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School Tv: Techniques to Improve Your Newscasts
Learn the importance of white balance, camera level and microphones in TV production.
Other
Al Jazeera: Live Tv and Archived Materials
This site provides links to Al Jazeera watch or listen to live TV, TV schedules, and some archived materials.
Other
School Tv: Tips for Creating Great Graphics
"Tips for Creating Great Graphics" is an informative article on how to easily generate graphics into the newscast.
Other
School Tv: Adding Technology to Your School's News Show
Learn how to make your school newscast more professional by adding several pieces of production equipment.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Siegmund Loewe
Siegmund Loewe was a German engineer and businessman that developed vacuum tube forerunners of the modern integrated circuit. He pioneered both radio and television broadcasting, and the company he established with his brother, David...
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Madison Media Institute
Are you interested in exploring a media career? The site has training opportunities in electronic media, including radio and TV broadcasting, and recording and multimedia technology programming.
Other
Vanderbilt University: Television News Archive
This archive from Vanderbilt University contains an "extensive and complete" collection of television news broadcasts. "The collection holds more than 30,000 individual network evening news broadcasts from the major U.S. national...
American Rhetoric
American Rhetoric: Newton N. Minow: "Television and the Public Interest"
This is the text and audio of the speech "Television and the Public Interest" by Newton N. Minow, from the Federal Communications Commission, delivered on May 9, 1961, at National Association of Broadcasters in Washington, DC.
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Museum of Broadcast Communications: David Brinkley
A straightforward biography of David Brinkley. Includes a detailed list of all his news shows and publications.
Other
Tokyo Broadcasting System Television: The World Heritage
Japanese content. A companion site for the TV program, Sekaiisan, or The World Heritage. Episodes focus on cultural and "natural" heritage and are similar in feel to a National Geographic special. You can't watch the episode online but...
Other
Broadcasting and Cable Online
Broadcasting and Cable Online covers the latest news in the broadcasting and cable industries from an "insider" perspective.
Other
Ovation Tv (Arts Focused Cable Television Network)
Visit the online home of Ovation TV, a cable television network that airs art-focused educational and general interest programming. At Ovation TV find access to a rotating menu of highlights from the network's offerings, including video...
Other
Byu Broadcasting: Farnsworth Society: Farnsworth Story
The story of Philo T. Farnsworth, who at age twenty one developed the first electronic television, is presented by Brigham Young University where Farnsworth was a former student.
Other
Museum of Broadcast Communications: Ed Sullivan Show
An article discussing the history of the Ed Sullivan show.
CNN
Cnn: Anatomy of a Story
A fun interactive site for finding out what happens in all departments of a broadcast newsroom.
PBS
Iowa Public Television (Iptv): Explore More
Explore More is an online and broadcast series engages students in problems they can relate to, provides compelling content for investigation and gives students opportunities to form their own points of view on contemporary issues such...
CNN
Cnn: You Be the Producer
This is a great learning tool for producing and writing for television news. You have the opportuntity to judge stories and see if they would make it to the newscast.
Other
News Lab: Elements of Great Storytelling
This is a great site for broadcast journalists; it focuses on the elements that make a story great. You can find tips on writing from some of the top people in the industry.
PBS
Pbs: Triumph of the Nerds
This page is the companion website to the PBS television special, Triumph of the Nerds. Coverage includes a history of the computer, a who's who, and a television transcript.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Writers and Editors
If you want a career as a broadcast journalist, you may want to check out this career info. It covers everything you need to know about writing, editing, and reporting.
Other
Ctv Calgary News
CFCN is a local area news affiliate for CTV Television in Calgary. Content includes a focus on the latest news and weather, crime and medical features, and more.
Other
Tv Cultura: Alo Escola: Brincar E Bom
In Portuguese. Interactive games, cartoons, a brief history of popular toys, and online children's games, from the TV Cultura channel, a widely admired broadcaster of children's television programs.
Other
Museum of Broadcast Communications: Ed Sullivan
Article provides a very thorough review of the life of variety show host Ed Sullivan (1902-1974 CE).
PBS
Pbs: American Roots Music
If teaching a unit about the history of popular music in America, this PBS web site supporting their four-part TV broadcast of a few years ago would make a great resource. Includes lesson plans and oral histories too.