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NEWSHOUNDS
JOURNALISTS
BY ROANE BEARD, M.F.A.
Typeface, Logo, and Initial Design by Jim Pinto Illustration by Yoshiko Sakamoto Additional Design by Roane Beard
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Copyright 2013 by Think Now Education Think Now Education 320 Pine Ave #608 Long Beach, CA 90802 www.thinknoweducation.com www.tnenewshounds.com 1st Edition ISBN: 978-1484134948 Printed in the United States of America Newshounds Journalism Club is available for your school, school club, or after school program. Please contact Think Now Education for more information: Tel: (562) 448-2299 Email: info@tne1.com Web: www.thinknoweducation.com
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. This book contains material protected under International and Federal Copyright Laws and Treaties. Any unauthorized reprint or use of this material is prohibited. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system without express written permission from the publisher.
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is book is dedicated to the teachers, sta and most of all the Newshounds journalists whose hard work, energy and enthusiasm made this program possible.
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Contents
Introducon How to Use This Book Secon 1: The Media The Media is YOURS... Tradional Media New Media ...Because You ARE the Media Secon 2: Being a Newshound The Ins and Outs Role Pathways Secon 3: The Producon Cycle A Simple Overview Introducon Stage 1: Story Development Stage 2: Walking the Beat Stage 3: Dra!ing & Revision Stage 4: Publicaon & Celebraon Team Roles and the Producon Cycle Reporter Photographer Videographer Arst Producer Secon 4: Glossary Secon 5: Materials 2 3 5 7 7 8 10 13 15 18 25 27 27 27 27 28 28 29 30 35 41 47 53 61 69
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INTRODUCTION
Have you ever been in a newsroom? Its an exciting place. Journalists talk to important people about important stories. Millions of people see their stories, which cover a variety of topics. ey tell stories about presidential elections, wars, money, trade, even music and culture. A reporter might write an article about families hit by a natural disaster while a camera crew rushes to the site. Photographers shoot hundreds of pictures, then publish the best ones to the world. All these journalists work towards the same goal. ey want to tell meaningful stories that their audience cares about. Newshounds Journalism Club is your newsroom. Its a place where you and your teammates choose stories that are meaningful to you. Youll take interviews, and shoot videos. Youll take inspiring photos, write stories, and create artwork. Even better, youll have a real audience. Youll reach classmates, teachers, principals and administrators, your parents, and even the general public. Like reporters in a working newsroom, youll publish your stories for the world to see. In Newshounds, youll use the Internet to reach people in ways your parents and teachers never could. Youll have a school blog, which is an online newspaper run by your club. Youll post videos, photos, artwork and articles there. Anyone with a computer, a tablet, or even a smartphone will be able to see it. Depending on your clubs decisions, you may have a chance to have your work published at the end of the year in a printed Newshounds Annual. ats a book that collects the best stories your club has to o er. If your club chooses, it may even have a monthy newsletter. Dont think of Newshounds as just a club. ink of it as a way for you to express yourself, to learn, and to become great at communicating on the Internet. Its a way for you to speak out to the people who are always speaking to you. Its a chance to get them to listen to what you have to say! So make the most of it. Pick up a camera and gather your friends. Talk about the issues that matter to you. Start expressing yourself! Welcome to the club. Roane Beard Big Hound Newshounds Journalism Club
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is handbook is one part textbook, one part guide book, and one part workbook. It also contains a glossary, which is a vocabulary list of words you need to know to understand journalism, and a set of matierals. Youll use those to make your Newshounds stories.
is section provides you with an overview of what we mean when we talk about the media in Newshounds. Go over this section to understand the role media has played in our society, and the role youll play by becoming a Newshound.
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If you think of any of those things, youre right. e idea of media covers a lot of di erent kinds of communication. Film, television, and music are all media, but so are newspapers, magazines, radio, Internet video, blogs, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and a number of new, rising media that emerge all the time. Before we talk about some of the exciting new forms of media, lets talk about the di erent types of media.
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TELEVISION NEWS Youve seen it. TV news has been the main way most Americans got their news since the middle of the 20th century, when the broadcast networks dominated journalism. ABC, CBS and NBC all had high pro le, well regarded news organizations. ey still broadcast today, and millions of Americans tune in to watch. RADIO NEWS Radio plays a small but important role in journalism today. Many radio stations play a few minutes of news at the beginning of every hour. In the United States, National Public Radio (NPR) broadcasts news through radio stations all over the country. eres even news delivered by satellite, through Sirius XM Satellite Radio. PRINT JOURNALISM Print has been an important way people around the world got their news for over a century; in fact, the rst paper in America was published in 1690! It was just one issue in the city of Boston, but for many years, daily newspapers like the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and the Washington Post have been mainstays in keeping Americans informed about current events. Now, with the coming of new media, newspapers are in decline, but newspaper reporters still cover major stories for the American public every day, and magazines like Time o er more in depth stories once a month.
