I’d been talking to my staffs about doing a live broadcast of a school event for more than a year. A few weeks ago, they finally decided to give it a try. They decided to use Livestream.com to broadcast the pep assembly at school last week and here is a little about what they learned-and what I learned watching them.

Jeff Johnston, Communications Manager for Schooltube.com, took a few minutes to answer questions about the video hosting site's recent redesign and changes over the course of the past year. He even let's us in on a few ideas they are exploring for the future.

Canon 7D movie - Another night in Beijing from Dan Chung on Vimeo.

Mark Luckie of 10,000 Words posted a neat piece last week titled "How to Create Video Storyteling That Actually Tells a Story." The three videos that he talks about tell stories and should serve to ignite a second semester fire in your budding multimedia journalists.

Looking for some multimedia advice? Adam Westbrook has posted some for multimedia journalists on HSJ.org. The 32-page PDF covers quite a few topics and even offers suggestions for equipment to buy (all you have to do is convert a little currency since he's British).

Iowa City High's Football Team Story is Covered After Soldiers in Iraq Name A Mission After the Team

This week my high school was lucky enough to have NPR come and cover a story at Iowa City High.  The story focused on a group of soldiers in Afghanistan that are following the Little Hawk football team's recent undefeated season and run at the state championship.