The Humans of CP Media project was modeled after Brandon Stanton's Humans of New York.
\r\nThis semester, 80 Intro to Media students were taught professional email communication, photography, professional interviewing for broadcast journalism and design.
\r\nMedia students selected and scheduled a formal interview with another CPHS student.
\r\nThen they learned to compose a formal email to schedule the interview and to share the interview questions so the interviewee would be prepared. Media students were taught to add their newly earned titles of Media Reporter to their email signatures.
\r\nReporters interviewed a student using skills taught to them such as the importance of exhibiting open body posture and nonverbal communication as an interviewer, researching the interviewee prior to the interview and the art of selecting open ended questions.
\r\nStudents then learned how to take photographs that would visually tell the story of their Human of CP Interviewee. \r\nThey planned out their photoshoots using newly honed skills of proactive planning taking into consideration needed props, weather, sun positioning other obstacles.
\r\nReporters then transcribed the interview and wrote the story of their HOCP interviewee. \r\nSome stories will be used in the Talon Yearbook and this is a great honor to be published as a first year Media student. Reserve your Hawk a copy of the 2021 Talon Yearbook at www.jostensyearbooks.com
\r\nStudents then took what they learned about their interviewee and designed a Word Cloud and emailed it to their HOCP. \r\nThey again used professional email communication to present the Word Cloud and then thanked the HOCP interviewee for their time and for agreeing to be spotlighted.
\r\nMedia Reporters then took the information they learned about their HOCP and the photos they captured and learned to design HOCP spotlight flyers to be placed within the school.
\r\nReporters then created Instagram posts to spotlight not only the HOCP but the professional quality work of the Media Reporter.
\r\nStudents will soon create websites that will serve as a portfolio where they can showcase their creations, work, photography, video productions and journalistic content. \r\nEven in this challenging time, our students are exhibiting creativity, digging deep and producing material that is high level and quality. Way to go Hawks!
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