NEW MEDIA
Today, traditional media still has a big part to play in journalism, but thanks to the Internet, other, newer forms of journalism are becoming important. Websites, blogs, social media (like Facebook and Twitter), and video games are forms of new media. All of them, in one way or another, are used by practicing journalists, and many journalists consider new media to be the primary way journalism will be practiced in the future. Lets look at the most common forms of New Media. WEBSITES Traditional media like newspapers and television o en rely on new media to support their journalistic e orts. Commonly, that means a website. Newspapers like the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times both use websites as places to publish some or all of the content that appears in
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their traditional media papers. In some cases, they also publish content that isnt published in the paper, like blog posts or video. Some Newshounds Journalism Clubs do the same thing, by maintaining a blog on a website that contains video and other content, but also publishing a newsletter, and an annual at the end of the school year. BLOGS Blogs have become one of the most important pieces of the new media puzzle. A blog is a website where one or more writers can publish posts, or articles, for an audience to view online. eyre used by traditional media to reach a wider audience, and by everyday people as a platform to write about topics meaningful to them. Just like you will! Blogs are used by Newshounds to publish their work. Every piece of work thats approved for publication will make it onto a Newshounds blog, where it can be read by anyone in the world (or at least, anyone in the world whos allowed access to the Newshounds blog.)
A few bloggers have become famous for the quality of their journalism. Nate Silver, for example, became an instant celebrity when his blog, called Five irty Eight, correctly predicted the Presidential race in 2012, along with almost every senate race. SOCIAL NETWORKS Youve heard of Twitter and Facebook. You may have even heard of Google+ or Ning. What do these all have in common? eyre social networks, of course. So, whats that?
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A social network is a service that promotes the building of social relationships. Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and every other social network you may know of works because they help people connect with each other. More importantly, once people are connected, social networks help them stay connected. So what does that have to do with journalism? Journalists working in both new media and traditional media use social networks to connect with their audiences, to create conversations around news stories, and even to break news. In places where traditional media isnt able to report, social networks can be a very powerful way of getting the news out. e revolutions of the Arab Spring in 2011, for example, relied widely on social networks for organizing revolutionaries, and to get the story out, when many traditional media outlets were shut out of the country or closed down.
You may have noticed that theres one very important di erence between new media and traditional media that a ects you personally: YOU can be a new media journalist just by choosing to be one. You may not be able to form your own TV station, or publish your own newspaper,
INTERNET ACCESS
Of course, to use social networks you have to have Internet access. If you dont have it at home on a phone, tablet or computer, you may have Internet access at school. Dont have it there, either? Try the local library. Although if you dont have Internet access at school, that might be a good topic for the Newshounds to tackle. Everyone should have access to the superhighway of information that is the Internet!
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but theres nothing stopping you from publishing a blog, making a website, or breaking stories on social networks. It just takes Internet access and knowhow. Its up to your school, your parents, or your community to provide Internet access. But the knowhow? You get that in Newshounds. So why is that important? It means that you have just as much access to new media as President Obama, or Taylor Swi , or LeBron James. You can be just as e ective as they are. You can even talk to them! Take advantage of it. Talk to your parents and teachers. See how you can safely use social media to express yourself, share ideas, and break your news!
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Newshounds helps you learn the tools that every citizen of the 21st century needs to have the best possible opportunities in life. Being a Newshound means having a voice, nding an audience, and having the skills to reach them. As journalists in the club, that means youll have to decide what stories you want to tell, gure out what to say, gure out how you want to say it, and then say it. Newshounds helps you work through that process in the Production Cycle. It looks like this:
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ROLE PATHWAYS
is section helps you understand each role in the Newshounds program, and what that role is responsible for. ere are ve key roles in Newshounds Journalism Club: reporter, photographer, videographer, artist, and producer.
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THE ROLES
REPORTER
Youve seen reporters in the movies and TV. Its usually the guy or girl with the iPhone and laptop chasing down the big story. You may not have an iPhone or a laptop, but if youre the reporter, getting the story is still your job. Youll interview sources, research your topic online, take good notes, and write an article for the blog. Famous reporters you may have heard of include: ANDERSON COOPER A eld reporter and anchor for CNN. Hes covered wars, disasters, politics, trials, and pretty much anything else you can think of. CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR A hard hitting investigative reporter who has worked for newspapers, magazines and television news. NANCY MAYNARD A woman who covered the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s and went on to be one of the rst African-Americans to own a major newspaper: the Oakland Tribune.
PHOTOGRAPHER
You know photographers. Sure, you probably mainly think of the paparazzi, staked out behind Starbucks trying to get a shot of Beyonces latte, but theres a lot more to being a photographer than spying on famous people. Photographers who practice journalism are called photojournalists, and theyre just as serious about getting pictures that tell a story as Beyonce is about putting on a killer show for the fans. As a photographer for Newshounds, youll shoot events, pro le fellow journalists, and look for pictures that illustrate your story teams article to the best of your abilities. Famous photographers include:
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ANSEL ADAMS A landscape photographer who shot the American West. ANNIE LIEBOVITZ A photographer who shoots personal portraits of rock stars and celebrities. DOROTHEA LANGE A photographer from the Great Depression whose work includes haunting images of internment camps in World War II where thousands of Japanese Americans were wrongfully held prisoner.
VIDEOGRAPHER
A videographer is anyone who works in video production. For the purposes of Newshounds, a videographer is a journalist who gets the story on video. Although Newshounds videographers shoot interviews, they also have a chance to record close up coverage of athletics, performances, and other important events that take place at the school. Its a challenging role, but a really fun one. ere are few famous videographers, as the work that goes into making a news style video is usually done by a team of people. But Newshounds videographers are similar to documentarians, like these: MICHAEL MOORE A controversial documentarian who covered has topics ranging from gun violence, to the economy, to 9/11. KEN BURNS A respected documentarian whos covered topics ranging from baseball to the Civil War. HENRY HAMPTON A documentarian who dug into the Civil Rights movement years a er its peak, and provided a sense of the historical signi cance of its successes.
