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IN 101 iNEWS User Training

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Overview:

Students learn the basic skills they need to login, navigate, and browse the system for assignments, news wires, e-mail, and messaging specific to iNEWS. Students also learn to create, compose and edit stories, and how to embed machine control commands within them. Producers and directors learn specific skills for constructing shows and rundowns.

Audience:

Any system users and personnel, including photographers and editors who need only basic access. Reporters, anchors, producers, sports and weather personnel who need to create stories for air. Producers and directors who need to manipulate and approve content for air.

What you will learn:

  • Login and iNEWS interface overview
  • iNEWS preferences
  • Navigating in iNEWS
  • Working with sessions in a rundown
  • Conducting searches
  • Customizing with buttons
  • Creating and moving stories
  • Deleting stories, notes, or mail
  • Importing and exporting stories
  • Printing stories
  • Preparing for scripting: setting up workspaces
  • Setting up workspaces with macros
  • Scripting overview
  • Writing a script manually
  • Writing a script with macros
  • Technical runthrough of lineup devices
  • Technical lineup: using different forms
  • Versions
  • Timing versions
  • Rundown overview
  • Controlling graphic devices
  • Navigation and rundowns
  • Show preparation
  • Floating stories
  • Rundown timing

    • Prerequisites:

    None

    Duration:

    4 two-hour classes