Losing lockers in schools
It’s August. That means schools across the country are soon going to be starting back up for another academic year. One staple of the high […]
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Building relationships with future news consumers
As I’ve mentioned, I’m a high school journalism adviser and educator. I love journalism, and I love to help my students do great journalism. I am […]
Engage students with Snapchat
My students are all on Snapchat. I have an account too, and so I often get students asking me for my account name because they want […]
Treat news sites with care of a chef
The traffic numbers for Sterling Student Publications, the site operated by my journalism students, is abysmal. This is especially true for our homepage, so I started […]
Newsletters create engagement
During my 45-minute commute home from my job as a high school journalism teacher, I was thinking about what I could have my magazine students do […]
Thought Paper: Facebook Live in Scholastic Journalism
NOTE: This was a paper I wrote for J7700 Participatory Journalism that was supposed to discuss concepts concerning “the sharing of digital journalism.” In the class, […]
Class project aims to explore depictions of journalism
Our current president openly displays his disdain for the media, and his supporters have jumped on the journalism-bashing bandwagon. Students and colleagues alike know I […]
Thought Paper: Social Media in Scholastic Journalism
NOTE: This was a paper I wrote for J7700 Participatory Journalism that was supposed to discuss concepts concerning “the sharing of digital journalism.” In the class, […]
New author website debuts
I am proud to announce I now have an official author website: www.authortoddvogts.com It took some time. I spent a lot of time planning […]
‘Murder at St. Alfanus’ released as an eBook
In June 2011 I became a published author. Specifically, I became an indie author, which means I am an independent author. Sure, I have a publisher, but […]
‘Murder at St. Alfanus’ to be featured at HCC
Friday I will be on the beautiful campus of Hutchinson (Kan.) Community College to take part in Senior Day, which is a time for high […]
Ness City book talk lends great experience
July 24 I went to the coffee shop in Ness City, Kansas. It is called Cuppa Joe. I was there to give a talk to […]