ARTIST
What does an artist have to do with journalism? Well, quite a lot. When
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a news team doesnt have footage of an event theyd like to cover, or they want to use an image that is lled with symbolism, they turn to artists. Artists do work ranging from making 3D graphics, like the one showing the Navy Seal raid on Osama Bin Ladens compound, to 2D graphics, like the logos and headline images on a newscast. ey do traditional drawing and sketch work too, reproducing scenes in court where news cameras arent allowed. In Newshounds, artists use their drawing skills to illustrate their teams stories. Some famous artists in journalism are political cartoonists, who are artists who make a point about politics through funny cartoons: CHESTER COMMODORE An African-American political cartoonist who reached prominance at a Chicago paper, the Chicago Defender, in the mid-twentieth century. RICHARD DECKER A long running cartoonist who had a celebrated career, Richard Decker drew for the New Yorker, a prominant New York magazine, for over 40 years.
PRODUCER
In television news, the producer is the person in charge of the whole show. Sometimes there are producers responsible for smaller sections of a show. Producers may also accompany a team into the eld and direct the process of getting the story. Frequently, theyll make the arrangements to talk with experts or sources. In the Newshounds Journalism Club, producers play the role that a quarterback might play on a football team. While the quarterback focuses on getting the team to score, the producer focuses on leading his team so that their story is done on time, on topic, and with all the right supporting materials. If a story is supposed to have an article, photos, artwork, and video, its the producers job to encourage everyone is doing the work, and getting the help they need to do it. Hollywood producers do the same thing: keep the team moving towards the same goal. Famous Hollywood producers include:
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STEVEN SPIELBERG Hes a famous director, but did you know hes a producer on most of his lms? GEORGE LUCAS Lucas directed the original Star Wars, but hired directors for the rest of the movies. His role? Producer. JERRY BRUCKHEIMER Bruckheimer is an unstoppable force in the Hollywood world. Have you heard of him? He produced such lms as Pirates of the Caribbean, Bad Boys, and National Treasure. Heard of those? I bet you have.
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A SIMPLE OVERVIEW
INTRODUCTION
e production cycle is the centerpiece of the Newshounds Journalism Club. Its a 12 to 16 class process through which stories are thought up, researched, beat out, planned, written and posted to the Newshounds Journalism Club blog. Most of the big stories your club creates will be made by following the process of the production cycle. Just remember: the production cycle is just a set of guidelines. Its up to your Newshounds team to make it come alive. Take a look at the following sections for a brief overview of the cycle, then look at Team Roles and the Production Cycle section to see how each role plays a part.
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e story teams walk the beat! at means they nd the information they need to tell their stories. at might include shooting video of interviews, taking photos, sketching ideas for art, and doing Internet research.
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respond! And when other teams publish, leave your feedback for them as well! STEP 3: CELEBRATION Youre published. ats exciting! Share the news with everyone you know. Have them go to the class blog and leave comments for you.
STAGE 4
Step 1: Publication Step 2: Presentation Step 2: Celebration
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REPORTER
e story is out there, waiting to be told. Its up to me to nd it, understand it, and tell it. e people need to know! -Ava, Newshounds Reporter Newshounds reporters are the beating heart of the Newshounds team. eyre the ones who do the major research, ask the hard questions in the interviews, take good notes, and write the stories that get posted to the Newshounds Blog. Without the reporter, the rest of the team has no glue to hold their e orts together.
ROLE: REPORTER
Power:
Getting the truth.
Tools:
Notepad, pencil, good questions, and a wellsharpened mind.
e Best Part:
e reporters work is the centerpiece of everything the team does. Without the reporter, theres no story!
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Who: Who is invited to the party? When: When will the party happen? What: What will students be able to do at the party? Why: Why is the school having a Halloween party? Where: Where will the party be held? How: How is the school making the party happen? Of course, you should have more than one question per W. But these are good examples.
TAKING AN INTERVIEW
e most important part of walking the beat is getting a good interview. ats when you speak to a source and nd out everything they can tell you about the story topic youve chosen. Youll ask them your H5W questions, then ask detailed follow up questions. Youll listen carefully to their answers, and take good notes. Youll have your videographer record the interview so that it can accompany the teams blog post. But the most important thing you can do in your interview is to learn everything you can to write a good story! THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND: Work with your facilitators to gure out exactly when you can conduct your interviews - or your research. Work with your classmates to make sure you have any photographers, videographers, or artists assigned to your story ready to go with you. Ask your questions! at includes any new ones you think of during the interview. Good follow up questions make a good interview. Get the names right! Make sure that you ASK people how to spell their names. Would you want your name misspelled in the article?
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Use this owchart to see what your job as a reporter will be in each stage of the production cycle.
Stage 1:
Step 1: Story Meeting & Team Building
Share S hare your i ideas deas i in n th the he story mee meeting! Volunteer for the reporter role.
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Stage 2:
Step 1: The Beat
Interview Int tervi iew t the he sources you pi picked ick ked d in Stage 1. Ask all your basic questions, but remember that the best interviews come from good follow ups. Ask great follow up questions. How do you do that? Listen! When the person you interview speaks, make sure youre really pay attention. en youll have a good idea of what to ask next. Get clari cation on any responses you arent sure about. Check the spelling of NAMES!
