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CMA: NATIONAL CONFERENCE NEW YORK, NY MARCH 2014
DR. RICHARD GANAHL & ADRIANNA SGOURIS BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY, PA
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CREATE STUDENT EXCITEMENT: • MEDIA / CLASS PARTNERSHIP • MULTI-MEDIA STORY TELLING • ASSIGNMENTS ON DEADLINE • STUDENT EDITOR & REPORTER • SOCIAL MEDIA & SITE METRICS
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“BUnow: PURE PLAY/STAND-ALONE”
BUnow: MISSION
* Student Organization
* Indie Blog & Website
* Co-op & Con-verge
* Student Moderated
* Multiple Platforms
* Pics, Audio, Video
BUnow: TRAFFIC
* Almost 500,000 visitors
* 128+ visiting countries
* 725,000+ page views
* 235,555+ unique visitors
• over 30,000 video views
• 35-55 student staff
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MULTI-MEDIA COMPONENTS: • 350-500 WORD w 3 INT LINKS • G-BAND, SNDCLOUD, iMOVIE, WP • AT LEAST 2 LOCAL QUOTES • SLIDE-SHOW, PODCAST, VIDEO • SOC MEDIA: BUnow FB TWITTER
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Date Opinion Fast Breaking BUnow Radio BUnow TV Enterprise
7-Oct BLOCK BUSTER PBS -------------------------------- --------------------------------- JZNK
14-Oct JZNK BLOCK BUSTER ------------------------------ JAK HUSKIES
21-Oct --------------------------------- JAK HUSKIES AWESOME BLOCK BUSTERS
28-Oct HUSKIES JZNK AWESOME/PBS BLOCK BUSTERS JAK
4-Nov AWESOME --------------------------------- JAK HUSKIES PBS
11-Nov JAK AWESOME JZNK PBS AWESOME
18-Nov PBS HUSKIES BLOCK BUSTERS JZNK -------------------------------
25-Nov ------------------------------- ------------------------------- ------------------------------- ------------------------------- -------------------------------
2-Dec ------------------------------- ------------------------------- ------------------------------- ------------------------------- -------------------------------
Online Journalism Fall 2013
FIVE STORY ASSIGNMENTS ACROSS 7 WEEKS:
OPINION, FASTBREAKING, BUnowRADIO, BUnowTV and ENTERPRISE!
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5,893
175
1,356
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GET READY…GET SET…GO! • A PARTNERSHIP WITH D-MEDIA • G-BAND, SNDCLOUD, iMOVIE, WP • TEAM: FIRED UP & READY TO GO • FACULTY: TRUSTING & BRAVE • SOC MEDIA: FB, TWITTER, YTUBE • SENSE OF FUN & ADVENTURE
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CHANGE THE WORLD: HAVE FUN NOW!