by students for students. Their popular show, NEWSROOM, selects works contributed by high schools and colleges from around the world.
Working for Turner Broadcasting offers the students real life experiences. Like actual reporters they begin by pitching a story to a bureau editor. The preliminary steps follow: contacting pertinent sources, acquiring press passes, organizing interviews, securing release forms and more paperwork. All this before they ever do anything "fun." Welcome to the real world, kids!
The actual fun starts when they get their equipment. After weeks of working on their story the ultimate payoff comes only if they're fortunate enough to have met CNN's high standards. This commitment is for mature students with a foundation in videography. Turner Broadcasting accepts schools on a merit basis.
Planting Seeds
If developments in education proceeded at a fraction of the breakneck pace of technological advances then our children would be in sync with reality. The real world today evolves around information, communication and entertainment. In other words, media. Getting the message out in full living color.
What can you do to help develop a video production course in your neighborhood school? Perhaps it may be as simple as sending the district's superintendent a copy of this article.