Step 2: Drafting
paragraphs. Dont worry too much about spelling and grammar right now. Just get your story down as best you can.
Step 3: Revision
Now wt that hat y you ou h have ave w written ritten a r rst st d draft, ra make it better! Now you should go back and correct the grammar and spelling. Also, make sure all your sentences are complete. But more importantly, use the revision step to make sure your story is clear to the reader.
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Step 4: Prepublishing
At this stage, you x a any ny p problems roblems y you ou m might ight h have ave missed. Make sure you have no grammar or spelling errors, and that the story makes sense. It should also be focused entirely on your teams story idea, without extra information. Make sure you got names right! Put your byline in place, and make sure your title is great.
Step 2: Presentation
Present your work! Alon Alongside ngside y your our t team, eam, e explain xplain t the he answers you found to your driving question, and let them take a look at your published work. Ask them to review your work online and leave their comments.
Step 3: Celebration
Once your club facilitator publishes your story, celebrate! Take the time to read the other story teams articles. Leave comments, and reply to the comments your classmates leave. Have fun! Once your class has had a chance to go over your Newshounds articles, share them with the world! Make announcement cards telling your friends and family about your article, or use ones your facilitator gives you.
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PHOTOGRAPHER
e world is lled with beauty. Sometimes the best thing we can do with it is capture it, share it with others, and tell the story behind it. en were spreading the joy beauty can bring. -Matt, Newshounds Photographer Newshounds photographers capture the very heart of a Newshounds story on camera. ey seek out the perfect shot, and help readers understand the stories Newshounds share by treating them to an insiders view of the story through photography. ey even get to put the photo in context by writing the caption, explaining whats important about their work. Best of all, theyre a critical part of the teams storytelling e ort: without the work of the photographer, the reporters story wouldnt have half the impact strong photography can lend it.
ROLE: PHOTOGRAPHER
Power:
Capturing reality.
Tools:
A camera, a keen eye, and a computer to share photos with the world.
e Best Part:
Getting the perfect moment on camera, and listening to the reactions of your friends when they see it.
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ACTION SHOTS Some of the most interesting photos you can take are those where actions are taking place. Sports stories are obvious choices for action shots, but how might you use action shots in your story?
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STEP 4: TAKE LOTS OF PHOTOS Dont hold back! Take lots and lots of photos. You can choose the best one later. STEP 5: TRY TO TAKE PHOTOS OF BOTH PEOPLE AND LOCATIONS A common mistake beginning photographers make is to take lots of photos of locations without people, or people without clear location. Try to take photos with both people and things that identify the location where the photo is being taken.
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Stage 1:
Step 1: Story Meeting & Team
Share har re y your our i ideas deas i in nt the he s story tor y m meeting! eeting Volunteer for the photography role.
Stage 2:
Step 1: The Beat
Take T k your planned l d shots, h b but also l look for an opportunity to take interesting shots you didnt plan. Write down the names of everyone you take a picture of. Spelling counts! Practice your photography skills. Take great pictures! Use your research time to learn about photography.
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Step 2: Drafting
Edit your pictures! Crop the th them, hem, r resize esize t them, hem, a and nd r retouch etouch them to make sure theyre the best pictures possible for your story.
Step 3: Revision
Library. Pick Your Final Artwork Choose one or two pictures that you really want to put in the story.
Step 4: Prepublishing
Take another look at your caption. Is it grammatically correct? Does it have complete sentences? And did you remember to include your byline? Make sure your name is correct! Proof pictures Take another look at your pictures. Are they in the Newshounds media library? Do they look right? When everythings ready, ask your teams reporter to put your pictures in the teams article.
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Stage 4:
Step 1: Publication
When your teams article is ready, your Newshounds Facilitator will publish it to the Newshounds blog.
Step 2: Presentation
Present your work! Alon Alongside ngside y your our t team, eam, e explain xplain t the he answers you found to your driving question, and let them take a look at your published work. Ask them to review your work online and leave their comments.
Step 3: Celebration
Once your club facilitator publishes your story, celebrate! Take the time to read the other story teams articles. Leave comments, and reply to the comments your classmates leave. Have fun! Once your class has had a chance to go over your Newshounds articles, share them with the world! Make announcement cards telling your friends and family about your article, or use ones your facilitator gives you.
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VIDEOGRAPHER
eres an art to being a videographer. Anyone can point a camera and get a shot on video. It takes skill to cut right to the heart of the story and capture it for the viewer. ats how a story comes alive. -Alvaro, Newshounds Videographer If reporters play a central role in writing the main articles for each Newshounds story, videographers are the key to giving stories a human voice. at might sound a little strange; a er all, they record video, not just sound, right? But one of the main jobs of a videographer is to make great footage of the interviews that are the heart of Newshounds reporting. When the team goes into the eld to interview a source, its the videographers job - with help from the producer - to make sure that theres good, usable video of the interview. at doesnt just mean that the video looks good; it means the video has to sound good too! So making sure that the team gets good video and sound of an interview is the videographers job. In other words, videographers make sure that the voice of Newshounds reporters and sources can be heard. Of course, thats not all videographers do. As a videographer, you might record live events like sports or artistic performances. And if your school has a computer lab that lets you edit video - that is, cut it down and string video together, like a movie youll have a chance to do that, too.
ROLE: VIDEOGRAPHER
Power:
Capturing life as it happens.
