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Hello HMBHS Broadcasting Students,
News media is evolving. Content has never been more exciting and creatively limitless.
Funding is complicated and takes a highly motivated, self-starting individual. There are many, many ways to go.
Spring Break is coming up.
Go on a digital exploration and if CoastsideBuzz looks interesting to you, then set up an appointment; bring a friend!
Contact Michelle Dragony at [email protected].
Put “Real Life Learning” in the title to grab my attention.
WEBSITE
Check out the CoastsideBuzz website. Click around and Explore!
Motto: “To Give Everyone a Voice in their Own Words”
Mission: “Click, Learn, Think, Act, Vote … Run for Office”
Journalism Model: “Baseline Journalism” What is this?!
Content
Check the Content pull-down menu.
Public agency meetings, Coastside history, “OwnVoice” articles, disaster prep and more.
Things that CoastsideBuzz explains to followers:
- How do you know what to vote for?
- Did you know this is an election year on the Coastside?
- Do you know that the Coastside moved from At-Large elections to Districted Elections?
- Do you know why NONE of the Coastside Boards have anyone under 40 on them?
- Do you know where your poop goes?
- Do you know where you get your water from?
- Do you know how the City of HMB is funded?
What content would you like to create?
Do you know WordPress?
How do you monetize content?
Calendar
- It is FREE and self-submit which builds content, metrics and audience (green box).
- All the music on the Coast from Pescadero to Pacifica, every week, with the CoastsViews Music and Entertainment Guide (blue box).
- All the Public Agency meetings.
- Social and Entertainment events.
What events would you like to see on the Buzz Calendar?
Business Directory
$250 one time join fee. This would be like running your own advertising business.
Are you a salesperson?
Weekly Buzz Mail
If you want to understand how the Coastside works, then subscribe to CoastsideBuzz’s “Weekly Buzz Mail”, for free.
Do you know what it means to have a MailChimp 50% opening rate?$
MULTIMEDIA
VIDEO.
CoastsideBuzz covers all Public Agency meetings relating to the Coastside from Cabrillo Unified School District to the California Coastal Commission using Pacific Coast TV videos, press releases, articles.
Here is a sample post: “CUSD Workforce Housing Update Based on Public Feedback ~ Now Includes Soccer and T-Ball Fields; $35M Can Only be Funded by Bond Measure as Construction Cost Increase“
As you explore the public agency content, what do you notice about the format?
PODCASTS.
Bedtime Stories is a fun way to start podcasting. Here is Skippyjon Jones in podcast and video form. What is special about this podcast for young kids?
HMBHS 2016 Graduates, Big Fish and Small Fry, music podcast demo. “Join Fish ‘n Fry as they discuss first kisses and the alter egos of Daniel Radcliffe and Eminem.”
Do you know how to create a podcast?
Do you know how to monetize a podcast?
ARTICLES, PRESS RELEASES, “OWN VOICE”…
Content comes in infinite forms when it is a website on the internet.
What would you want to explore and write about?
MULTI-PLATFORM
Everything on CoastsideBuzz is shared to Facebook.
Do you know what Shareaholic is?
Do you know what makes this feed particularly compelling for Coastsiders?
CoastsideBuzz Instagram had a 3.3M post reach at the end of the last year.
Do you know what that means and how to boost posts?
Do you know how to optimize REELS?
Thanks for exploring. Hope to hear from you.
Contact Michelle Dragony at [email protected]
Put “Real Life Learning” in the title to grab my attention.
Author: Coastside Buzz
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