Andy Smith Visit

Andy Smith visits with the Digital Journalism class and shares his experiences from years of working in the industry filming and editing for top local news outlets in Minnesota and other states around the country.


VANTAGE Digital Journalism by Andy Smith

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Pd_HiK3jxg


What is VANTAGE?  by Andy Smith

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2vM31_ExeM

VANTAGE Students Visit Iowa Caucuses

February 1, 2016

David Stillman Video- Gen Z

David Stillman Video- Gen Z

Journalistic Report Videos

March 16

The DJ student's Semester 1 final project was based off of a journalistic article that each of them created. They could have copied the same story they wrote about, or start completely fresh. Their goal was to create a video that captured the cause of their subject and reveal the story behind the person/group. 

Lindsey Seavert and Bill Middeke from KARE 11

On March 10th, Lindsey Seavert, a reporter from KARE11, and Bill Middeke, a photojournalist from KARE11, were our guest instructors. Lindsey spoke to the strategies of a successful interview. She stressed the importance of the “Four P’s”: practice, patience, people, passion. Lindsey said that “Perfectionism is a hangup. You have creative ups and downs, but fall forward in your failures.” Bill taught us how set up cameras and microphones for an interview. We learned about the “Reporter Sandwich” which is where the reporter should stand when setting up the camera and lights. Lastly, they taught us that during an interview, you go to the them; they don’t come to you. This helps create a more natural-looking interview. Lindsey and Bill gave us information that we can practically use in our course and future careers.  

KARE 11 Site Visit Day 2

The second group of Digital Journalism students made the trip over to Kare 11 to learn about journalism and television broadcasting. Starting in the control booth, we watched the show director and producer put together and organize the show. Next, we traveled down to the studio to see Kim Insley and Alicia Lewis give the morning show. Finally, we got the opportunity to have a conversation with several Kare 11 reporters on their experiences with reporting and how we can apply their knowledge to our own projects.

KARE 11 site visit

The Digital Journalism course at VANTAGE got the opportunity to explore the Kare 11 studios. The class was able to observe and interact with the morning news crew. This site visit helped give us insight into how a news station works. We met with editors, anchors, directors, and producers. It was really interesting to see how the whole crew worked together to bring viewers their morning news.  

VANTAGE students present to the Minnetonka School Board

With the first semester projects coming to a close, the General Mills VANTAGE group presented to the Minnetonka school board. This group consisted of both the Digital Journalism and Global Business class. This project was a research-based project, focusing on the morning eating trends of teens. With the research that the Global Business group conducted, the Digital Journalism team made an intriguing video on this research and the trends found.