Tools:
A video camera, an eye for seeing what looks good on video, and the timing to capture just the right moments.
e Best Part:
Sharing a perfect moment caught on camera with people who really appreciate it.
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To do all that, though, you have to master the rst rule of being a videographer: get the shot.
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Stage 1:
Step 1: Story Meeting & Team
Share your i ideas deas i in nt the he st story tory meet meeting! ting Volunteer for the videographer role.
Stage 2:
Step 1: The Beat
Shoot video! Keep these ideas in mind: Follow the shot list Keep shots under 90 seconds. Take shots you didnt plan, but you see in the eld. Use good technique. Use your internet research time to learn more about videography. Take advantage of the Glossary and Google.
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Get ready to use your video: Upload your video les from your camera to a computer. Watch your videos and make sure you have at least one good, usable video. Choose the videos you want to use and show it to your Newshounds Facilitator for approval. Upload the video to your media library or video server.
Step 2: Drafting
Video Description Your video needs a b brief, i f t two t to th three sentence t description. In other words, you should write a short paragraph that explains what the video is, who is in it, and why your audience should watch. Title Write a title for your video. Make it interesting!
Step 3: Revision
Revise R i and d edit dit it your video id d id description i and title. Make sure that spelling and grammar are correct, but, more importantly, make sure theyre both interesting and engaging.
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Step 4: Prepublishing
ready to go. Write your byline. Make sure your name is on the work!
Stage 4:
Step 1: Publication
Give your reporter Gi t th the li link kt to your video id so it can be i added to the teams post.
Step 2: Presentation
Present your work! Along Alongside gside y your our t team, eam e explain xplain t the he answers you found to your driving question, and let them take a look at your published work. Ask them to review your work online and leave their comments.
Step 3: Celebration
Once your Newshounds Facilitator publishes your story, celebrate! Take the time to read the other story teams articles. Leave comments, and reply to the comments your classmates leave. Have fun! Once your class has had a chance to go over your Newshounds articles, share them with the world! Make announcement cards telling your friends and family about your article, or use ones your Newshounds Facilitator gives you.
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Remember, people are more likely to watch two short videos than one long one!
ARTIST
Photography and videography are great. ey can show you the world as it is. But art? Art can show you the world as it should be - and then help make it that way. ats why I love art. -Maya, Newshounds Artist Artists have the ability to take something that is purely imagination and make it real. ats a powerful ability! As the artist for the Newshounds team, your job will be to imagine a picture that best symbolizes the story your team is writing, then make it a reality. Youll make several sketches, rst; think of those as test runs to get your idea right before you start making the real deal. en, when youre ready, youll make the drawing that will serve as a symbol for your teams story. Of course, as important as making a great symbol is, thats not all youll be doing. Sometimes, in spite of their best e orts, photographers and videographers wont be able to get the shots they need. When that happens, your team may turn to you to make a drawing instead. ats an extra chance to step up and make something cool for your team! Dont worry if you dont think youre the best artist in the world. No one starts great. e main thing is to practice and do your best. In the end, youre sure to make something you can all be proud to share with the world.
ROLE: ARTIST
Power:
To create beauty from nothing.
Tools:
Pencils, paper, an imagination, and an eye for cool.
e Best Part:
Imagining an idea and making it so real the rest of the world can enjoy it.
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THE ART OF ILLUSTRATION: HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT SUBJECTS FOR YOUR WORK
Newshounds artists play a key role in the story team. Unlike photographers, artists can create art the shows things that arent there yet, or that the photographer cant get a photograph of. ey can sketch important people who arent around to have their picture taken, draw locations that photographers cant get to, and create meaningful symbols that exist only in the artists mind! Making art is a powerful thing, and theres a lot to learn about it. We cant teach you how to be a great artist in these few short pages, but we can help you choose great subjects for your art; in other words, we can help you decide what you should draw. en you can do your best to draw it. SKETCHES OF SYMBOLS Symbols are almost always a great choice for an artist! O en, its hard for photographers to get a good picture of symbols, but if an artist can think up the right symbol for a story, it can make the whole story come alive! (See the Glossary for more on symbols).
QUESTIONS TO ASK YOURSELF
What is my teams story really about? Is there an idea that symbolizes that meaning? For example, a story about American history might bene t from a sketch of a bald eagle. Sports articles frequently feature illustrations of school mascots, and the use of team colors might help to identify a location for a story in a way a photo of the school name might not. SKETCHES OF PEOPLE People are always interesting to other people. You should choose people as your subjects only when your photographer cant get a good shot, though. Otherwise, there are probably other ideas you can illustrate that photographers cant.
QUESTIONS TO ASK YOURSELF
What people are involved in the story? What should you sketch to focus on them? For example, One student warming up before the game, or the face of a food drive volunteer.
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SKETCHES OF LOCATIONS Locations can also be a good choice. Again, choose location sketches when your photographers cant get good pictures.
QUESTIONS TO ASK YOURSELF
What places are relevant to the story your team is telling? What parts of those places might help tell the story? For example, e school cafeteria, or e basketball court.
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Stage 1:
Step 1: Story Meeting & Team
Share h your id ideas i in th the story t meeting! ti ! Volunteer for the artist role.
Stage 2:
Step 1: The Beat
Scout S cout l locations. ocations Make thumbnail sketches Internet research Look into some of the artistic techniques discussed in the glossary. Google some of those terms, and see what you can learn. Alternatively, practice with a digital drawing tool like MS paint.
