Music rights 101

Music rights and permissions are complicated, and I’m no expert, but I put together a quick rundown of what I know about music rights for my own use, and maybe it’ll be useful to someone else so here it is. If you’re working on a project that needs music, this should help clarify what kind…

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Case study: PBS station social media

While writing a social media strategy document for my local PBS station–WTIU–I did a case study comparing the social media presence and apparent strategy of four PBS affiliate stations. Why you might read this: I know, it’s pretty long, but hey–there are lots of pretty graphs you can scan. It might give you ideas about…

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As Long As We Keep Telling documentary

In the first half of a two-part documentary course, I researched and developed a 30-minute project, finally pitching the idea to classmates, the instructor, and the programming director of the local PBS station. My project was chosen, with two others, out of 16 ideas to be produced in the second half of the course (taking…

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Media@IU

In an effort to solidify the community of students, professors and professionals studying and creating media around the Indiana University campus, a group of professors hatched the Media@IU project. In the fall of 2011, I worked with two other graduate students to give the project a tangible home: a website that brought together media-related courses,…

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Admen board game

In a graduate class on game design and interactive storytelling, I worked with a group of students from the School of Education, department of Telecommunications and the Cognitive Science Program to create a working board game. Our overarching question was: can you create a successful board game that incorporates elements from both strategy and party…

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Social media recommendations for WTIU

As additional coursework, I wrote a recommendation paper for Bloomington’s local PBS station to act as a guideline for their social media accounts. Based on industry research, best practices among similar organizations, and personal insights, the paper outlined goals that may be accomplished through social media, implementation suggestions, and brief comparative case studies of four…

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