A description of a high school broadcast news program that produces two broadcasts a week (each show has two video packages). This article describes the news cycle from the perspective of the student producer. 

Great article on multimedia storytelling using examples and articles and studies for support. "The Internet has raised concerns that digital media will spell doom for the narrative, replaced by constant bursts of information lacking any context and a flood of raw video and data. Younger people in particular are said to lack the attention span for reading in-depth stories and are supposedly turned off by long and complex narratives. Rather than undermining the traditional narrative, the Internet is an opportunity to experiment with multi-dimensional storytelling and new narrative approaches that provide context and depth and also are more compelling and engaging. So instead of a single linear narrative, a story can be broken up into a series of narratives organized as topical subsections that people can explore according to their own interests."

"This morning's Washington Post print edition carried a story built out of an annotated Facebook feed. The piece was posted to washingtonpost.com last night with the title "A Facebook story: A mother's joy and a family's sorrow." While I'd seen the Post and other papers structure stories around Twitter and Tumblr feeds, and Slate's mock presidential feed has had a long run, I had yet to see a reported piece told via Facebook status updates. I spoke with the story's editor, Marc Fisher, this morning about the project. Here are excerpts from our conversation:

"Such misconceptions about fair use are all too common - and many journalists fear delving into fair use's complexities, just wanting to know enough to keep from getting sued. Today, American University Center of Social Media is releasing a new set of tools that seek to help demystify fair use for journalists - and to help publishers see how this doctrine actually can help online reporting instead of hampering it."

"Why people online don't read to the end."

"One possible answer may be found at The Washington Post, which has deputized some of its reporters to create videos using an iOS app called Videolicious. Post deputy editor of video Jonathan Forsythe stresses that while the paper does "not have any plans for Videolicious to ever replace our high-quality video stories shot and reported by our video department," some of its journalists have made popular Web-ready videos since it began training staff to use the tool late last year. Videolicious lets reporters quickly put together videos incorporating interview footage, B-roll, audio and stills they've taken with their phones. Then they can file the video quickly. The app's enterprise platform "literally breaks videos into as many as 100 pieces" as they're transmitted, Videolicious CEO Matt Singer told Poynter in a phone interview."

Please list five stories that you feel are most newsworthy for our first broadcast. Remember to keep the visual elements and your audience in mind. If there is a story from over the weekend that you feel we should cover (check out the ones I bookmarked), you may include that as well.
Briefly explain your five choices

"The decision on how to fill the U.S. Senate seat held by Democrat Frank Lautenberg, who died early this morning of complications from viral pneumonia, will be up to Republican Gov. Chris Christie. Under state law, Christie can appoint a temporary replacement to send to Washington. He can also choose to hold a special election to fill the seat."

"Google is incorporating nutrition data into search; beginning today, results will include "extensive" details on calories, carbohydrates, proteins, sugars, and other relevant food info. Food-specific data will come up in natural language searches like, "how many calories are in popcorn?" "

"The fourth trip to the Scripps National Spelling Bee was the charm for Arvind V. Mahankali, 13, from Bayside, Queens."

"Explosions and fire tore through parts of a poultry plant in northeast China on Monday, killing at least 119 people, in one of the country's worst factory accidents in recent years."

"PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan says four days of anti-government protests do not constitute a Turkish Spring. At a news conference before a trip to Morocco, he said the protests were organised by extremists and accused the opposition of provoking "his citizens". The protests initially targeted plans to build on a treasured Istanbul park. They have spread into nationwide anti-government unrest. Protesters clashed with police again on Monday after more overnight violence in Istanbul."

"A record 40% of all households with children under the age of 18 include mothers who are either the sole or primary source of income for the family, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The share was just 11% in 1960."

"Incoming college freshmen could end up paying $5,000 more for the same student loans their older siblings have if Congress doesn't stop interest rates from doubling."

"Kaitlyn Hunt, an 18-year-old former high school cheerleader from Florida, is facing 15 years in jail for having sex with a 14-year-old girl. The parents of Hunt's girlfriend - or victim, depending on your point of view - are pressing criminal charges. Hunt rejected a deal that would have required her to plead guilty to child abuse, and the authorities said no to reducing the charges to a misdemeanor. So the felony case is going on. If convicted, Hunt could go to jail, be labeled a sex offender for the rest of her life, and lose her right to vote."

"Amid downed power lines, hissing gas pipes and immense devastation, rescuers searched "board by board" Tuesday for survivors and victims of a massive tornado that pulverized a vast swath of the Oklahoma City suburbs. It was a daunting task. The Monday afternoon storm carved a trail through the area as much as two miles wide and 22 miles long, officials said. Hardest hit was Moore, Oklahoma -- a suburban town of 40,000 and the site of eerily similar twisters in 1999 and again four years later. The state medical examiner's office said 24 people were confirmed dead, including nine children."

"For a week in May, YouTube will turn into the biggest open mic on the planet. On Thursday, the Google Inc.-owned site will announce the YouTube Comedy Week, a seven-day cyber extravaganza designed to showcase some of the best comedy across its expansive video platform. From May 19-25, YouTube will be overrun with punch lines, sketches, stand-up routines and - hopefully - a lot of laughs."

"Tens of thousands of commuters are bracing for a difficult trip around southwest Connecticut and to New York City beginning Monday as workers repair the Metro-North commuter rail line crippled by a derailment and crash. Crews will spend days rebuilding 2,000 feet of track, overhead wires and signals following the collision between two trains Friday evening that injured 72 people, Metro-North President Howard Permut said Sunday. Nine remained hospitalized."