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Step 2: Drafting
Make your drawings! Working from your sketches, make a drawing that you want to use in your teams story. Sign your name on the bottom corner of your drawing when youre done; keep your signature small. Its a long tradition!
Step 3: Revision
captioning than revision. But now that you have a drawing done, it needs to be digitized and put on your sites Newshounds Blog. Digitize means to make digital; in other words, make it into something you can upload onto a computer. Usually, that means youll take a picture, but if your school has scanners, use them! Once you have a digital le, upload it to the media library on your sites Newshounds Blog.
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Step 4: Prepublishing
Now that N h you h have your work ki in the h M Media Library, write a caption and byline for your artwork.
Step 2: Presentation
Present your work! Alongside your team, explain the answers you found to your driving question, and let them take a look at your published work. Ask them to review your work online and leave their comments.
Step 3: Celebration
Once your N O Newshounds h d F Facilitator ili publishes your story, celebrate! Take the time to read the other story teams articles. Leave comments, and reply to the comments your classmates leave. Have fun! Once your class has had a chance to go over your Newshounds articles, share them with the world! Make announcement cards telling your friends and family about your article, or use ones your Newshounds Facilitator gives you.
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PRODUCER
ere are a lot of parts to a good story, and getting all those parts together on one page is a lot like herding cats - they all want to go their own way, but the cat herder needs them to go the same way. e other Newshounds? eyre more like news cats: my job is to herd them. -Alexis, Newshounds Producer Newshounds producers get good at every role, because its their job to do a little bit of everything. ey help photographers gure out the shots they should take, and help set them up. ey help videographers nd the right location, frame up their shots, and get good sound. ey work with photos and videos to make sure theyre ready for publication, and the help reporters write tight, e ective articles. ey even work with artists when theyre struggling to nd inspiration. Why do they get to do all those things? More than anything, its because its the job of the producer to make sure that the teams article is getting done. When the reporter is behind, they get the reporter caught up. If the photographer or videographer is out, they step up and take the shots. Whenever part of the team is falling behind, the producer supports them and gets them caught up. And when the team is running smoothly, the producer contributes ideas and support to make the story even better. Being a producer may be like cat herding, but with the right cats, herding can be a lot of fun!
ROLE: PRODUCER
Power:
To create order from chaos.
Tools:
A sharp eye, computer savvy, a way with people, and an intuition on when to pitch in.
e Best Part:
Loving it when your plan comes together.
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to be written. When youre in the eld, names have to be written down correctly. Youre the last line of defense to making sure these details dont get overlooked; and the details will make or break your teams story. Which brings me to the last point.... NAMES! More than anyone else - even the reporter - its the job of the producer to make sure you get the names of everyone you talk to, take a photo of, or put in a video. And make sure theyre spelled right! Nobody likes seeing their name misspelled in a story - or worse, le out entirely.
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Stage 1:
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Sh Share hare your i ideas! deas! !A And nd d vol volunteer lunt teer f for or t the producer role.
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Step 1: The Beat
Point out good shots for photographers and videographers. Find a good place for shooting an interview. Help the Newshounds Facilitator keep the area quiet when videographers are shooting. Get everyones names! Make sure theyre spelled right! Look to see who needs the most help, and help them. Help team members with research.
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Step 2: Drafting
Help your team memb members mb bers wi with ith hd digitization, igi iti izati ion ph photo hot oto editing, video editing, or drafting, as required.
Step 3: Revision
Your main Y i role l i in this hi step will ill b be to b be a second pair of eyes on every piece of the story your team is making. So try these ideas: Read over the reporters story and make suggestions. Work with the other team members to polish their captions and descriptions. Make sure everything that needs a byline, has a byline. Make sure all the names are spelled right!
Step 4: Prepublishing
Review ALL the written itt work ki in th the story. t I Is i it grammatically correct? Error free? Review the artwork and video as well. Did your team miss anything important?
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Step 2: Presentation
Present your work! Alongside your team, explain the answers you found to your driving question, and let them take a look at your published work. Ask them to review your work online and leave their comments.
Step 2: Celebration
Once your Newshounds Facilitator publishes your story, celebrate! Take the time to read the other story teams articles. Leave comments, and reply to the comments your classmates leave. Have fun! Once your class has had a chance to go over your Newshounds articles, share them with the world! Make announcement cards telling your friends and family about your article, or use ones your Newshounds Facilitator gives you.
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GLOSSARY
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GLOSSARY
GENERAL NEWSHOUNDS TERMS
BLOG A website in which a person or people write their ideas, usually about a certain topic. For example, Newshounds Blogs are blogs that journalists use to write stories about their school or a er school program. BRAINSTORMING A creative ideation process. In other words, a way for people to think of new ideas when they need them, instead of just waiting until ideas come on their own. BREAKING THE NEWS Telling the world about a story before anyone else. BYLINE Credit given to the author or authors of an article, blog post, or other form of media. Newshounds does it like this: By Janobi. COLLABORATION e act of working with other people towards the same goal. Its an important life skill. Teamwork is a form of collaboration. DRIVING QUESTION Driving questions are the engine that moves Newshound story teams forward. When story teams form, they create a clear, deep question that they will then answer through the process of creating their multi-media stories. ats a driving question. When the whole team is working together to cra a deep answer to the same driving question, great stories are made. INTERNET e giant, internationally connected network of computers that powers the Web, social media, Xbox Live, video streaming, the Cloud, and so much more of our modern world.
