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Georgia Gwinnett College Athletics had a new convocation center. Brand new. State-of-the-art. A Blackmagic control room that would make any broadcast director stop and take a second look. Their student interns trained on it, got comfortable with the workflow, and started producing live events at a level that matched the facility. Then they walked across campus to cover a baseball game. They sat down in front of a TriCaster. That gap — between what the new building required and what the rest of campus still ran — is more common in college athletics than most people acknowledge. A new facility…
Forsyth County Schools partnered with Amitrace to build a complete student broadcast and podcast production program at Otwell Middle School — including a professional control room, studio cameras, a dedicated recording booth, a mobile production kit, field equipment, and a VidPOD podcast station — so students in Dr. Greg Walkup’s Sic ‘Em Studios program can produce professional-quality content every day.
Student-run media programs are one of the most effective ways to modernize Career Technical Education (CTE) because they build communication, technical production, collaboration, and portfolio skills through real projects. This guide is for CTE directors and school leaders who want to launch or expand a student broadcast, journalism, or video production pathway. Below you’ll find the key benefits, the industry rationale, and a practical step-by-step framework you can use in your school. What has changed in CTE—and why does media matter now? Traditional CTE pathways (welding, construction, automotive, healthcare, and more) will always be essential. But across every industry, employers…
Cobb County School District built a broadcast-quality student media studio and control room at Tapp Middle School so students develop production skills before high school. The result is a stronger CTE broadcast pathway—freshmen arrive ready for advanced work, leadership, certifications, and competitions.
There’s something powerful about watching a student sit down behind a professional news desk, look into a camera, and tell a story — not as a simulation, but as a real, produced broadcast. That’s exactly what’s happening now at Richmond Hill High School in Richmond Hill, Georgia, and it’s changing what CTAE media education looks like in the Coastal Empire.
After 20 years in the classroom, veteran AV teacher, Jerry Aaron (JA) no longer has to ask students to be a part of the weekly show – they now ask him if they can be anchors. JA is the AV teacher at the Escambia Career Readiness Center (ECRC) in Brewton, Alabama. One Podcast To Tell The Story Of Three Alabama High Schools The ECRC AV program serves students from Flomaton, WS Neal and TR Miller high schools. The students come from around the county to ECRC for one of two periods per day. Right now, the students are learning basic broadcasting skills…
The video program at Central High School in Phenix City Alabama is headed into its 10th year. Tim Loreman has lead the program to national recognition during his 9 year tenure at the helm of the ship. Central Phenix is know for its professional quality broadcasts and Loreman’s continued involvement in helping other video production programs around the southeast. Recently, the team at Red Devil Television received their VidPOD from Amitrace and literally hit the ground running. Within hours of delivery, they were producing their first show – an hour long coach’s show. Loreman shared that “the ease of…
We were excited to facilitate the inaugural Alabama AV Teacher Bootcamp at Albertville Innovation Academy in Albertville, Alabama. A group of teachers from around the state of Alabama gathered for two and a half days of professional development designed solely for AV teachers. The group shared their experiences in the classroom, lessons learned in the field, and how to handle a variety of situations. Brad Beasley from Russell County High School kicked off the event with his methods on building a news program that benefits the community. Helena High School’s Mark Hendren shared his favorite Adobe Premiere Pro workflows and…
Instead of creating a large MOV file from your TriCaster production, you can generate a MP4 file which is much lighter in terms of size and extremely easier to add to a non-linear editor like Davinci Resolve or Adobe Premiere Pro.
The standard for high school broadcast programs has been set… Albertville Innovation Academy at Albertville High School is ready for the new year with a top of the line studio and control room. The VizRt TriCaster TC1 is the center piece of the workflow. Featuring 3 Blackmagic Design (BMD) Studio 6K cameras with Canon lenses and a pair of Newtek PTZ2 cameras, the workflow allows the teacher, Billy Dunn, and his students to create a variety of amazing shots. The team will use a TriCaster Flex control surface to switch their shows. The flex offers a lot of things for…