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NEWSHOUNDS CLASS BLOG e website where all your classs Newshounds stories are published. Newshounds Class Blogs can be viewed around the world, so take pride in your work, Newshounds! You dont know who may be reading! NEW MEDIA New media is a term used to distinguish electronic media, like websites and blogs, from traditional media, like newspapers and television. ere are some features shared by new media that makes them di erent: you can interact with new media, access them through a network, and are more easily changed a er publishing. Your Newshounds Club Blog is a form of new media. DOWNLOAD To move a le from a place on a network, like a website, to a local device. For example, downloading an image from the Internet to your computer at home. POST e place where the story goes. Reporters create the posts for their story, but they add photos from the photographer, video from the videographer, art from the artist, and advice from the producer. When you publish a post, it becomes a story on your Newshounds Class Blog. RESEARCH e things you do to nd information about your teams story. at might include looking for background information on the story topic, nding out details about a school event, or just looking up the proper spelling of somebodys name. SOURCE Any resource for your teams story. So are teachers, coaches, site coordinators, other journalists, students, websites, books and school administrators like principals all sources? If youre using them for your teams story they are! STORY TEAM A group of Newshounds journalists, organized by role, working as a team on a story.
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UPLOAD To move a le from a local device, like a computer or phone, to a place on a network, like a website. Uploading photos from a camera to a blog is one example of uploading. WEBSITE A place on the Internet that provides web pages to visitors. For example, Newshounds Journalism Clubs main site (tnenewshounds.com) is a website. So is your class blog. WEB PAGE e individual pieces of a website. For example, the main page on your class blog is a web page, but so are all the other, small pages that link to the main page.
REPORTERS TERMS
DRAFTING e process of taking your outline and making the rst version of your story that uses complete sentences and paragraphs. e goal of dra ing is to create a complete story, even if there are grammatical mistakes or things that need to change. EDITING e process of correcting all the grammatical mistakes, problems with sentences, and misspellings. Spelling names right is particularly important in this stage. INTERVIEW An activity where a reporter asks questions of a source. In Newshounds, most stories will have an interview. Usually a videographer will record them for the blog, and the photographer will get pictures. Its the reporters job in an interview to ask good questions, listen to the answers, and ask great follow up questions. OUTLINING e process of taking your notes and other research and organizing your ideas on a post in your class blog. e main reason to outline is to get your
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ideas down and in order to ensure that you write a very good story when you move on to dra ing. And so you dont forget anything important. REVISING e process of taking a dra and cleaning it up so that its not just written down - its well written. When you revise, youll make sure that your story is easy to read, that it makes sense, and that everything is in the right place. Youll x most of the grammatical mistakes here, too, although the main focus of revision is on ideas, not grammar. Its not that grammar isnt important; youll x that in editing. But you have to have good ideas rst!
PHOTOGRAPHERS TERMS
APERTURE Hole or an opening through which light travels. BACKGROUND e ground or parts, as of a scene, situated in the rear. FOCUS e center of interest or activity. FOREGROUND e ground or parts situated, or represented as situated, in the front; the portion of a scene nearest to the viewer. FRAME e technique of drawing attention to the subject of your image by blocking other parts of the image with something in the scene. LCD SCREEN e screen on which you view the photo, or the subject before the photo is taken. LENS e camera lens, which is located at the front of the camera.
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SHOOTING ANGLE is refers to where you are when you take your photo. You could be standing to the le or to right of your subject. Or maybe you decided to take a picture of a subject that is on the ground so you are above it with your camera pointing down at the subject. Or perhaps you are lying on the ground with the camera pointing up at your subject. Your shooting angle would be di erent for all of these positions. SHUTTER e button you press to take the photo. SUBJECT e object you are photographing. THE SHOT is is the photo. VIEW FINDER e small hole you look through to see what you are photographing. On digital cameras people use the LCD screen rather than the view nder.
VIDEOGRAPHERS TERMS
AUDIO e sound you record. BACKGROUND e ground or parts, as of a scene, situated in the rear. COMPOSITION e layout of everything within a picture frame what the subject is, where it is in the frame, which way its facing/looking, the background, the foreground, lighting, etc. ESTABLISHING SHOT ese are shots that let the viewer know where the recording is taking place.
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FOREGROUND e ground or parts situated, or represented as situated, in the front; the portion of a scene nearest to the viewer. FOOTAGE e recording. FRAME What you see in the view nder. LIGHTING is refers to how the area you are recording is lit. PAN Moving the camera from side to side. SHOT e individual parts of the recording. Multiple shots make up the footage. TILT Moving the camera up and down. TRANSITION e way shots are joined together to tell the story. VIEWFINDER e small hole you look through to see what you are recording. On digital records people use the LCD screen rather than the view nder. VISUAL SLATE is can be a recording of a written note with the date, time, and location of the recording, or it can just be a recording of someone giving that information. e visual slate is recorded at the beginning of the tape. ZOOM Using the camera to get closer to the subject without you moving.
ARTISTS TERMS
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DIGITIZE To take a physical object and make a digital copy that can be used on a computer. Artists digitize their illustrations a er theyre done, usually by taking a picture of them. Sometimes theyll use a scanner, though. ILLUSTRATE e act of illustrating. In Newshounds, artists illustrate. But you can illustrate with words, too. For example, if I explain to you how hamburgers are made, I illustrated the process with words. If I draw a picture and show you, I illustrated the idea with an image. ILLUSTRATION A picture. In Newshounds, usually a drawing. IMAGE A picture. When you put pictures on computers, people tend to call them images. A er all, theres no physical picture, is there? CAPTION A short piece of writing that goes with an image. eyre usually one or two sentences. e purpose of a caption is to tell the reader something meaningful about the image. In Newshounds, it also explains what the image has to do with the story the image goes with. SYMBOL A thing that stands for something else. O en, that something is an idea, but it can be something real, too. For example, many people consider the American ag to be a symbol of freedom, but its also a symbol for the United States. If your school has a mascot, its a symbol for the school, but also for school spirit.
PRODUCERS TERMS
INTUITION e ability to understand something without thinking about it. Intuition is o en thought of as a gut feeling. Remember, though, that your intuition could be wrong! LEADERSHIP
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e things you do that persuade people follow you. SERVICE LEADERSHIP Leading by putting other people rst and helping them perform at the best of their abilities. PRODUCING Simply put, to make something. In the media, producers pull together all the di erent parts - reporters, camerapeople, sources, supplies - so that their team can make a story. ats what Newshounds producers do, too.
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MATERIALS
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Why: _______________________________________________________
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DEEP QUESTIONS: ese are the questions that you really have to think about. Ask open-ended questions; you know, questions that dont have a yes / no answer. _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________
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5. _____________________________________________________ 6. _____________________________________________________ SHOTS OF PLACES What places are relevant to the story your team is telling? What kinds of pictures of those places might help tell the story? For example, e uprights on the football eld being taken down, or e cafeteria with all the tables pulled up against the wall. 1. _____________________________________________________ 2. _____________________________________________________ 3. _____________________________________________________ 4. _____________________________________________________ 5. _____________________________________________________ 6. _____________________________________________________ ACTION SHOTS Some of the most interesting photos you can take are those where actions are taking place. Sports stories are obvious choices for action shots, but how might you use action shots in your story? 1. _____________________________________________________ 2. _____________________________________________________ 3. _____________________________________________________
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5. _____________________________________________________ 6. _____________________________________________________ 7. _____________________________________________________ PLACES 1. _____________________________________________________ 2. _____________________________________________________ 3. _____________________________________________________ 4. _____________________________________________________ 5. _____________________________________________________ 6. _____________________________________________________ 7. _____________________________________________________ EVENTS
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6. _____________________________________________________ 7. _____________________________________________________ SKETCHES OF LOCATIONS What places are relevant to the story your team is telling? What parts of those places might help tell the story? For example, e school cafeteria, or e basketball court. 1. _____________________________________________________ 2. _____________________________________________________ 3. _____________________________________________________ 4. _____________________________________________________ 5. _____________________________________________________ 6. _____________________________________________________ 7. _____________________________________________________ SKETCHES OF SYMBOLS Sketches things such as symbols that are not necessarily in a photo or video can also help to tell the story. For example, the school mascot, or use of team colors might help to identify a location for a story in a way a photo of the school name might not. List some symbols your team may need for your story? 1. _____________________________________________________
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YOUR NOTES: Take notes about your subjects names and other important details. _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________
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DRIVING QUESTION: Next, your group needs to discuss the topic and nd the most essential, de ning question that you want to answer for your story. is driving question will propel you through the process of creating your story. Be speci c. Write below: _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________
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_______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ PRIORITY SOURCES: From those sources, pick the sources you think are really important. You know, the ones you have to talk to for the story to work. _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________
SOURCE LOCATIONS: Where are your sources going to be located? Also use this space to write down any locations you plan to use for photography, videography, or other research. _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________
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PART 2: NOTES
Use this space to make notes while youre in the eld. _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ere are too many people to properly acknowledge for their contributions to this program. It would not be the program it is without the contributions of literally dozens of people, ranging from students, to classroom instructors and team leaders, the site coordinators, to the technical support guys helping with the web based tools. But there are a few people whose contributions were outstanding, and well worth noting. Ashley Brown, our Director of Instruction for the rst year of the Newshounds Journalism Club, led the charge in testing our curriculum and making it work. April Michel picked up the baton where Ashley le o , stepping up from her role as a Newshounds Facilitator to ll in Ashleys shoes and bring her own vision and ideas to the program, and to this book. Our many other Newshounds Facilitators, notably Elonya Hutchinson, Valerie Matthews, Marisol Martinez, Jalil MacArthur, and Nicole Manuel each placed their own stamp on the program, o ering up ideas and re nements in addition to their time and passion in the classroom. An army of site coordinators, principals, and team leaders from the Inglewood Uni ed School District created the environment that made the a er school program possible. Joann Arowosegbe, the IUSDs A.S.E.S. Coordinator, brought us on board and o ered endless support. Kelly Baptiste, the principal at Bennett Kew Elementary School, went a step above and beyond most Newshounds sites by approaching us with an idea to incorporate the program into the school day as a club; an idea we pursued with energy. e production of this book and other supporting materials would have been much more di cult, not to mention design de cient, without the skills and input of Jim Pinto, who provided the design templates for this and other Newshounds books, along with a keen eye for layout and advice on typography and design. Yoshiko Sakamoto brought the Newshounds role characters to life with her eye-popping illustrations. Finally, my wife, Christie Beard, o ered her support, feedback, and hands on help every time it was called for, and sometimes when I didnt even know to call for it. Without the contributions of all these people and more, this program would not be what it is. I humbly thank them all. Roane Beard
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